Franken's request to dismiss Coleman suit is denied

[kickysnana]

The three-judge panel rejected Al Franken's motion to dismiss the case to narrowly limit the review of ballots. The three-judge panel that will hear the case also rejected Franken's bid to narrowly limit the review.

State election law doesn't undermine the Senate's constitutional power to later judge the qualifications of its members, the judges said in denying Franken's request to dismiss the election contest, as the lawsuit is called.

The panel also rejected Franken's attempt to limit any court review to verifying math and other technicalities of the recount and canvass, clearing the way for the judges to consider Coleman claims that some votes in Democratic areas were counted twice, that some absentee ballots from GOP areas were wrongly rejected and that there were other irregularities.

The panel noted that the Minnesota Supreme Court had ruled that while those claims shouldn't be decided during the recount, they "would be properly heard in an election contest" in court.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/38147149.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI

The trial is scheduled to start Monday at the Minnesota Justice Center in St. Paul.

[mn9driver]

1. Not unexpected.

Coleman will get to have his "election contest".

Once the trial opens and Coleman's attorneys fail to provide any actual evidence of any of the things he alleges, the judicial smackdown should be quite entertaining. Franken will take his place in the Senate shortly after that.

[geardaddy]

2. Reading the comments

I'm impressed at the number of pro-Franken posters. Usually there are so many wing-nuts, but they seem to be overpowered in this article.