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laureloak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 12:34 PM
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Could Allegations Invalidate Senate Results? Franken-Coleman
http://wcco.com/election/voter.irregularities.allegations.2.857437.html

"MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― Allegations have surfaced of voter irregularities involving a paid staffer of Sen. Norm Coleman, and the ramifications could have a profound effect on the outcome of Coleman's race against Al Franken.

A reporter for the Minnesota Independent, a progressive online publication, was working on a story about voter turnout when she overheard that Republican poll challengers monitoring voting at the precinct had brought in Mahamoud Wardere to help voters translate.

The Coleman campaign confirmed that Wardere is a paid member of their staff.

"I made some calls, found out his name and I confronted him and I said, 'Are you Wardare?' And he said, 'Yes, I am,'" said Priesmeyer. "At that poin I said, 'Are you working for Norm Coleman's campaign?' And he said, 'No, I am on vacation today.'"

However, Priesmeyer said voters told her that translators were telling them to vote for Coleman."
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 12:40 PM
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1. Al is on Ed Schultz right now and says the vote count difference is now
down to around 400 some votes between the two.
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azurnoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 12:44 PM
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2. It should nullify the election and
Edited on Thu Nov-06-08 12:44 PM by azurnoir
Coleman should be censured, but I am sure that somehow he will slither his way out of this and leave the Somali guy holding the bag
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 12:44 PM
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3. Cheney would decide the merits? Oh, please say it ain't so.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 01:02 PM
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4. That's Huge. Anyone Know The Tallies Of That Precinct?
Seems like this may have legs.
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joeunderdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 01:06 PM
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5. There is NO SUCH THING as election fraud.
Just ask Al Franken, himself. He flat out refused to even constructively discuss the issue on Air America. It's not that he wouldn't let people disagree with him--he wouldn't even allow it to be brought up.

You reap what you sow...
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 01:25 PM
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6. Any candidate who..
cried election fraud, without any proof would be eaten alive. Now voters on the other hand could do it quite easily.
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