[DOWNLOAD] "In the Matter of the Contest of General Election" by Supreme Court of Montana ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In the Matter of the Contest of General Election
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 30, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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Appellants, incumbent Republican United States Senator Norm Coleman and Cullen Sheehan, filed a notice of election contest under Minn. Stat. § 209.021 (2008), challenging the State Canvassing Boards certification that Democratic-Farmer-Labor challenger Al Franken was entitled to receive a certificate of election as United States Senator following the November 4, 2008 general election. After a trial, the three-judge trial court we appointed to hear the election contest issued its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order for judgment, concluding that Franken received 312 more legally cast votes than Coleman and that Franken was entitled to a certificate of election for the office of United States Senator. The question presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in concluding that Al Franken received the most legally cast votes in the election for United States Senator. Because we conclude that appellants have not shown that the trial courts findings of fact are clearly erroneous or that the court committed an error of law or abused its discretion, we affirm.