Al Franken running out of options
Franken entered the recount trailing Coleman by 215 votes out of 2.9 million ballots. As of Wednesday night, Coleman was up 292 votes, including results from Nov. 4 and recounted ones.
All told, 86 percent of the ballots have been recounted. However, about 4,740 ballots have been challenged by the two campaigns that could fall to the canvassing board to rule on.
But honestly, I think Franken will still fall short. Could it be that Minnesota does not want Franken to be elected senator?
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As such, it is amusing when look at the approach both sides are taking:
Democrats argues that a voter must not be disenfranchised. A vote must count because it is a citizen's right regardless of the election rules.
Republicans argues that a voter has that right to vote unless the ballot has been disqualified, found in error, or anything else that may deem the ballot as invalid.
So is Franken going to take it all the way to the state Supreme Court? Or even the US Supreme Court? Now there's also talk about the U.S. Senate getting involved.
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