The most exciting primary race from Tuesday surprisingly turned out to be the GOP Senate race in Alaska, where Sarah Palin-endorsed Joe Miller appears ready to unseat incumbent Lisa Murkowski.”

That would be a miracle. No one thought Joe had a chance- even if he loses, it was an amazing race.

So is this part of their “News” programming or their opinion programming?

It’s so hard to tell sometimes. lolol

can one be ever more dishonest? you have on one side questions raised and one side that clearly shows Al Franken won fair and square? which side do you suppose has the stronger argument? but FOX news would like you to believe ACORN is up in Alaska committing voter fraud.

This is one example that this site leans right? if a lib had questions as opposed to repub having clear cut evidence, you’d bash the anchor who implied otherwise as biased. please put this in the proper context. its misleading how you present this.

Oh please, Al stole it and everyone knows it.

Normally I avoid long cut-and-paste posts, but those who think Franken actually got a majority of the votes in Minnesota should look this over.

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DUPLICATE VOTER REGISTRATIONS: We discovered thousands of voter records that have an exact match on the criteria of first name, middle name, last name and birth year. The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires duplicate registrations to be removed from SVRS.

§ DOUBLE VOTING: Using the SVRS list provided by the Minnesota Secretary of state, we found evidence of nearly 100 cases in which voter registration and voter history records strongly indicate that a single voter may have voted more than once in a single election. We’ve identified thousands of additional voter records that merit additional investigation.

§ VACANT AND NON-DELIVERABLE ADDRESSES: The United States Postal Service (USPS) has flagged the addresses recorded for nearly 100,000 voters as being either “vacant” or “undeliverable”. We visited approximately two-dozen of these undeliverable addresses to verify the USPS results and discovered approximately 50% of the addresses in our sample to be correctly flagged, in that the addresses did not exist. We have taken photographs of empty lots and non-existent addresses where our investigation revealed invalid addresses.

§ RETURNED POSTAL VERIFICATION CARDS: In addition, the state’s primary registration verification tool is the Postal Verification Card (PVC). These post cards are mailed to newly registered voters. If the PVC is successfully delivered to the stated address, the voter is assumed to be legitimate. If the card is returned as undeliverable mail, the voter’s identity is in question and they are supposed to be challenged for proof of identity and residence at the polls in the next election. Over 46,000 of these postal verification cards have been returned to the secretary of state’s office as non-deliverable since 2004. About 30,000 of them were from 2008 and when that number was generated, mailing of PVCs to 2008’s Election Day registrants was not yet complete.

§ DECEASED VOTERS: Using a standard deceased matching service commonly utilized by mailing houses, we discovered thousands of individuals flagged as deceased who are still on the active voter rolls. Following the 2008 election, we were able to check the SVRS voter history against a list of dead voters and found thousands of potential matches. Further investigation into a small sampling turned up (high confidence match) death records for several voters indicating that they had died before voting in the 2008 election.

§ FELONS REGISTERING: Just prior to the 2008 election, an investigation by Fox 9 News discovered nearly 100 convicted felons who had newly registered to vote in 2008. Some were registered while in prison, suggesting someone else may have registered in their name. When these findings were brought to Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, he said he wasn’t aware these felons had registered, but assured the reporter that felons would be checked for and appropriately challenged for the election. See the TV news report by KMSP Fox 9.

§ FELONS VOTING: Following the 2008 general election, we obtained a disk containing a list of all convicted felons “on book” in Minnesota from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Comparing that list to the Voter Histories in the Statewide Voter Registration System revealed 2,803 exact matches on name (first, middle and last) and year of birth. Checking court records against the BCA and SVRS data, we have so far been able to positively confirm approximately 50% of the felons identities and match them to SVRS voter histories indicating fraudulent votes. We followed up by checking polling place rosters for signatures of ineligible felon voters and made copies of some examples. In no polling place roster, was the required notice, “Challenge: Felon” affixed to felon voter’s signature line. We have forwarded the names of approximately 1,400 suspected felon voters to the Ramsey and Hennepin County attorneys for investigation. As of February 2010, Ramsey County reports having charged 26 felons with fraudulent voter registrations and 12 with fraudulent voting. They’ve reported 20 convictions. See our full Report on Fraudulent Votes Cast by Ineligible Felons in Minnesota’s 2008 General Election. See TV news coverage by KSTP Channel 5 here.

