frazzledgear
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- Mar 17, 2008
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Harry Reid already said that 'the senate' will decide that race, which means Franken will be appointed even if he losses the recount.
Harry Reid needs a refresher course on the Constitution then.
The Senate race is a state election -not a federal one. The US Senate will in NO way decide this race. The Senate doesn't get to decide the outcome of ANY state election. It doesn't get to take over the choice of the people of Minnesota and impose their own choice on them all.
Only if the race is a DEAD HEAT -each candidate having the exact same number of votes, will the winner be chosen by a different method. And it depends on what the Minnesota state constitution has set out as the proper procedure in the event of a tie. And it must be a DEAD tie before it kicks in -a win by a single vote is a win. In the event of a tie, most states have a coin toss. A couple of states allow the state legislature to make that decision and a couple allow the governor to choose the winner.
But in NO case does the US Senate get to decide it. Not ever.