The Franken-Coleman trial must go on...

Politico.com

Al Franken’s effort to dismiss Norm Coleman’s election lawsuit was rejected by a three-judge panel yesterday, and the Minnesota Senate trial will proceed as scheduled next Monday:

State election law doesn't undermine the Senate's constitutional power to later judge the qualifications of its members, the judges said in denying Franken's request to dismiss the election contest, as the lawsuit is called.

The panel also rejected Franken's attempt to limit any court review to verifying math and other technicalities of the recount and canvass, clearing the way for the judges to consider Coleman claims that some votes in Democratic areas were counted twice, that some absentee ballots from GOP areas were wrongly rejected and that there were other irregularities.

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