Articles in Category: Minnesota

Dead In Its Tracks: An Anatomy of Norm Coleman’s Failed Effort to Contest MN’s U.S. Senate Election

Sanctions are now warranted against the former Republican Senator, according to the legal analysis of a veteran attorney and political science scholar...

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Ernest A. Canning,
2/22/2009 -
2:05 pm PT

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Coleman Flip-Flops Yet Again on Counting Rejected Absentee Ballots

But there's method, of a sort, to the certifiable madness...

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Brad Friedman,
2/20/2009 -
11:50 am PT

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Coleman Attorney Says Election ‘Fatally-Flawed’

More evidence they may be preparing an appeal strategy to call for a 'do-over' in MN's U.S. Senate Election

UPDATE: 'Swiftboat' Ben Ginsberg declares trial a 'legal quagmire'...

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Brad Friedman,
2/18/2009 -
11:27 am PT

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RNLA Issues Fact-Free Fund-Raising Letter Claiming ‘Desperate’ Franken is ‘Stealing U.S. Senate Seat’

Republican National Lawyers Association Says Goodbye to Any Credibility They May Have Once Had...

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Brad Friedman,
2/15/2009 -
6:05 am PT

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BREAKING: Court Excludes ‘Huge Number’ of Ballots in MN’s U.S. Senate Election Contest

Late Friday ruling limits 'Ballot Universe' of those still under consideration for counting, to only those 'legally cast under relevant law'

Franken team pleased that at least 13 of 19 categories of previously rejected absentee ballots will not be counted...

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Brad Friedman,
2/13/2009 -
3:56 pm PT

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‘Senate Contest Shows Fraud,’ Says MN Republican Legislator After His Photo ID Law Flops

'Not a whiff of fraud here,' says Repub MN Senate contest attorney...

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Brad Friedman,
2/12/2009 -
1:21 pm PT

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Court Awards Votes to Franken in Coleman’s U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Even as the Republican argues to include ballots of voters who forged signatures and ballots they previously rejected

Plus: A bit more to bring you up to date with the latest...

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Brad Friedman,
2/11/2009 -
2:23 pm PT

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God Backs Norm Coleman, Says Norm Coleman

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Brad Friedman,
2/10/2009 -
1:05 pm PT

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‘The Ballot Universe’: Where We Are as Week 2 Ends at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Plus: An interview with TheUpTake.org's Noah Kunin, live from Minneapolis...

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Brad Friedman,
2/7/2009 -
6:19 pm PT

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Filibuster Math: Dems Should Not Seat Gregg’s Replacement (Until Franken is Seated First)

With only 98 Senators seated, the number needed to hold off GOP obstructionism drops to 59...

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Brad Friedman,
2/3/2009 -
3:36 pm PT

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‘Can We Get a Do-Over? Or Some Help From the Supremes?’: Week 2 Begins at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Wherein we all guess what the hell Coleman's ultimate endgame may be, even as he makes it up while going along...

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Brad Friedman,
2/3/2009 -
12:36 am PT

14 Comments

‘Slow-Motion Comedy Show’: Days 4 & 5 of the Coleman/Franken U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Wherein everybody flip-flops, Coleman makes a successful argument, but may have blown it with a 'phony' website crash and an horrendous argument for Internet voting...

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Brad Friedman,
1/30/2009 -
3:41 pm PT

16 Comments

Coleman’s Continuing Comedy of Errors: Days 2 & 3 at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

Wherein 'voter fraud' no longer matters to Republicans...

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Brad Friedman,
1/28/2009 -
4:07 pm PT

23 Comments

‘Doctored Evidence’ Tossed on First Day of Coleman/Franken Election Contest

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Brad Friedman,
1/26/2009 -
3:43 pm PT

14 Comments

Franken Attorney: Coleman Team Doctoring Evidence in Election Contest Lawsuit

And other late updates from the ongoing U.S. Senate race in Minnesota...

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Brad Friedman,
1/23/2009 -
3:10 pm PT

6 Comments

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Sanctions are now warranted against the former Republican Senator, according to the legal analysis of a veteran attorney and political science scholar...

But there's method, of a sort, to the certifiable madness...

More evidence they may be preparing an appeal strategy to call for a 'do-over' in MN's U.S. Senate Election

UPDATE: 'Swiftboat' Ben Ginsberg declares trial a 'legal quagmire'...

Republican National Lawyers Association Says Goodbye to Any Credibility They May Have Once Had...

Late Friday ruling limits 'Ballot Universe' of those still under consideration for counting, to only those 'legally cast under relevant law'

Franken team pleased that at least 13 of 19 categories of previously rejected absentee ballots will not be counted...

'Not a whiff of fraud here,' says Repub MN Senate contest attorney...

Even as the Republican argues to include ballots of voters who forged signatures and ballots they previously rejected

Plus: A bit more to bring you up to date with the latest...

Plus: An interview with TheUpTake.org's Noah Kunin, live from Minneapolis...

With only 98 Senators seated, the number needed to hold off GOP obstructionism drops to 59...

Wherein we all guess what the hell Coleman's ultimate endgame may be, even as he makes it up while going along...

Wherein everybody flip-flops, Coleman makes a successful argument, but may have blown it with a 'phony' website crash and an horrendous argument for Internet voting...

Wherein 'voter fraud' no longer matters to Republicans...

And other late updates from the ongoing U.S. Senate race in Minnesota...

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