U.S. senator, by 312 votes

Published: July 3, 2009

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Attention: anyone who thinks your vote doesn't count. Meet U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota.

In a 5-0 decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided, basically, that there is no law against a close election. It ruled that lower courts had not erred in finding that Mr. Franken, a Democrat, defeated incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman in the November election.

How close is close? Out of 2.9 million votes cast, Mr. Franken won by 312 votes - a difference of less than 0.00011 percent.

"When you win an election this close, you know that not one bit of effort went to waste," Mr. Franken said after the decision.

Neither did a single vote go to waste. Something to think about on the next Election Day.

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2 posted comments

This is the icing on the cake!!! The congress is offically a massive joke.

Talk about a stolen election. 2010 elections can't come fast enough. Wish there were more independent candidates running.

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Dan,  07/03/09 04:52
I think that Franken is the perfect choice for Minnesota..The voters picked a known Joker..Where as Most states dont know that they have elected a joker until its too late
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Al stanley,  07/03/09 09:39
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