State senators hear recount testimony

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie delivered a statement and took questions from the Minnesota State Senate's State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee.

Several Republican members of the Committee raised questions casting shadows of doubt on the recount process.

Sen. Dick Day (R-Owatanna) questioned the need for a canvassing board to count improperly cast ballots, adding that he does not care "if you're disenfranchised or not."

Sec. Ritchie emotionally fired back by recalling his elderly grandmother, "sharp as a tack until the day she died," who could not fill in a circle due to shaking.

Ritchie defended the process and expressed disappointment in elected officials who did not do more to quell "false" criticisms of both state officials and the recount process from some segments of the local and national media.

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[ododidit]

civil disobedience

[fyi6com]

Are these people really that stupid? Should they be trusted to run the state government or voting oversight if they can't figure out that the voters who wrote in "Mickey Mouse" and "Lizard People" are making a statement of dissent against a corrupt government?

Yes, dancefan, let's disenfranchise all corrupt government officials who lie to us every day.

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Rise up in peaceful, informed dissent. Our liberty is at stake.

[GretchenDawntreader]

I certainly don't want to see disenfranchisement of anyone...but I confess to some degree of the one guy's frustration, what is so hard about filling out a ballot.

Yes, count and recount. but how about voter education, or even civics class.

[dancefan62]

I think we should *disfranchise* Senator Day.

[entoncesminnesota]

Those Republicans asked very foolish questions. Have they not been paying attention during the recount? I don't think they're informed enough to serve in the Legislature.

[Stoby82]

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people - John Adams