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Friday, December 12
MINNESOTA COURT SAYS CHECK REJECTED VOTES
by
margieburns
on Fri 12 Dec 2008 03:16 PM EST
MINNESOTA COURT SAYS CHECK REJECTED VOTES --It cd seem a small thing to be thankful for, but CQ Politics reports that Minnesota's high court has upheld a significant principle: All rejected ballots should be checked, so that any ballots wrongly rejected can be counted.
Part of the report follows: "Democrat Hails Minnesota Vote Board Ruling on Senate Absentee Ballots Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken got a boost Friday in his bid to unseat Sen. Norm Coleman , R-Minn., with a ruling by the state’s election oversight board that could expand the number of ballots counted from the Nov. 4 election.... more »
Prosecutor and Newspaper: An Increasingly Symbiotic Relationship
by
margieburns
on Fri 12 Dec 2008 10:05 AM EST
Prosecutor and Newspaper: An Increasingly Symbiotic Relationship --Ties between U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald in Chicago and the Chicago Tribune, which sought protection under bankruptcy reorganization the day before Fitzgerald's mega-splashy arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, grow increasingly close and ever more blatant. Is the Tribune going to be Fitzgerald's very own Washington Times or Fox News or Clear Channel?
I have loved newspapers all my life. But the relationship between Chicago's U.S. Attorney and one--not both--of its major newspapers increasingly resembles the relationship between the Bush administration and the Washington Times, which for the past eight years ... more » |
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