politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/19/2008
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — Minnesota's Supreme Court Thursday barred officials from including rejected absentee ballots in the recount of the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race unless both of the candidates and
county elections officials agree the ballot was improperly rejected.
About My Minnesota Fears
corner.nationalreview.com 12/19/2008 — A friend and GOP politico close to the recount says: "Nobody knows what the numbers mean at this point. I believe Coleman will be ahead once all the challenged ballots are reviewed. The big issue remains the 'improperly rejected' absentee ballots. ...
Al Franken closes the gap on Coleman —
Crooks and Liars
Minnesota is wild .
In a ruling crucial to the disputed U.S. Senate election, the Minnesota Supreme Court Thursday rejected an attempt by incumbent Norm Coleman to block the state Canvassing Board from counting improperly rejected absentee ballots.
However, the court ruled that the ...
The Corner —
News
No one knows who's going to win in the Senate recount in Minnesota, since the recount board still needs to look at the improperly rejected absentee ballots, according to one Republican politico who speaks to Kathryn Jean Lopez. The reason gay activists are angry with the selection of gay ...
Supreme Court Rejects Coleman Appeal —
Power Line
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an order today denying the Coleman campaign's request that the state's Canvassing Board be blocked from considering "improperly rejected absentee ballots," but, perhaps more important, the Court also directed the two campaigns, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie ...
MN-Sen: MN Supreme Court complicates things —
Daily Kos
Bumped. SusanG Decision is here (PDF). The court has ruled that the two campaigns and local election officials need to come up with a procedure to count those improperly rejected absentee ballots, and then count them. Of course, what happens when a campaign stalls or withholds agreement, ...
Bush v. Gore continues to haunt —
Political Animal
BUSH V. GORE CONTINUES TO HAUNT.... The Mess in Minnesota just keeps getting stranger. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman went before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to block improperly rejected absentee ballots from Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, with his lawyer...
Down the ballot: It will never end… —
First Read
COLORADO: Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is launching an online campaign to solicit suggestions on who should be appointed to fill Sen. Ken Salazar's seat.
MINNESOTA: The Minneapolis Star Tribune says that a ruling by Minnesota’s highest ...
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