First, in the early days of the recount, he spread — on Fox News — the completely untrue story about Minneapolis ballots that were supposedly being driven around in the alleged trunk of an unknown and non-existent elections official. He spoke of this days after it was reported that the story was a fable. Later, in a call with reporters, he overstated by thousands of percentage points the increase of absentee voters in , trying to say that Franken won the election because of that.
The central fact that real felons whose voting rights were legally taken away and not restored might have voted in — that is serious. That matter should be examined closely by state and county officials.
If there is any doubt that the Franken re-election campaign against anyone — Pawlenty? Franken will forever be a target for the Republicans, and if it is close again, be certain that Republican recount strategies and legal tactics will be different from See our full republication guidelines for more information.
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July 19, Article continues after advertisement. MinnPost photo by Bill Kelley. Canova shared video from a campaign volunteer who filmed elections officials transporting ballots by private vehicle, a chain of custody issue. That video has fueled speculation online about the integrity of the Broward County vote counts. His work has appeared nationally in The Advocate, Wired and other publications.
He can be reached at [email protected]. As in general, here an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Republicans in Florida should scotch the snake while it is in the shell, as Brutus said. Watch those Leftist snakes from the beginning and do not give them any concessions beginning to end.
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