CEIMN in the News

Absentee ballots simplified in wake of Senate race.

November 14, 2009

By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune

Last year's U.S. Senate race, will be simplified and streamlined before next year's election.

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announced Friday that he is changing the administrative rules that govern absentee ballots. And, he said, the new ballots are "more user-friendly and easy to understand."

After a 30-day public comment period that begins Monday, the rules will take effect next March, according to Ritchie's office.

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Election watchdogs release report on 08 audit & recount

June 1, 2009

St. Paul Legal Ledger, Capitol Report, By Charley Shaw, Capitol Report Staff

With oral arguments set to begin Monday in the Minnesota Supreme Court appeal of the contested U.S. Senate election between Norm Coleman and Al Franken, the day Minnesota’s second senator will be seated still appears far off.

So, is Minnesota’s election process faulty?

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CEIMN Releases Audit and Recount Report.

May 26, 2009

Report Highlights lessons learned in the Minnesota audit and recounts.

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Three months and counting. The interminable struggle between Al Franken and Norm Coleman

February 5, 2009

The Economist

WASHINGTON, DC, is focused on 2009 and John McCain’s candidacy seems a distant memory. Minnesota, however, is stuck in 2008. Al Franken, a Democratic challenger, and Norm Coleman, the incumbent Republican, continue to battle for a Senate seat. On February 3rd, three months after the election, a court ruled that 4,800 ballots might be recounted.

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At The Capitol / Lawmakers look at ways to improve absentee voting. Machines, flexible hours suggested.

January 10, 2009

By Bill Salisbury, Pioneer Press
bsalisbury@pioneerpress.com

Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount exposed several flaws in the state's election system, and a legislative committee Friday started considering ways to improve how Minnesotans vote.

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Campaigns' veto power in recount is decried. Legislators said it was a mistake for the high court to give the rivals the power to reject ballots.

January 10, 2009

By MIKE KASZUBA, Star Tribune

State senators and voting rights activists on Friday criticized the Minnesota Supreme Court's decision to give the two campaigns in the U.S. Senate recount the authority to throw out disputed absentee ballots, and one senator said support was building to change state law to prevent that from happening in future recounts.

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A Recount to Count On. Opinion by CEIMN Founder and Director Mark Halvorson

December 21, 2008

A recount to count on, St. Paul Pioneer Press
By Mark Halvorson

As nonpartisan election integrity advocates with front-row seats at the U.S. Senate recount, we believe Minnesotans can be confident the process has been methodical and fair. The intense scrutiny given to each step of the process and to each vote in the Senate recount has provided an incredible civics lesson for Minnesotans and the nation.

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Does rule of law trump right to vote?

December 11, 2008

By KEVIN DUCHSCHERE, Star Tribune

It's a recount debate that seemingly pits the right to vote against the rule of law: When, if ever, do you count absentee ballots that were rejected by mistake and should have been included in the Election Day results to begin with?

DFLer Al Franken, who has trailed Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in every tally except his own, wants those ballots included in the U.S. Senate recount. Every vote lawfully cast should be counted, Franken recount attorney Marc Elias said.

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