Supreme Court rejects suit seeking access to rejected absentee ballots in Coleman-Franken contest

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Supreme Court rejects suit seeking access to rejected absentee ballots in Coleman-Franken contest

by Paul Demko
Published: November 16,2011
Time posted: 12:06 pm
Tags: 2008 U.S. Senate election, Al Franken, Alan Page, G. Barry Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court, Norm Coleman

Perhaps the last legal argument stemming from the epic 2008 U.S. Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken has been settled. The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by five television stations seeking access to absentee ballots that were rejected. The state's top court ruled that the ballots aren't public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.

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