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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.
That's the finding of an 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, which found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race between Franken, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman. .
The final recount vote in the race, determined six months after Election Day, showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted , according to Minnesota Majority's newly released study, which matched publicly available conviction lists with voting records.
A state representative is put into office by voters from his home state. When those voters are unhappy with their representative's performance, they may call for a recall. It's a long and difficult process and there are certain steps that need to be followed to recall a state representative.
The following are the 18 states where state representatives can be recalled: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota , Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. The District of Columbia also allows recalls.
www.sos.state.mn.us
In Minnesota, you cannot vote while serving a sentence as a result of a felony conviction. However, once the full sentence is completed - including parole and probation - commonly called "off paper", the right to vote is automatically restored.
Originally posted by vinrock
Had this taken place in another state maybe.
www.sos.state.mn.us
In Minnesota, you cannot vote while serving a sentence as a result of a felony conviction. However, once the full sentence is completed - including parole and probation - commonly called "off paper", the right to vote is automatically restored.