DFL and GOP statements

Posted at 2:49 PM on June 30, 2009 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

The DFL released this statement on the MN Supreme Court ruling declaring Al Franken the winner of the U.S. Senate race:

"We offer our heartfelt congratulations once again to Senator-elect Franken, his wife Franni and their family. Throughout this long process, Minnesotans have seen what kind of senator Al Franken will be: determined, patient, thoughtful and ready to work for our state. Now it is time for the senator-elect to be seated so that Minnesota is once again fully represented in the United States Senate.

"The Supreme Court's ruling also proves that Minnesotans can take pride in our election process. The close vote, the long recount and the ensuing election contest may have confounded other states. But Minnesota has shown the nation that our system is meticulous, transparent and fair.

"Minnesotans have shown great patience since Election Night. Now that the Supreme Court has finally decided the winner, and unanimously resolved all the pending issues, we must unite as a community behind our new junior senator and move forward together for the good of Minnesota.

"We trust that Senator-elect Franken will be seated without delay, and look forward to working closely with him as he finally joins Senator Klobuchar and President Obama in Washington to advance a progressive, common-sense agenda for Minnesota."

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The MN GOP released this statement:

"Today's ruling wrongly disenfranchised thousands of Minnesotans who deserve to have their votes counted. Alongside Senator Coleman, the Republican Party of Minnesota has fought to make sure every vote counts and all voters are treated fairly and uniformly. As we move forward, our deeply flawed election system must be dramatically improved to ensure our state's elections are fair, accurate and reliable."

Comments (1)

The language and tone of the MN GOP press release is unfortunate and does little to dispel why they have been losing elections.

The process and the courts have demonstrated that our election system is not as flawed as they would want the public to believe. Certainly errors will occur and these should be minimized as no election would be perfect without substantial investment of tax dollars to make it error-free.

The voters whose absentee ballots were not counted were done so under the statutes provided. The court could not include ballots that violated the statues so it is difficult to understand how they conclude that Minnesota has a deeply flawed election system.

This lack of rational decision making ability may explain why many of their candidates have not been elected in the past and should not be elected in the future. Public policies need to be established from sound rational reasons and not from emotional hysteria.

Posted by TickDad | June 30, 2009 4:53 PM

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