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Minn. Supreme Court intervenes in recount case
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Posted on 12/15/2008 3:07:25 PM PST by Chet 99

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Supreme Court is getting involved in the state's unsettled U.S. Senate race.

The court said Monday it will weigh whether to stop the sorting and counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots until clear instructions are handed down.

Republican Sen. Norm Coleman petitioned the court to step in after the state board overseeing the recount recommended those ballots be considered last week. Coleman maintains there aren't clear guidelines for the recommendation and could lead to disarray among the 87 counties.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: coleman; colemanlegal; electionussenate; franken; judiciary; minnesota; mn2008; ossociatedpress; stealingelections; votefraud
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1 posted on 12/15/2008 3:07:26 PM PST by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

The Bush v. Gore solution?


2 posted on 12/15/2008 3:08:18 PM PST by Parmenio
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To: Chet 99
Just follow the rules - how hard could that be? None of this touchy-feely subjective garbage.
3 posted on 12/15/2008 3:14:06 PM PST by fwdude ("...a 'centrist' ... has few principles - and those are negotiable." - Don Feder)
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To: Chet 99
The court said Monday it will weigh whether to stop the sorting and counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots

Why do we even bother posting the crAP that this organization puts out? It's strictly propaganda 24/7.

4 posted on 12/15/2008 3:15:41 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (All hail the Obamasiah! Kneel before Obamohammad!)
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To: VeniVidiVici
"Wrongly rejected absentee ballots" means they've already made a judgment on them.

Is this an all-Democrat or mostly-Democrat court? I think someone said here the other day that they were all Democrats. In that case, they'll find for Frnaken, and the Supreme Court of the US may not see any reason to get involved.

If Franken can get within 133 votes, he's probably home free, since there is the precinct with the 133 ballots which may have been run through the machine twice. The additional 133 voters may not exist, but their votes will be added to Franken's total.

Are any of the RINO senators likely to jump ship if the Democrats get to 59...or will they just vote with the Democrats when it counts?

5 posted on 12/15/2008 3:23:08 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: VeniVidiVici

Good point. You know the DNC has saved untold $MM because the press is in the tank for them.


6 posted on 12/15/2008 3:23:26 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Chet 99

I’ll wager the clothes on my back that that obscenely un-funny clown will be declared the winner by the Anything-But-Honorable “gentleman” from Nevada.One only needs to googe “Richard D. McIntyre” and “Indiana” to see how it’s done.But my hunch is that the margin of “victory” will be more than four votes as it was with McIntyre.


7 posted on 12/15/2008 3:24:57 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama's worst fear is that the fat Governor will sing!)
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To: Chet 99

Good evening. Tonight we are here to take a look at the abnormalities of life. It’s the irregular that we seek to review.

Elections come and elections go. Most of them run smoothly and involve persons loosely considered to have some semblance of honor.

We look now upon the count of votes from an area that doesn’t want to be seen as a backwater hick state. We have a wing nut that knows no honor or bounds, and we also have a reasoned human being just wanting this election to be over, an accurate count completed.

There is the normal and there is the wildly absurd. Tonight we take you on a journey into the later. Join us as we take a walk into the Minnesota Zone.


8 posted on 12/15/2008 3:29:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: Parmenio

Give ‘em each a 1/2 vote and call it a day—sheeeesh!


9 posted on 12/15/2008 3:33:46 PM PST by midnightson (Mama-the ultimate prognosticator- said there'd be days like this.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Clown? Memorialized in song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Jdt_kY2lI


10 posted on 12/15/2008 3:34:29 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: Verginius Rufus
I think the board also decided to count the missing 133 votes when they decided to revisit the rejected absentee ballots.

-PJ

11 posted on 12/15/2008 3:38:30 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Join us as we take a walk into the Minnesota Zone.

You had better tote some warm clothes today! ; )

12 posted on 12/15/2008 3:38:48 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
The court said Monday it will weigh whether to stop the sorting and counting of wrongly rejected absentee ballots until clear instructions are handed down. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman petitioned the court to step in after the state board overseeing the recount recommended those ballots be considered last week. Coleman maintains there aren't clear guidelines for the recommendation and could lead to disarray among the 87 counties.
The Franken team operated by the old liberal axiom, "Whatever isn't nailed down belongs to me, and anything I can pry loose isn't nailed down."
13 posted on 12/15/2008 3:44:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, December 6, 2008 !!!)
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To: EGPWS

I know what you mean. it’s down to about 50 here today. Brrrrrr... LOL


14 posted on 12/15/2008 3:45:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: VeniVidiVici; BradyLS
The Adventures of MEDIA, Lapdog For Obama!
15 posted on 12/15/2008 3:46:53 PM PST by an amused spectator (I am Joe, too - I'm talkin' to you, VBM: The Volkischer Beobachter Media)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Judges in Minnesota are elected based on non-partisan elections which occur every six years. If someone vacates the position before the six year term is up, the governor appoints a replacement.

Four of the seven justices were appointed by Tim Pawlenty.

One was appointed by Arne Carlson.

One was appointed by Jesse Ventura.

One (HoF NFL defensive tackle) Alan Page won an election outright on his own and was never appointed.


16 posted on 12/15/2008 3:48:29 PM PST by Sam Spade
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To: DoughtyOne
I know what you mean. it’s down to about 50 here today. Brrrrrr... LOL

AlGore, that Son of a Batch, is letting us down and taking our global warming away!

17 posted on 12/15/2008 3:49:40 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Sam Spade

Then that would be a hopeful sign for Norm Coleman.


19 posted on 12/15/2008 3:58:06 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: VeniVidiVici
"...wrongly rejected absentee ballots"

Meaning "votes for Coleman," according to the AP, eh?

20 posted on 12/15/2008 3:59:03 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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