§ VOTE TOTAL MISMATCHES: Hundreds of precincts have reported different vote and registered voter totals in the SVRS system than were reported on election night 2008.

§ SVRS / CANVASS MISMATCH: A comparison of the SVRS voter histories and the State Canvassing Board certified election results revealed a mismatch of 40,000 unaccounted for ballots in Late April, 2009. As of September 2009, the discrepancy still had not been reconciled.

§ CANVASS / VOTER SIGNATURES MISMATCH: Examining the original polling place precinct rosters in 5 Ramsey County precincts revealed that more ballots were tallied in the official election results than there were signatures of voters in those precincts. In 4 of the 5 precincts, the voting machines tabulated more ballots than there were signatures and AB (Absentee Ballot) stamps on the precinct voter roster pages. This could in part, explain unreconciled discrepancies in SVRS and it demonstrates a potential hole in the integrity of the system, making it possible for some voters to vote twice – once by absentee ballot and once in person with both votes being counted.

§ NON-CITIZEN VOTERS: Prior to the 2008 election, state Representative Laura Brod discovered that several non-citizens had become registered to vote. The non-citizens were identified by Department of Public Safety “Status Check” data. “Status Check” is an indicator in drivers license records attached to visitors in the United States on a visa. It is designed to alert law enforcement to check the individual’s visa expiration date. Only a non-citizen would have the “Status Check” indicator in their drivers license record. Rep. Brod brought a list of voters who had DPS records flagged “Status Check” to the secretary of state before the 2008 election. Secretary Ritchie indicated that he wasn’t aware that he could check for that, despite the fact that his office had been receiving weekly updates from DPS for nearly two years. Ritchie gave his assurances that the non-citizens would be cleaned from the voter rolls and checks would be made regularly going forward. A check of SVRS voter histories after the election showed that not only were some of the same non-citizens still registered, some had cast ballots.

§ POST-ELECTION REGISTRATIONS: The April 25th 2009 SVRS data provided by the Secretary of State’s Office indicates many voters were registered to vote the day after voting in the 2008 general election. We are attempting to ascertain the explanation for this discovery.

§ UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OF ELECTION-RELATED DOCUMENTS: Through correspondence with county auditors and county attorneys, we discovered that at least two counties have been destroying returned voter postal verification cards (PVCs) before the required 22 month retention period has expired.

§ NON-COMPLIANCE WITH HAVA AND STATE STATUTES REQUIRING TIMELY RECORD UPDATES: Several county election departments including Hennepin and Ramsey are consistently failing to update voter records within the state and federally defined deadlines. HAVA stipulates that the records must be immediately updated and state statute specifies 6 weeks from the election. Some counties are taking 6 months or longer to update these records.

§ DEFICIENT VOTER REGISTRATIONS: Minnesota Statute 201.071 requires voter registrations recorded after August 1, 1983 to include the voter’s name, address, date of birth and signature. We discovered thousands of voter registrations that would be considered “deficient” under Minnesota law due to missing or invalid information. Minnesota law requires these deficient registrations to be corrected before an individual is allowed to vote. Records show that many of these voters have voted in recent elections without updating or verifying this required information.

§ OTHER INCONSISTENCIES: We have discovered several thousand voters registered after August 1, 1983 that had birth years suggesting these individuals are 108 years of age or older. We also found nearly 2,000 individuals who appear to have registered and voted before the age of 18.

Yes , Al won fair and square . And he’s got plenty of extra votes in the trunk of his car just in case .

So now it’s conservatives whining about a stolen election? After telling Gore voters to shut up and get over it. Take some of your own advice.

If you think Senator(as now you must refer to him as) Al Franken stole the election you are on the same team as the birthers.Just can’t accept that guys like Franken and Obama won so you just make up shit so you can continue with your pity party.Acorn minimum wage workers registered non-existent voters who somehow did not actually vote.Senator Franken along with Keith Olbermann,Michael Moore and Bill Maher are proudly on top of the rightwinghate list. And Fuck You to.

paulmdoro said:
So now it’s conservatives whining about a stolen election? After telling Gore voters to shut up and get over it. Take some of your own advice.

