Yeah, believe it or not, it’s still going on. Fewer than .01% — or just over 200 votes — currently separate the two, with Coleman having the slight edge. How Minnesotans could let Stuart “Porn-O-Rama” Smalley even this close to the U.S. Senate is beyond me.
Scott Johnson posts an email he received from Team Coleman:
“Not content to allow the recount process to move forward as prescribed by law, the Franken Campaign and its supporters are attempting a campaign of undue influence. The increasing questions about unexplained and improbable shifts in vote counts, coupled with Franken Campaign antics over the past 24 hours, compelled us to seek legal action to protect the rights of Minnesota voters. We had an election. Senator Coleman won. And we now must have a legal and transparent process conducted in the light of day – and that is our goal and intent.
“Late last night, after another unexplained shift in votes occurred when the Secretary of State’s Office closed, new ballots have suddenly appeared from a heavily Democratic precinct. These ballots have been unsecure since the election, yet the Franken Campaign is demanding they be stuffed into the ballot box, attempting to change a vote count that was already finished. Minnesota election laws provide specific rules for reviewing and counting ballots. Today’s legal proceeding is an effort to ensure that a transparent and orderly process be in place. The Franken Campaign should be joining us in this action, not seeking to push the process outside the bounds of the law.”
Emphasis mine. Amazing how ballots simply keep appearing in heavily-Democratic regions, no? But then we all know that the left would never commit voter fraud or anything.
by Stephan Tawney on Mon, Nov 10, 2008