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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A08-2169 Original Jurisdiction Meyer, J. Dissenting, Anderson, Paul H., J. Dissenting, Page, J. Took no part, Magnuson, C.J., and Anderson, G. Barry, J.

Norm Coleman, et al., Petitioners, vs. Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State, The Minnesota State Canvassing Board, Isanti County Canvassing Board, et al., Respondents, Al Franken for Senate and Al Franken, Intervenor-Respondents. _____________________________ Roger J. Magnuson, James K. Langdon, John Rock, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Tony P. Trimble, Matthew W. Haapoja, Trimble & Associates, Ltd., Minnetonka, Minnesota, for petitioners. Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Christie B. Eller, Deputy Attorney General, Kenneth E. Raschke, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota, for respondents Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State, and the Minnesota State Canvassing Board. Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Patrick C. Diamond, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent Hennepin County Canvassing Board. William Z. Pentelovitch, Mary Vasaly, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 1

Filed: March 6, 2009 Office of Appellate Courts

David L. Lillehaug, Steven Z. Kaplan, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Marc E. Elias, Kevin J. Hamilton, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C., for intervenorrespondents. _____________________________________ SYLLABUS 1. An error by local election officials in the rejection of an absentee ballot

return envelope is not an error in the counting or recording of the votes and therefore cannot be corrected by a county canvassing board under Minn. Stat.

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