It may be time for the next election before Minnesota sorts this one out. My favorite source of information about the Coleman vs Franken election (other than the Minnesota Star Tribune (which filed for reorganization in bankruptcy last night) is the Power Line Blog. They have a post up today referring to a column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal by MIchael Stokes Paulsen arguing the unconstitutionality of the Minnesota Senate recount. The column is entitled "The Minnesota recount was unconstitutional." His point was that there were so many inconsistencies in the way ballots were counted in the recount that the rule of all votes being equally counted was violated. It is disturbing that more than 25 of the reporting precincts reported more votes than registered voters. It brings me back to the following quote:
"It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes." (Josef Stalin)
This quote and the events in Minnesota should wake us up to the fact that all people and parties running for election are not necessarily on the side of honesty.
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