Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order that those ballots be counted.

"Wherever the numbers stand today…that number simply cannot be relevant if it does not include all the votes that were legally cast," said Franken attorney Marc Elias. "No recount can be considered accurate or complete until all the ballots cast by lawful voters are counted."

Minnesota's Board of Canvassers ruled last Wednesday that it would not revisit the improperly disqualified ballots.

Elias said that of the 12,000 disqualified absentee ballots in the race, "as many as 1,000″ ballots were improperly excluded, and should be counted. Elias said it would appeal to the Board of Canvassers, courts, or even the U.S. Senate to ensure those ballots be counted.

Read more: http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/12/01/franken-may-ask-senate-to-intervene-in-minn-recount/

[laconicsax]

1. I assume he's not talking about the vote for 'Lizard People'

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2008/11/19_challenged_ballots/

[MinneapolisMatt]

2. When I first that...

:rofl:

[JonQ]

3. I don't think you can vote for a group of people

he should have picked his favorite lizard person and written that name in. Otherwise it's invalid.

[RadioFlyer]

6. my point exactly

>>>he should have picked his favorite lizard person and written that name in. Otherwise it's invalid. <<<

See? You know exactly what I mean. How about that mean brunette who swallowed the guinea pigs whole in that miniseries "V" in the 80's?

[LisaM]

8. Look, how do you know Lizard's last name isn't People?

I think you're just speculating.

[JonQ]

10. That's a definite possibilty

I hadn't considered that.

[Bake]

22. I assumed he meant Jim Morrison

The Lizard King! He's not really dead, you know.

Bake

[RadioFlyer]

5. omg - lizard people!

So, that voter blew it two different ways: they can only vote for one senator, and second, does "lizard people" count as *any* lizard person, or maybe several lizard personalities in one lizard body, or perhaps the lizard people exist in a multibody organism, sort of like aspen trees?

Good gawd.

[amdezurik]

7. doesn't look like an absetee ballot to me...

[sofa king]

13. I'm pretty sure this guy is King of the Lizard People

http://www.thelizardman.com/

[laconicsax]

14. He'd better watch out for this guy:

[RadioFlyer]

15. i don't think that Gorns...

...were on the ballot this time. :-)

[laconicsax]

16. The vote clearly reads "Lizard People"

Now while the Gorn may not appreciate the term 'lizard people,' I believe it is vague enough to encompass all sorts of reptilian humanoids.

[RadioFlyer]

17. {laughing}

I want to know why the Rock People from Galaxy Quest were skunked.

[laconicsax]

18. It was a filing issue.

They missed the filing deadline to be on the ballot and outraged, encouraged their supporters to vote for the Constitution party candidate.

[RadioFlyer]

19. Well, that explains why...

... the vote count is so close. Sometimes that fourth- and fifth-party stuff can really bite you when it's crunch time.

Love G Quest - Hit it with a rock and eat it!

By the way, if you read Sigourney Weaver's lips when she and Tim Allen are going through those metal crusher things, she mouths "F--- this!" Somehow the audio never made the final cut.

[xchrom]

4. please please please nt

[Rebubula]

9. I hope Franken wins...

...but I remember a Comedy Central roast where Jeffery Ross introduced Al Franken (think they were roasting Rob Reiner).

'My father always told me that there are some things in life that are just NOT funny. One of those things is Al Franken.'

Franken seems a little pissed at the intro.

Good times for all

[RadioFlyer]

11. i'm sorry but...

...i hate to see people go through their lives without much of a sense of humor, especially when it's their profession. i thought stuart smalley was hysterical, but that's about it.

[newscott]

12. Well he had a point!!!!!!!!!!

[DeltaLitProf]

20. Jeffrey Ross is a noted Right-wing comedian

He is also one of the dumbest and least funny.

[foo_bar]

21. is he?

ROSS: She's a GILF. A governor I'd like to forget.

<...>

ROSS: Obama is spending millions for prime-time television and McCain hired this guy for $40 an hour. You know what, all kidding aside, you can't keep telling kids in this country that no matter what they look like, no matter what they believe in, they can grow up and become presidents. Then we open our history books as kids and it's 43 white guys in a row. It's kind of ridiculous. I love John McCain as a human being, as an American. He's a hero to many people, including me, for his service. But he's not the right president for right now.

<...>

ROSS: I think that Barack Hussein Obama will be our next president.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0811/01/lkl.02.html

Bonus content:

KING: Latino is next.

ROSS: Larry, I just want to say, I know you can take a joke. I want to say it's been an honor to share Halloween with the crypt keeper.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0811/01/lkl.02.html