Lost ballots only turn up for Franken...Funny How That Works.

[Mistermj]

I urge everybody to look through their sock drawers for lost Franken ballots. They seem to be turning up everywhere.
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As end of recount looms, previously lost ballots from Maplewood help Franken

By Jason Hoppin, Rachel E. Stassen-Berger and MaryJo Webster
Pioneer Press
Updated: 12/03/2008 01:18:23 AM CST

If Democratic challenger Al Franken hopes to overtake Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in the 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate race, he might need a little more of what happened Tuesday at Maplewood Fire Station No. 7.

That's where Maplewood's Precinct 6 voters cast their ballots Nov. 4. Four weeks later and in the midst of a tense statewide hand recount, Ramsey County elections officials found 171 uncounted ballots from that precinct, resulting in a net gain of 37 votes for Franken and bolstering his hopes of overtaking the incumbent.:think2:

Fritz Knaak, an attorney for Coleman, was unfazed by the latest discovery in a recount that, by and large, has gone smoothly.

"We are sort of past the point in this process where we get excited about stuff like that. We have been through a few of these," Knaak said.

But the Franken campaign was excited about the day's developments, including a letter from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office sent to local elections officials. The letter set the stage for closer scrutiny of rejected absentee ballots, which the campaign has been seeking for weeks.

The recount is scheduled to end Friday. At the end of Tuesday, Coleman led Franken by 303 votes, with almost 93 percent of the ballots counted.
[more]
http://www.twincities.com/ci_11123299?source=most_emailed

 

[steaktartar]

good

 

[barman]

Coleman a huge dope smoker while in college now enthusiastically promotes the policy of marijuana Prohibition.

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Can't explain the NoColeman ballot count...The box I sent in two days after the election most definitely included like 50 or 60 for Coleman to go with the 470 Franken ballots.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

good

Steak, I agree Coleman will make a better Senator. :missingte

 

[festeringZit]

Coleman a huge dope smoker while in college now enthusiastically promotes the policy of marijuana Prohibition.

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Can't explain the NoColeman ballot count...The box I sent in two days after the election most definitely included like 50 or 60 for Coleman to go with the 470 Franken ballots.

Hmm... he smoked pot, and now he's against it? Wow, people
aren't allowed to change their mind?

hno:

 

[GasMan]

THis is how it works...if they are dem than it is someone trying to take back control of their life and "Good for them".

It it a repub it is not allowed to reform oneself.

 

[quantumleap]

Can we get this cross-eyed guy from Florida to count the ballots?

:nohead:

 

[Willie99]

Can we get this cross-eyed guy from Florida to count the ballots?

:nohead:

is this the guy that ruled for Gore each and every time he could make a difference? something like 27 out of 27?

I believe he was a Democrat, the third member of the three man team. If the two board members in front of him agreed, one Dem & one Rep, his vote made no difference. But when they disagreed, he always said "Gore". Funny thing is, sometimes it was the Republican that said Gore in front of him.

I remember sitting there and thinking this cannot be how this election is decided, not by this fucking jamoke. Anyhow, they took it out of his hands.

 

[quantumleap]

is this the guy that ruled for Gore each and every time he could make a difference? something like 27 out of 27?

I believe he was a Democrat, the third member of the three man team. If the two board members in front of him agreed, one Dem & one Rep, his vote made no difference. But when they disagreed, he always said "Gore". Funny thing is, sometimes it was the Republican that said Gore in front of him.

I remember sitting there and thinking this cannot be how this election is decided, not by this fucking jamoke. Anyhow, they took it out of his hands.

I believe that's an accurate description of what happened.

 

[fletchisrhsm]

Franken is a fucking whiny whore. Piss on him.

 

[Mistermj]

Lost ballots force extension in Minnesota recount
Posted: 07:15 PM ET
From Chris Welch
CNN
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — It now looks as if it will take even longer than expected to declare a winner in Minnesota’s tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.
As of Thursday night, the state canvassing board is likely to postpone its unofficial Friday deadline because of a missing envelope containing about 130 ballots from the city of Minneapolis. Due to the “extraordinary circumstances,” said Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann, the city has until the December 16 to locate the votes. That’s day the canvassing board is set to meet and take further action in the recount process.
Minneapolis Elections Director Cindy Reichert said she’s “not sure where [the missing envelope] would have gone” but that they’re “in the process of looking under everything.”

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/04/lost-ballots-force-extension-in-minnesota-recount/