In what will be the final act of this God-forsaken infinite Minnesota Senate recount between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, it's all coming down to the wrongfully rejected absentee ballots.
Local election officials have identified 1,350 of these ballots statewide. When the Coleman campaign tried to prevent these ballots from being counted earlier this month, the court ruled that the two campaigns would have to work out which ballots to count.
Representatives from the two campaigns will reportedly be starting to do that today, while the Canvassing Board will meet tomorrow.
Currently, Franken leads by an unofficial count of 46 votes. If that lead stands after all of the absentee ballots are counted, the Canvassing Board will declare him the winner. The Coleman campaign has strongly indicated that they will be taking this to court if Franken is certified as the winner.
Either way, it is unlikely that Minnesota will seat two Senators when Congress reconvenes on January 6. Minnesota's other Senator, Democrat Amy Klobuchar, said that whoever the Canvassing Board declares as the winner should be the state's new Senator, even if a court challenge by the losing side ensues. She added that the Senate could seat a senator pending litigation by the loser.
It is pretty clear that Franken will be ahead at the end of the counting of the absentees, so really she is saying through her teeth that Al Franken won--let's get on with it. But don't expect that to stop the Coleman campaign. I fully expect them to fight this until they can fight no more.
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