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Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota
FOXNews ^ | July 12, 2010 | Ed Barnes

Posted on 07/13/2010 10:35:47 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

The six-month election recount that turned former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota's Twin Cities.

That's the finding of an 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, which found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race between Franken, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman.

The final recount vote in the race, determined six months after Election Day, showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted, according to Minnesota Majority's newly released study, which matched publicly available conviction lists with voting records.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: franken; minnesota

1 posted on 07/13/2010 10:35:48 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Gomer Pyle saying, “Surprise, surprise.”


2 posted on 07/13/2010 10:38:05 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Class action suit should be filed in court to nullify the election based on voter fraud and illegal voting.


3 posted on 07/13/2010 10:40:19 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Is it not possible to turn this election around now that this information has been revealed?


4 posted on 07/13/2010 10:42:55 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

No problem. Tonight Secretary of State Mark Ritchie will announce that he just found another 1000 Franken ballots in the trunk of his car.


5 posted on 07/13/2010 10:44:23 AM PDT by freespirited (There are a lot of bad Republicans but there are no good Democrats.--Ann Coulter)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Surprised? NO. So now what are the people going to do about it in Mn?


6 posted on 07/13/2010 10:45:15 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (Conservative Chuck Purgason for US Senate Mo. http://purgasonforsenate.com/)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Democrats thrive on illegal voting, criminals voting, illegals voting, double voting, ACORN cheats voting, and in addition, they get the ignorant voters.


7 posted on 07/13/2010 10:46:12 AM PDT by pallis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Franken has always been a fake....he was a fake "comedian", a fake "radio show host" and now a fake Senator....

....if Franken had a shred of honor or integrity, he would quit in disgust now that it has been proven that he "won" his "seat" by fraud and deceit....

...I would bet, however, that honor nor integrity is anywhere to be found in Al Franken's being.

8 posted on 07/13/2010 10:46:59 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance...)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Search is our friend:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2551161/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2551150/posts


9 posted on 07/13/2010 10:48:56 AM PDT by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I don't think it will go anywhere. The fact that the study was conducted by a "conservative watchdog group" will be enough to disregard the findings in the minds of the media. Other than Fox of course.

They'll just say it's sour grapes. Everybody knows for a conservative to win, they have to win by a landslide. Any close elections will just be stolen.

The only close one they couldn't steal was 2000, and all they did was say Bush stole it instead.

10 posted on 07/13/2010 10:55:04 AM PDT by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Franken is safe in his seat because FEC investigations run a backlog of over 10 years.
When Mary Landrieau was “elected” in Louisiana, she carried one of the 54 parrishes in that state. (Orleans parrish, the Louisiana home of acorn.) Her challenger filed a suit with the FEC but was informed that his case wouldn’t even come up for at least 8 years, 2 years longer than a senate term. Plus he would have had to pay a retainer to lawyers to keep the case going.


11 posted on 07/13/2010 11:01:05 AM PDT by Texas resident (Outlaw fisherman)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

We need to have at least a 2 percent spread on these races to get rid of the scam factor.


12 posted on 07/13/2010 11:06:45 AM PDT by Colvin (Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

so does certifying the votes create fraud, felony, something to be charged with & go to jail.
if the person has nothing to fear it’ll never stop.
send their a$$es to JAIL.


13 posted on 07/13/2010 11:17:55 AM PDT by conservativesister
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To: ExTexasRedhead

EXACTLY! Recall the POS and have another election!


14 posted on 07/13/2010 11:23:16 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

They know getting the votes is the most important thing, however they get em. Once the vote is settled they ain’t gonna overturn anything anyway.

Like illegal contributions, there’s no real penalty. Use the money, get elected, then pay some back if you get caught.


15 posted on 07/13/2010 6:42:53 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis


I'll fix that right away by passing legislation that makes it legal for all felons, dead people, aliens, and their pets to vote.

Thanks for your support.
16 posted on 07/14/2010 12:44:34 PM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: Sopater

LOL!


17 posted on 07/14/2010 1:25:31 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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