Tag: canvassing board

No one wants you to be senator anymore! The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday rejected Republican Norm Coleman’s request to count an additional 654 rejected absentee ballots in his weeks-old Senate showdown with Democrat Al Franken. The ruling clears the way for the state Canvassing Board to certify results showing Franken the winner after the […]

Looks like the Republican attempts at not counting all votes just got squashed: Al Franken received a potentially major boost towards his hopes of becoming Senator on Friday, when Minnesota state officials ruled that absentee ballots rejected because of clerical or administrative errors should, in the end, be counted. The decision by the state canvassing […]