We’re not whining about anything, Al stole it and it was obvious. Also, I’ve lived in Minnesota, they frickin deserve him. Beautiful lakes and land, but a lot of whackjobs.

chucken said:
If you think Senator(as now you must refer to him as) Al Franken stole the election you are on the same team as the birthers.Just can’t accept that guys like Franken and Obama won so you just make up shit so you can continue with your pity party.Acorn minimum wage workers registered non-existent voters who somehow did not actually vote.Senator Franken along with Keith Olbermann,Michael Moore and Bill Maher are proudly on top of the rightwinghate list. And Fuck You to.

He’ll always be a grown up in a diaper with a pacifier in his mouth to most people. The epitome of a bottom feeder.

paulmdoro said:
So now it’s conservatives whining about a stolen election? After telling Gore voters to shut up and get over it. Take some of your own advice.

Ahhhhhhhhh Paul, bringing out the old ‘Paint them all with the BIG BROAD BRUSH because Greg Jarrett said something.

Frankin Won.

Bush Won.

Bitch all you want nothing you can do about it, move on’

chucken said:
If you think Senator(as now you must refer to him as) Al Franken stole the election you are on the same team as the birthers.Just can’t accept that guys like Franken and Obama won so you just make up shit so you can continue with your pity party.Acorn minimum wage workers registered non-existent voters who somehow did not actually vote.Senator Franken along with Keith Olbermann,Michael Moore and Bill Maher are proudly on top of the rightwinghate list. And Fuck You to.

We all know what size bus brought this guy to school.

Al did steal the election, just like the other Al tried to steal it but couldn’t get away with his dishonest tactics.

