Al Franken campaign on recount news today

[Eric J in MN]

An email I just received:

Dear Friend,

We got some great news in the last hour.

The state canvassing board has soundly rejected the Coleman campaign's attempt to disenfranchise 133 voters in Minneapolis whose ballots were lost during the recount, unanimously deciding to count those votes. In addition, they urged Minnesota's 87 counties to identify, open, and count absentee ballots that were wrongly rejected.

This is a huge win for us, because our position has always been the simple principle that every lawful vote should be counted. But there are still a lot of steps left ahead in this process, and the Coleman campaign is likely to bring a whole lot of political and legal muscle to re-double their efforts to stop the count.

We won't let them - but we need your help. Your contribution of $25, $50, $100, or more will enable us to stand up for voters who did everything right but whose ballots were improperly thrown out. Just two days ago, we released a YouTube video featuring seven of those voters - and it's already been viewed over 37,000 times!

Please click here to make a contribution today.

The state canvassing board's ruling was a huge boost to our efforts to see that every vote is counted fairly, but there's still a long way to go before the election is decided.

The good news is, when it's all said and done, we're more confident than ever that Al Franken will be Minnesota's next U.S. Senator.

Thanks for all your help - and please do make as generous a contribution as you can today!


Andy Barr
Al Franken for Senate

We can donate to the Al Franken campaign at their website:
http://www.alfranken.com

[onehandle]

1. How many times do I have to say...

Go Al!

Not many more times, I hope.

[w4rma]

8. Hopefully many many more times over the course of a long and prosperous Senate career. (nt)

[I Have A Dream]

2. I just donated for the 800th time.

:eyes:

;) I really did just donate again. Keep up the good fight, Al! He's a fighter, but he can't do it without resources.

[Eric J in MN]

4. Thank you. NT

NT

[Blackhatjack]

3. The dirt on Coleman and his corrupt dealings keeps on percolating...

... the investigations into Coleman dealings are going forward.

We sure don't need him in the Senate.

[Orsino]

5. It's too late for this to affect the outcome of this election...

...or it ought to be.

At least this recount stalemate is getting a lot of ballots counted--on both sides, I think--that would otherwise have been contemptuously tossed aside. We ought to be hand-counting everywhere.

[Hokie]

6. Proud to kick to the Greatest!

I watched some of the meeting. It was interesting. I am much more optimistic now that they will fairly judge the challenged ballots.

[Eric J in MN]

7. Thank you. NT

NT

[I Have A Dream]

9. Another kick back to the top. nt