Posted: February 3, 2009
MN election contest – 933 absentee ballots already counted need not be revisited
The parties in the Coleman/Franken election contest have stipulated to the validity of the 933 absentee ballots that had originally been rejected but were accepted and counted after the Minnesota Supreme Court ordered local officials to review rejected absentee ballots again. The counties and cities decided to accept another 1300+ ballots after that second review but the candidates did not consent to counting about 400 of them. See the stipulation order here. Last week, Coleman also dismissed his claims regarding the Maplewood Precinct 6 “found” ballots and the St. Paul Ward 3, Precinct 9 “excess” ballots. Coleman’s team found that the handling of these ballots that were accidentally not counted on election night did not break any chain of custody rules. See that dismissal order 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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