RECOUNT SAYS IT'S FRANKEN
Despite critics' claims, process was open
A Jan. 6 letter writer states that it was a "Democratic sleight of hand amounting to corruption beyond measure" that allowed Al Franken to seemingly win the election.
But it was apparent to everyone following this election that the recount was above-board and conducted in plain view for everyone to see.
It wasn't done behind closed doors; voters weren't denied their rights to vote, and the Supreme Court of the United States didn't step in to stop the recount process as was done in Florida in 2000. All parties had ample time to view and review the recount process and did so during the recount. This is democracy at its best.
STEVE KOZICKY, MINNEAPOLIS
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The new motto for the Secretary of State's office should be: Making sure almost every vote is counted -- and some are counted more than once.
MARK JOHNSON, EDINA
It is ironic that the same Republicans who decry the work of "activist judges" in issues of same-sex marriage, affirmative action and other matters of justice will now go crying to those judges to overturn the very democratic, legal and bipartisan process that has resulted in Al Franken's election as our next senator.