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The race is well within the margin for error, so I'd say special election or coin toss.

I saw what you did there, UT.

Ooooh coin toss..I like that its much cheaper and faster.

Then again maybe they could play h-o-r-s-e or p-i-g, ya know a little one on one for it.

Coin toss, I am good for that.

Just allow the lizard people to take over.

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 (Post 527810)

Just allow the lizard people to take over.

They might be a better choice. Wait, they already dominate Congress. :D

psst.......they dominate EVERYTHING!!!!

:tinfoil: :tinfoil: :tinfoil:

I'm afraid this isn't even close to being over....

Coleman to argue Franken won by bogus recount

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An election-night count showed Coleman, who was the incumbent senator from Minnesota, ahead by a few hundred votes. A recount handed victory to his opponent, Democrat Al Franken, by 225 votes. About 3 million ballots were cast in the race.

"We have a good shot at this, and so I proceed with that in mind," Coleman said last week, calling Franken's lead "artificial."

To aid in his battle, Coleman has retained Ben Ginsberg, the lawyer who led the Florida recount efforts for the Republican side during the disputed presidential election in 2000.

Coleman's attorneys plan to argue three points:

• That nearly 12,000 absentee ballots rejected on Election Day should be recounted because at least 4,500 of them were discarded in error. If those ballots are allowed, they could flip the race back in Coleman's favor.

• That the canvassing board did not use a uniform standard when it counted 933 ballots from the discarded pile of absentee ballots. Those 933 gave Franken the edge.

• That some votes were counted twice, which also worked in Franken's favor.

The Franken side will ask the Minnesota Supreme Court on February 5 to order Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to issue a temporary election certificate so Franken can be seated in the Senate. Both men have refused, saying they will wait until the matter is resolved.

I think they should have a duel. And make sure Franken's gun has no bullets.

ohhhhh thats even better than the coin toss! How bout a cage match like Ultimate fighter - They could put it on Pay-per-view and pay off their campaign debt...or a little of it anyway.

Well there you have it.

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Senate recount trial judges put 4,800 more ballots in play
The decision expands the evidence that can be considered in the recount trial, giving Coleman the opportunity to put more ballots into play in his effort to erase a 225-vote lead for Franken.

By PAT DOYLE and KEVIN DUCHSCHERE, Star Tribune staff writers

Last update: February 4, 2009 - 6:41 AM
In a ruling that keeps alive Republican Norm Coleman's chances of overturning Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, a three-judge panel on Tuesday allowed him to bring evidence to trial that as many as 4,800 absentee ballots were wrongly rejected and should now be counted.

The decision expands the evidence that can be considered in the recount trial, giving Coleman the opportunity to put more ballots into play in his effort to erase a 225-vote lead for DFLer Al Franken. The Franken campaign had tried to limit Coleman to bringing evidence on only 650 absentee ballots that he cited specifically when he filed his lawsuit challenging the recount results.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/...DiaMDCinchO7DU

That's fair. The judges can always review the evidence and ignore it if it's not relevant. It's reasonable to have the evidence available for their review.

I don't think thats enough to change the outcome in an election this close. It is interesting though.

I like the idea that they used a three judge panel. It minimizes the possibility that anyone is going to come back and say it was a partisan decision.