felixw said:
Normally I avoid long cut-and-paste posts, but those who think Franken actually got a majority of the votes in Minnesota should look this over. __ DUPLICATE VOTER REGISTRATIONS: We discovered thousands of voter records that have an exact match on the criteria of first name, middle name, last name and birth year. The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires duplicate registrations to be removed from SVRS. § DOUBLE VOTING: Using the SVRS list provided by the Minnesota Secretary of state, we found evidence of nearly 100 cases in which voter registration and voter history records strongly indicate that a single voter may have voted more than once in a single election. We’ve identified thousands of additional voter records that merit additional investigation. § VACANT AND NON-DELIVERABLE ADDRESSES: The United States Postal Service (USPS) has flagged the addresses recorded for nearly 100,000 voters as being either “vacant” or “undeliverable”. We visited approximately two-dozen of these undeliverable addresses to verify the USPS results and discovered approximately 50% of the addresses in our sample to be correctly flagged, in that the addresses did not exist. We have taken photographs of empty lots and non-existent addresses where our investigation revealed invalid addresses. § RETURNED POSTAL VERIFICATION CARDS: In addition, the state’s primary registration verification tool is the Postal Verification Card (PVC). These post cards are mailed to newly registered voters. If the PVC is successfully delivered to the stated address, the voter is assumed to be legitimate. If the card is returned as undeliverable mail, the voter’s identity is in question and they are supposed to be challenged for proof of identity and residence at the polls in the next election. Over 46,000 of these postal verification cards have been returned to the secretary of state’s office as non-deliverable since 2004. About 30,000 of them were from 2008 and when that number was generated, mailing of PVCs to 2008’s Election Day registrants was not yet complete. § DECEASED VOTERS: Using a standard deceased matching service commonly utilized by mailing houses, we discovered thousands of individuals flagged as deceased who are still on the active voter rolls. Following the 2008 election, we were able to check the SVRS voter history against a list of dead voters and found thousands of potential matches. Further investigation into a small sampling turned up (high confidence match) death records for several voters indicating that they had died before voting in the 2008 election. § FELONS REGISTERING: Just prior to the 2008 election, an investigation by Fox 9 News discovered nearly 100 convicted felons who had newly registered to vote in 2008. Some were registered while in prison, suggesting someone else may have registered in their name. When these findings were brought to Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, he said he wasn’t aware these felons had registered, but assured the reporter that felons would be checked for and appropriately challenged for the election. See the TV news report by KMSP Fox 9. § FELONS VOTING: Following the 2008 general election, we obtained a disk containing a list of all convicted felons “on book” in Minnesota from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Comparing that list to the Voter Histories in the Statewide Voter Registration System revealed 2,803 exact matches on name (first, middle and last) and year of birth. Checking court records against the BCA and SVRS data, we have so far been able to positively confirm approximately 50% of the felons identities and match them to SVRS voter histories indicating fraudulent votes. We followed up by checking polling place rosters for signatures of ineligible felon voters and made copies of some examples. In no polling place roster, was the required notice, “Challenge: Felon” affixed to felon voter’s signature line. We have forwarded the names of approximately 1,400 suspected felon voters to the Ramsey and Hennepin County attorneys for investigation. As of February 2010, Ramsey County reports having charged 26 felons with fraudulent voter registrations and 12 with fraudulent voting. They’ve reported 20 convictions. See our full Report on Fraudulent Votes Cast by Ineligible Felons in Minnesota’s 2008 General Election. See TV news coverage by KSTP Channel 5 here. § VOTE TOTAL MISMATCHES: Hundreds of precincts have reported different vote and registered voter totals in the SVRS system than were reported on election night 2008. § SVRS / CANVASS MISMATCH: A comparison of the SVRS voter histories and the State Canvassing Board certified election results revealed a mismatch of 40,000 unaccounted for ballots in Late April, 2009. As of September 2009, the discrepancy still had not been reconciled. § CANVASS / VOTER SIGNATURES MISMATCH: Examining the original polling place precinct rosters in 5 Ramsey County precincts revealed that more ballots were tallied in the official election results than there were signatures of voters in those precincts. In 4 of the 5 precincts, the voting machines tabulated more ballots than there were signatures and AB (Absentee Ballot) stamps on the precinct voter roster pages. This could in part, explain unreconciled discrepancies in SVRS and it demonstrates a potential hole in the integrity of the system, making it possible for some voters to vote twice – once by absentee ballot and once in person with both votes being counted. § NON-CITIZEN VOTERS: Prior to the 2008 election, state Representative Laura Brod discovered that several non-citizens had become registered to vote. The non-citizens were identified by Department of Public Safety “Status Check” data. “Status Check” is an indicator in drivers license records attached to visitors in the United States on a visa. It is designed to alert law enforcement to check the individual’s visa expiration date. Only a non-citizen would have the “Status Check” indicator in their drivers license record. Rep. Brod brought a list of voters who had DPS records flagged “Status Check” to the secretary of state before the 2008 election. Secretary Ritchie indicated that he wasn’t aware that he could check for that, despite the fact that his office had been receiving weekly updates from DPS for nearly two years. Ritchie gave his assurances that the non-citizens would be cleaned from the voter rolls and checks would be made regularly going forward. A check of SVRS voter histories after the election showed that not only were some of the same non-citizens still registered, some had cast ballots. § POST-ELECTION REGISTRATIONS: The April 25th 2009 SVRS data provided by the Secretary of State’s Office indicates many voters were registered to vote the day after voting in the 2008 general election. We are attempting to ascertain the explanation for this discovery. § UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OF ELECTION-RELATED DOCUMENTS: Through correspondence with county auditors and county attorneys, we discovered that at least two counties have been destroying returned voter postal verification cards (PVCs) before the required 22 month retention period has expired. § NON-COMPLIANCE WITH HAVA AND STATE STATUTES REQUIRING TIMELY RECORD UPDATES: Several county election departments including Hennepin and Ramsey are consistently failing to update voter records within the state and federally defined deadlines. HAVA stipulates that the records must be immediately updated and state statute specifies 6 weeks from the election. Some counties are taking 6 months or longer to update these records. § DEFICIENT VOTER REGISTRATIONS: Minnesota Statute 201.071 requires voter registrations recorded after August 1, 1983 to include the voter’s name, address, date of birth and signature. We discovered thousands of voter registrations that would be considered “deficient” under Minnesota law due to missing or invalid information. Minnesota law requires these deficient registrations to be corrected before an individual is allowed to vote. Records show that many of these voters have voted in recent elections without updating or verifying this required information. § OTHER INCONSISTENCIES: We have discovered several thousand voters registered after August 1, 1983 that had birth years suggesting these individuals are 108 years of age or older. We also found nearly 2,000 individuals who appear to have registered and voted before the age of 18.

