Posted on 12/03/2008 12:39:11 PM PST by jessduntno
Al Franken’s campaign claims it now holds a 22-vote lead in the U.S. Senate race with just 138,000 votes left to be recounted. This figure contrasts with other tabulations, based on numbers from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, that show Coleman maintaining a 303-vote lead.
The Franken numbers differ in a couple of respects from the SOS data. Most importantly the Democratic camp’s vote tally relies on the call made by local election officials in determining which candidate an individual intended to support. By contrast the other tallies don’t take into consideration the roughly 6,000 ballots that have been challenged by both campaigns. In addition, the Franken campaign’s figures include recount data that came in after the SOS’s 8 p.m. daily deadline for posting information.
Marc Elias, the Franken campaign’s lead recount attorney, stated at a press conference today that he believes an overwhelming majority of the challenges will ultimately be ruled to be without merit. “Thus when we set out internally to decide how we track the results thus far, we assume that all of the challenges, on both sides, will be overruled by the canvassing board,” he noted, “and that the judgment of the neutral, non-partisan election official at the counting table will be upheld.”
Elias also announced that the Franken campaign intends to rescind 633 challenges that it has determined are without merit. Unless the Coleman campaigns takes similar action, this means that Coleman’s lead as tabulated using the SOS figures will likely grow when the new figures are released this evening. As of last night the Republican’s campaign had challenged 183 more ballots than its Democratic counterpart.
The final four counties — Winona, Rock, Redwood and Wright — began their recounts today. The entire process is expected to conclude by Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at minnesotaindependent.com ...
The Florida legislature was totally prepared NOT to seat Gore delegates.
I don't think the Franken camp seriously believes they have a lead. This is just a means of giving Harry Reid cover when he ignores Minnesota's certification of Coleman as the winner and seats Franken. He can point to this and similar articles as "proof" that Franken actually won.
Truth and reality don't matter when you own the media.
You are right. I remember that. But keep in mind that ***after*** the dems ‘find’ enough notes to put them over the top, it is hard to argue against their contrived result. I witnessed that here in Seattle in 2004.
Had the SCOTUS not intervened, AND the dems had found 548 more votes, then it would have been harder for the FL legislature to fight the result, no matter how fraudulent.
Thus it was important that SCOTUS stop the FL Supremes decision to allow only dem selected counties to be canvassed. Otherwise it would have been a state crisis between the FL Supremes and the FL legislature while dems found their votes and obtained the upperhand.
On your previous post to me, I am speechless that votes were found favoring the Republican. If they were hatched from the Ether, I have to take a hiatus and ponder whether this is where I want my party to go; Fire with Fire and all that. If Repubs are going to co-opt the dem playbook, then maybe it is a good thing because the outcry coming from slimy liberals will force badly needed voter reform, and then the likelihood of fraud should be diminished.
heeee heeeeeeeeeeee!! They are making a mockery of us all. Why not next election we play paper, scissor, rock for the winner!!! At least it would be more fair!!!!
FL legislature seats the delegates. Case closed as far as they were concerned. Gore would not have made it.
Yep big RINO.
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