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In Minnesota the Democrat gubernatorial candidate, former Sen. Mark “lock the doors” Dayton, led most of the night. So I was surprised that Republican Tom Emmer (who was “Targeted” by the homosexual lobby) came within a whisker of catching him — enough to probably require an automatic recount. Are we in for another Al Franken-Norm Coleman-type prolonged drama? The Star-Tribune reports:
With all but two of the state’s 4,136 precincts reporting, Democrat Mark Dayton led Republican Tom Emmer by 8,914 votes, well within the margin of one-half on 1 percentage points that automatically triggers a recount under state law….
The GOP immediately signaled that the party will be far more aggressive in the recount battle than it was last time around.
Stopping just short of alleging voter fraud on Tuesday, Chairman Tony Sutton flatly predicted: “Once all the votes are properly accounted for, it will show that Tom Emmer was elected governor.
“We are concerned about the fact that there were many discrepancies last night.”
Sutton noted that Hennepin County made a 400,000-vote mistake, which caused a 60,000-vote swing in governor’s race….
He added: “Something doesn’t smell right when you take control of the state House, you take control of the state Senate, we win Congressional districts, folks, and yet somehow, somehow, we don’t win the governor’s race.”
Sutton said the GOP “won’t get out-lawyered” in a recount, as many observers said it was in 2008.
Indeed, the initiation of the state’s “Election Integrity Watch” program may prove to be important, despite Rep. Keith Ellison’s resistance.
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Larry| 11.3.10 @ 3:02PM
It isn't just a matter of being "outlawyered." It's a matter of Emmer's campaign operatives and lawyers getting out and doing ALL of the legwork necessary to confirm the validity or invalidity of EVERY questionable vote. Try starting with the felon vote this time, please.
Long Ben| 11.3.10 @ 4:06PM
The GOP ought to take every opportunity to point
out that it is the Democrat Party that favors Felons voting . Yes , ( by Democrat lights ) the lawless should have a voice in electing lawmakers ( insane ain't it ? ) Further the GOP should point out as sensitively ( read non-racial ) as they can that tens or hundreds of thousands if not millions of American voters are being disenfranchised by the non citizen vote . You all may remember when Cualderon of Mexico ( if memory serves ) told that big crowd of Mexican residents of California in essence " Now Ya'll be sure and vote Mexicos' interest in this coming election ". These are the mixed loyalties
that the immigration laws were enacted to prevent ,
as a matter of self defense for our culture and way of life , since it is the Democrats who are always opposed to proof of citizenship for voting , it is only right to conclude , that they are opposed to our American way of Life .
Bo| 11.3.10 @ 4:34PM
After the recount, Dayton will be ahead by 3 percentage points. This will not go well. The GOP still doesn't get how this works. They should've learned from Rossi and Coleman but they haven't.
Franklin| 11.3.10 @ 4:34PM
There was a couple of YouTube videos that showed a guy that observed a bus-load of patients from some facility that were being "helped" to vote by the facilities staff. Almost all of the patients were mentally unable to comprehend where they were and what they were doing.
He said he observed the staff telling the patient which bubble to mark (all democrats). One patient even wandered away while the staff person finished the ballott by herself.
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Crow Wing County Absentee Fraud investigation Pt1
Don| 11.3.10 @ 11:15PM
Lets go ahead and waste more MN money on this "agressive" recount. Great. Emmer lost, go cry about it, but stop whining about felon voters. Do you really think that there are that many felons voting? Especially considering it is mostly the old and the fanatics that are the majority voters in the gubernatorial elections? Remember, felons, upon completion of their sentences, court obligations, probation, whatever, get what is known as restoration of rights. This means that they can vote, run for office, and do many other things that they could not when first convicted. Matter of fact, I am going to run for governor of Minnesota in the next election, and I'm a felon! Chris Wright, who ran under the Grass Roots Party, is a felon. Felons have rights too, so long as they complete their court ordered obligations. Fraud... it's not just for dirty democrats. Funny how the majority of the night Dayton had roughly a 125000 vote lead and then down at the very end it goes down to under 10,000. If anyone should be accused of fraud it should be Emmer and his "posse"
Shawn| 11.4.10 @ 3:02AM
Sorry, but this does smell right to me. Emmer was a flawed candidate who attracted a serious challenge from a Libertarian-Right candidate. As much as I'd like to say this was all DFL fraud, it's more likely the same issue that's destroying the state GOP in Colorado as well: inability to maintain a cohesive internal structure in state-wide elections.