What About a ‘Do-Over’ in Minnesota? 71% of Republicans want to redo election

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March 6, 2009 – 1:55 a.m.
What About a ‘Do-Over’ in Minnesota?
By Emily Cadei, CQ Staff
A proposal to conduct a re-vote in Minnesota’s deadlocked Senate race has stirred up some strong opinions.

Republican Norm Coleman and his attorneys have suggested the state consider re-doing the Nov. 4 election because of fundamental flaws in the way the ballots have been counted.

Coleman challenged the Jan. 5 recount results, which gave Democrat Al Franken a 225-vote lead out of 2.9 million cast. The ensuing trial, called an “election contest,” is now in its sixth week.

With an end to the four-month recount and trial still weeks away, the prospect of a do-over has generated heated debate among residents and political observers.

A Rasmussen poll released Thursday shows Minnesota voters divided over the idea, with 46 percent up for voting again, and 44 percent opposing the proposal. Support breaks largely along party lines — 71 percent of Republicans favor the idea and 69 percent of Democrats are against it.