Minn Recount: Brett Favre Beats Lizard People-Coleman gets Vote Franken loses Vote

[RamboLiberal]

Yesterday, the Franken campaign challenged this ballot, claiming that "Brett Favre" was an identifying mark:



The Canvassing Board rejected the challenge and awarded the vote to Coleman.

Today, just moments ago, the infamous Lizard People ballot came up for the Canvassing Board's review!



This ballot was initially counted as a Franken vote. The Coleman campaign challenged the ballot, claiming "Lizard People" was an identifying mark. The Board voted to uphold the challenge, arguing that they couldn't be certain that "Lizard People" wasn't a real person's name.

So "Lizard People" might be a real person, but "Brett Favre" isn't?

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Well isn't that special! And hypocritical!!!!!

[Sabriel]

1. I think it was the shock that did it.

The shock that there was a Favre supporter in Minnesota.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

2. Unbelievable

But it should be a lesson to all you jokesters out there that a ballot is not the appropriate place to be making in-jokes. So annoying.

[JackRiddler]

3. All your Favre is belong to us (so say the NY Jets fans)

[tom_paine]

4. Wow, that's one stolen from Al and stolen FOR Coleman.

Just...wow.

Right out in the open like that. Quite demonstrably 100% reversed in outcome, and doubly so because on the Franken ballot, the Lizard People oval isn't filled in.

Wow.