Franken camp claims disenfranchisement

From NBC’s Abby Livingston In its quest to turn Republican incumbent Norm Coleman’s seat blue, the Franken campaign cited voter disenfranchisement in its latest conference call to reporters this afternoon.    Franken spokesman Andy Barr showed reporters a video of voters whose ballots were thrown out due to technicalities, he said. Barr said some voters made “simple mistakes, human mistakes.”  “These are people, not abstractions,” attorney Mark Elias added. Meanwhile, Coleman campaign attorney Fritz Knaak sent a letter to the Elections Director of the City of Minneapolis stressing the weight he believes should be given to the hand-counted ballot. ...( read more ) (link)