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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A09-697

Ramsey County

Per Curiam Took no part, Magnuson, C.J., and Anderson, G. Barry, J.

In the Matter of the Contest of General Election held on November 4, 2008, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator from the State of Minnesota, Cullen Sheehan and Norm Coleman, contestants, Appellants, vs. Al Franken, contestee, Respondent. _______________________________ Joseph S. Friedberg, Joseph S. Friedberg Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota; James K. Langdon, Gretchen Agee, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Tony P. Trimble, Matthew W. Haapoja, Trimble & Associates, Ltd., Minnetonka, Minnesota; and Frederic W. Knaak, Knaak & Kantrud, P.A., Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, for appellants. Marc E. Elias, Kevin J. Hamilton, Lisa Marshall Manheim, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C.; and David L. Lillehaug, Richard D. Snyder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. __________________________________ Filed: June 30, 2009 Office of Appellate Courts

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SYLLABUS 1. Appellants did not establish that, by requiring proof that statutory absentee

voting standards were satisfied before counting a rejected absentee ballot, the trial courts decision constituted a post-election change in standards that violates substantive due process. 2. Appellants did not prove that either the trial court or local election officials

violated the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. 3. evidence. 4. Inspection of ballots under Minn. Stat.

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