(Coleman/Franken) Senate recount trial: Copies of ballots don't cut it

[Mister Ed]

I don't think the judges will have much sympathy for a plaintiff who tries to bamboozle them with tampered evidence...

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/38344479.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQD_3c7Ok:iUvckD8EQD_3c7Ok:iUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr

The trouble came over testimony that workers for Republican Norm Coleman's campaign had marked or obscured copies of some absentee ballot envelopes offered as evidence. The acknowledgment provoked confusion and prompted the judges to demand the original documents.

On that note, the first day of the trial abruptly halted, leaving the second's agenda something of a mystery.

[depakid]

1. There's that pesky Best Evidence Rule at work...