But with all this evidence could the election be overturned? No.

You Live, YOU LEARN, You move on. You have 2010, 2012 before you get another crack at AL.

Nice try covering for your boy, Al, with the Salon piece but there’s more evidence out there that you conveniently omitted.

Then again, you’re the same guy who said Sarah Palin loves the “N” word with zero evidence to back it up. Pardon us, if we don’t take what you present as fact as the truth.

timzank said:
Oh please, Al stole it and everyone knows it.

The name, is Dumas. And you’re real Dumas material.

Anyone ever see Franken do his impersonation of Dick Cheney grudgingly using the bush-admin neologism* “evil-doers”? It’s hilarious.

*i know this retarded term had prior uses

It was the convicts’ votes that got Frankenstein elected. The convicts and illegals just love Dems.

paulmdoro said:
So now it’s conservatives whining about a stolen election? After telling Gore voters to shut up and get over it. Take some of your own advice.

Please assure us that you no longer teach anymore!

And when you did teach in the inner cities…did you teach this lie to your students?

Why imply it?

ACORN stole it for him!

paulmdoro said:
So now it’s conservatives whining about a stolen election? After telling Gore voters to shut up and get over it. Take some of your own advice.

They kept counting the Florida ballots over and over, and Bush always came out ahead. Sorry that troubles you so much. Remember that all the hanging chad theatrics came from the Democrats. And it was Al Gore who forced the election into the Supreme Court because he didn’t like the vote count. Face it, Democrats are the pros at all this kind of stuff — registering dead people, stuffing ballot boxes, etc. And if they had a hall of fame for voting fraud, prominent Democrats such as LBJ, Richard Daley, etc. would deserve wings all to themselves.

Hey Felix when you cut and paste some longwinded article that nobody is going to read you have to site what source it is from. Unless you think everything on the internet is true.

felixw said:
They kept counting the Florida ballots over and over, and Bush always came out ahead. Sorry that troubles you so much. Remember that all the hanging chad theatrics came from the Democrats. And it was Al Gore who forced the election into the Supreme Court because he didn’t like the vote count. Face it, Democrats are the pros at all this kind of stuff — registering dead people, stuffing ballot boxes, etc. And if they had a hall of fame for voting fraud, prominent Democrats such as LBJ, Richard Daley, etc. would deserve wings all to themselves.

Felix…you need to STOP with the facts…the lefty teachers like PMD have no use for them.

I hope Franken stole the election. Surely no one could legitimately elect him as a senator.

paulmdoro said:
So now it’s conservatives whining about a stolen election? After telling Gore voters to shut up and get over it. Take some of your own advice.

Your side yelled for 8 years about Bush stealing an election he NEVER trailed in. Were yelling about an election our side won and then was “given” to Al. We listened to you for 8 years so sit back and shut up while we yell for Al’s 6 years.

There is REAL evidence Al stole the election and there is NO evidence real or otherwise that Bush stole any election.

Did you really reference a Salon.com article to prove a nonpartisan point? Winning by a few hundred votes amplifies every vote like 50times. I heard about a box left in a car or something. I’m sure there were votes lost and counted wrong or non-legal votes cast. Most of the time it doesn’t matter, here’s the exception. I’d rather find out so it can be fixed and things changed to get as close to perfect as possible. This would be the same if Coleman won.

My biggest problem is that left-wingers are the ‘by any means necessary’ group. They flaunt and brag about that aspect. So my skepticism is highest that way. You’ve already seen that they view the US Constitution as basically unrestricting, so states are irrelevent. They know what’s good for everyone even if people don’t want it.

I don’t know what happened and it’s almost impossible to trace each vote and voter and ballots and ballot carriers. I would like to get to the point where everyone can vote for sure and be counted, maybe in some way we need to be able to confirm our votes…which may conflict with privacy. Perfection is unattainable unless you try to reach it.