Posted: January 23, 2009
MN Senate election contest trial begins Monday
The Minnesota U.S. Senate election contest trial begins Monday, Jan. 26. See MinnPost.com's summary of events so far plus a prediction for what Monday will be like here. The panel has denied Coleman's motion to have the absentee ballots delivered to them for another review, his motion to have inspectors sent to 86 precincts, and Franken's motion to dismiss the contest suit. See the Pioneer Press coverage here and our case page here.
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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