Richard Tafoya
Nov 26th, 2008, 10:29 AM
This could be the final blow to the Franken recount push, barring a large number of challenged ballots breaking Franken's way.
AP:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/26/board_keeps_faulty_ballots_from_minn_senate_count/
In a blow to Democrat Al Franken, absentee ballots that were rejected by poll workers won't be included in Minnesota's Senate recount.
The five-member state Canvassing Board has denied a request by Franken's campaign to reconsider absentee ballots it claims were excluded from the initial vote count because of technicalities or administrative errors.
Statewide, about 12,000 absentee ballots were rejected for various reasons, some legitimate, some not.
Franken entered the recount trailing Republican Sen. Norm Coleman by 215 votes out of 2.9 million ballots have been recounted.
Coleman's campaign had argued that the board of judges and the secretary of state didn't have the power to revisit the rejected absentee ballots.
AP:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/26/board_keeps_faulty_ballots_from_minn_senate_count/
In a blow to Democrat Al Franken, absentee ballots that were rejected by poll workers won't be included in Minnesota's Senate recount.
The five-member state Canvassing Board has denied a request by Franken's campaign to reconsider absentee ballots it claims were excluded from the initial vote count because of technicalities or administrative errors.
Statewide, about 12,000 absentee ballots were rejected for various reasons, some legitimate, some not.
Franken entered the recount trailing Republican Sen. Norm Coleman by 215 votes out of 2.9 million ballots have been recounted.
Coleman's campaign had argued that the board of judges and the secretary of state didn't have the power to revisit the rejected absentee ballots.