Thrown out ballot from 2008 Minnesota Senate recount. Judge's ruling "We don't know that there isn't a person named Lizard People." The ballot for Franken was considered an overvote.
There were moments of laughter for Minnesotans during the painfully long recount of the 2008 Senatorial election, such as the one illustrated on the left–the infamous vote for ‘Lizard People.’
But since taking office, former funny man, Senator Al Franken hasn’t cracked many jokes . A new discovery of the 2008 Minnesota election has turned a few heads though and the latest storyline is not so funny.
The six-month election recount that turned former “Saturday Night Live” comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
Minnesota Majority, a conservative watch group conducted the study, revealing that 341 convicted felons voted illegally in the 2008 election. Senator Franken won the vote by 312 votes.
“We aren’t trying to change the result of the last election. That legally can’t be done,” said Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority’s executive director. “We are just trying to make sure the integrity of the next election isn’t compromised.”
And so their report details the several attempts they’ve made to meet with election officials and the attorney general. Their communication with election officials as been vaguely responded to or ignored, which raises Minnesota Majority’s concern that voting laws will not be re-examined and enforced. But the county attorney assured FoxNews reporter, Ed Barnes, that they were taking the charges exposed by the report ’seriously’, commending Minnesota Majority for their good review.
Currently, Ramsey County is investigating names on the list, verifying they weren’t let off on early probation and thus allowed to vote. Let’s hope they get this number right. Political charades like this are getting old and not so funny!