See You In Court

It will take as long as it takes. That’s the message today from Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R) campaign.

“We remain confident that the winner of this election was, and will be Norm Coleman," Fritz Knaak, a lawyer for the Coleman campaign, said during a conference call with reporters today. But with the current vote tally showing comedian Al Franken ahead, the Coleman camp is taking issue with the absentee ballots the State Canvassing Board is deciding to accept. "There is no uniformity in the treatment of previously rejected absentee ballots," Knaak said. "There is simply no way the numbers they may report next week should be considered valid.”

After the Canvassing Board makes a determination of who won November’s Senate election, Knaak said, “an election challenge here is inevitable,”

“I would be very surprised if we weren’t the ones bringing the action,” he added.

(SEAN J. MILLER)