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Posted at: 06/22/2009 10:49 PM Senate Debate Latest(ABC 6 NEWS) -- Summer's start brings the undecided Minnesota senate election to another milestone. It's now officially a four-season affair. The post-election fight to determine whether democrat Al Franken or republican Norm Coleman won has consumed all or parts of fall, winter, spring and now, summer. The camps are waiting for a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling, which could propel Franken into the senate or give Coleman another chance to make up a 312-vote deficit. It's been more than seven months since Minnesota voters cast their ballots for U.S. Senate. Tonight, the state supreme court still has not decided who will represent Minnesota at the U.S. capitol. The stalemate and ongoing lawsuits have denied voters in our state full representation on important issues being decided in Washington DC. That's why today, ABC 6 NEWS and its four Minnesota sister stations requested that elections officials from all Minnesota’s 87 counties open to inspection all the rejected absentee ballots cast in November’s election. The thousands of disputed votes could sway the race between democrat Al Franken and republican Norm Coleman. Franken currently leads the race by 312 votes. An attorney representing ABC 6 NEWS believes the state's government data practices act allows news organizations and the public access to this data and can be done without identifying individual voter decisions. We believe this information will help state officials, the news media, and the public determine how election officials came to their decisions and whether future changes in state election laws need to made. ABC 6 NEWS will keep you posted on the decisions made by local and state officials about this request and any information we learn.
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