Election 2010 Governor

GOP owes counties money from recount

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

The Republican Party of Minnesota still owes counties for a massive document request leading up to the recent election recount, MORE »

And the winner is ... Emmer concession, Dayton will be governor

By The Uptake

The Minnesota gubernatorial race is ending, with Mark Dayton heading for the governor's office in January after Tom Emmer concedes the race this morning in Delano.

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Governor Dayton in January, after Emmer concession today

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Mark Dayton (from Facebook)

The Minnesota gubernatorial race has ended, with Mark Dayton heading for the governor's office in January after Tom Emmer conceded the race December 8  in Delano.

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Tom Emmer drops 2,580 frivolous ballot challenges

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer withdrew 2,580 ballot challenges over the weekend after the State Canvassing Board gave the go-ahead for the campaigns to evaluate those frivolous bal

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Mark Dayton leads Tom Emmer by around 9,000 votes

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

On the third day of the Minnesota gubernatorial recount, DFLer Mark Dayton's campaign said it may have eclipsed the 9,000 vote mark in his lead over Republican Tom Emmer.

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What does a "frivolous challenge" look like?

By Mike McIntee, The Uptake

The buzz word on day one of Minnesota's Gubernatorial recount is "frivolous". Changes in state election law give election judges the power to label ballot challenges as "frivolous" which the recount rules from the State Canvassing Board define as:

"A challenge is frivolous if it is based upon an alleged identifying mark other than a signature or an identification number written anywhere on the ballot or a name written on the ballot completely outside of the space for the name of a write-in candidate. The absence of election judge initials on a ballot cannot be the basis of a challenge."

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Partisan representatives left election workers feeling “under attack” on day one of the recount

By James Nord, The Minnesota Daily

A verbal dustup between representatives for Republican Tom Emmer and nonpartisan recount officials in Hennepin County was one of many instances on Monday that left table judges feeli

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Mark Dayton picks up votes on first day of gubernatorial recount

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Mark Dayton. Photo: Kathy Easthagen, Minnesota Independent

By the end of the first day of the recount in Minnesota’s gubernatorial race, DFLer Mark Dayton picked up 20 votes while Republican Tom Emmer lost four after less than half of ballots were recou

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County attorneys: Minnesota Majority reports on voter fraud "frivolous"

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

The Minnesota County Attorneys Association’s (MCAA) executive director John Kingrey says Minnesota Majority’s reports of massive voter fraud in the 2008 election were “widely overstated” and “frivolous,” adding that the conservative group’s demands of those investigating suspected voter fraud were draining county public safety resources. 

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Gubernatorial election officially heads to automatic recount

By Patrick Caldwell, Minnesota Independent

The race between gubernatorial candidates Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tom Emmer is officially headed to a recount after the State Canvassing Board met Tuesday to certify election results, as expected since election night. Emmer did not make headway in overcoming Dayton's lead in the final pre-recount tally, but Tuesday's board meeting indicated that legalese could drag out the process of certifying the winner of the election. 

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