Minnesota election....anyone keeping up with this?

[Brugdor]

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/03/minnesota-recount-how-to-stuff-a-ballot-box-and-other-developments/

Here's where 171 ballots that favored Franklin by 37 votes magically appeared out of thin air. As the link states, the original explanation for them being lost doesn't wash.


http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/04/minnesota-recount-duplicate-ballots-hit-franken/

They just found 46 ballots for Franken that had been counted twice.


Can we just assume from now on that the US election process is just a joke? 

[Hoopy Frood]

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/03/minnesota-recount-how-to-stuff-a-ballot-box-and-other-developments/

Here's where 171 ballots that favored Franklin by 37 votes magically appeared out of thin air. As the link states, the original explanation for them being lost doesn't wash.


http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/04/minnesota-recount-duplicate-ballots-hit-franken/

They just found 46 ballots for Franken that had been counted twice.


Can we just assume from now on that the US election process is just a joke? 

Haven't we been assuming that for a while now?

[Celest]

Yeah I doubt there are many people who don't think that the elction process is a farce.

[roughrider]

On account of living in Minnesota except for the 9 months I spend at school I've been trying to pay some attention. A couple days ago the state denied a request from Coleman to deny 150-some votes towards Al that had almost certainly been counted twice. The whole thing really angers me. I understand people usually vote for the member of their party, and I voted Coleman, but Al Franken is a comedian...not a politician. Honestly he's kind of a dickhead too. We should have been embarrassed enough after voting a professional wrestler into office we shouldn't even have to deal with a recount between a legitmate mayor/senator and a comedian.

[Brugdor]

On account of living in Minnesota except for the 9 months I spend at school I've been trying to pay some attention. A couple days ago the state denied a request from Coleman to deny 150-some votes towards Al that had almost certainly been counted twice. The whole thing really angers me. I understand people usually vote for the member of their party, and I voted Coleman, but Al Franken is a comedian...not a politician. Honestly he's kind of a dickhead too. We should have been embarrassed enough after voting a professional wrestler into office we shouldn't even have to deal with a recount between a legitmate mayor/senator and a comedian.

I saw that bit about Coleman's request being turned  down and I guess now they are going to dispute the results through the legal process because of those votes he says were counted twice (haven't seen the details on that) so this thing is going to stretch well into January.