You Can Call Me Happy Al
Democrat Al Franken got some long-awaited good news today when the MN Canvassing Board, which is supervising a recount of the state's Senate contest between Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman, voted unanimously to ask election officials in MN's 87 counties to identify and count improperly rejected absentee ballots.
"Several hundred absentee ballots have been wrongfully rejected in the Nov. 4 election and that total could more than double by the time all Minnesota counties turn in their reviews, the secretary of state's office told the board this morning.
"The board was told that 49 counties have examined 4,823 rejected absentee ballots and that 638 of those were determined by local officials to have been wrongfully rejected."
But Coleman's camp is challenging the decision, asking the state Supreme Court "to order counties to follow a standard procedure in identifying wrongfully rejected absentee ballots." The GOPer's team argues that any counting of rejected absentee ballots should wait until the court can rule.
Stay tuned.
Oh, no! Going to court! Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Oh, wait. It was Coleman going to court. Everything's OK.