Franken looking at his options.
This almost as bad as the Florida debacle. Here is an option for Franken concede the race if you lost the recount. But I am sure Franken won’t do that he will try to get this tied up in the court until into 2009.
After absentee ballot loss, Franken eyes options
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota’s U.S. Senate showdown is veering down a path toward the courts and possibly the Senate itself after a panel’s ruling on rejected absentee ballots dealt a blow to Democrat Al Franken’s chances.
For the first time, his campaign on Wednesday openly discussed mounting challenges after the hand recount involving Franken and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman concludes. That includes the possibility of drawing the Senate into the fracas.
The state Canvassing Board denied Franken’s request to factor absentee ballots rejected by poll workers into the recount. He sought to overturn the exclusions in cases where ballots were invalidated over signature problems or other voter errors. Coleman’s campaign maintained the board lacked power to revisit those ballots.
