Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Minnesota Ruling   [David Freddoso]

Coleman's legal spokesman, Ben Ginsberg, offers his reaction — and a yet another hint that the case could eventually wind up in federal court. Note the use of the phrase "constitutional due process and equal protection rights."

"Unfortunately, this court's action will result in thousands of Minnesota voters remaining disenfranchised.  The court's imposition of its own set of standards used nowhere in Minnesota on election day violates constitutional due process and equal protection rights and means that votes the court itself said are illegal are included in the final counts.  As a result, this leaves us no choice but to appeal any final decision that includes these errors to the Minnesota State Supreme Court.  This refusal to come to grips with what actually happened on Election Day and in the Canvassing Board recount just emphasizes that Minnesotans can have no faith that the results of the November 2008 United States Senate election will ever truly be determined with any fairness or accuracy unless all the votes are counted under the rules that were practiced on Election Day."

03/31 07:23 PMShare