Two months after Minnesota voters went to the polls, Democrat Al Franken has been declared the winner of the Senate race, but his opponent, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, is ready to challenge the results in court. The Minnesota Canvassing Board ruled Franken, the comedian and former radio host, won the razor-close election recount by 225 votes out of nearly three million cast on 4 November.Rico says only 225? That is close...
Though Franken has been declared the winner, the contest will not end today. Coleman has a seven-day window in which to file a lawsuit contesting the board's ruling before Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie sign the election certificate. An attorney for the Coleman campaign said in a statement this afternoon that they will file a lawsuit "within the next 24 hours" to contest the results announced by the state Canvassing Board today. "The actions today by the Canvassing Board are but the first step in what, unfortunately, will now have to be a longer process. This process isn't at the end; it is now just at the beginning," attorney Tony Trimble said in a statement. "While we appreciate the effort of this board to do the work, the reality is that any certification of vote totals at this point is only preliminary."
05 January 2009
Dah winnah (for the moment)
ABC News has an article by Karen Travers about the Minnesota election:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment