by Ellen Theisen, Dave Klein and
John
Washburn
As is so often the case, just when everyone had given up all
hope of some resolution of the issue, the MN Supreme Court ruled unanimously to
affirm the election contest decision made by a lower court and reject the
appeal of the non-prevailing candidate, Norm Coleman. In another violation of
expectations, Coleman conceded the November 2008 U.S. Senate race to Al
Franken....
National:
Conservative filmmakers will get another hearing LINK
AZ: Let's Begin the Debate on The Merits of This
Proposal: Universal Voter Registration LINK
IL: Recount battle in court Wednesday LINK
MN: Minnesota court rules Democrat Al Franken won
Senate seat LINK
MN: Coleman concedes (video) LINK
MN: Report on the Supreme Court's Decision (video)
LINK
MN: Text of the Supreme Court's Decision LINK
MN: How has the Senate dispute affected your faith
in the electoral process? LINK
NY: Gotham Gazette: Understanding the Ballot
Petitions LINK
NY: With Albany in chaos, Board of Elections staff
party in Finger Lakes LINK
PA: Sixth ACORN worker ordered to stand trial for
election violations LINK
TN: Secretary of State: 'there is insufficient
time' to uphold the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act LINK
TX: Governor says session's task is set in stone
LINK (Previously headlined, "Perry pressed to add CHIP and voter
ID to special session")
WI: Voters May Have Another Option to Cast Ballots
Next Year LINK
Albania: Observers report some flaws in Albania
vote, despite improvements LINK
Canada: A Vote Against E-Voting LINK
Canada: Online voting no cure LINK
Iran: Iran Council confirms Ahmadinejad election
victory LINK
Philippines: Comelec chief: Money, control root of
feud between Smartmatic, partner LINK
Philippines: Comelec: Smartmatic execs, partner
face 15 years LINK
Philippines: TIM-Smartmatic given ten days to
patch up LINK
History: Progressivism Gone Awry? The Price of
Ballot Secrecy. LINK (The first step in getting lost is not paying attention to
where you were going.)
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Theisen, Director and Managing Editor
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Editor
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Washburn, Editor
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