Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Peterson v. Ritchie
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: January 13, 2009 / January 16, 2009
State: Minnesota
Issues: Absentee Ballots, Recount Resources, MN Senate race 2008
Courts that Heard this Case: Minnesota Supreme Court (Case A090065)
Issue:
Whether these voters' absentee ballots were wrongly excluded from the results.
Status:
Voters filed petition on 1/13. Case consolidated with Coleman v. Franken election contest on 1/16.
Minnesota Supreme Court Documents
- Petition of voters
(filed 1/13/09) - Motion to Intervene - Coleman (filed 1/15/09, granted 1/16/09)
- Scheduling Order (entered 1/16/09)
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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