Congrats, Al Franken

You might recall we posted here about “A Dollar A Day To Make Norm Go Away“–a campaign to get Norm Coleman to drop his lawsuit keeping Minnesota Senator-elect Al Franken from officially taking up his seat. Good news! MN Supreme Court has ruled in his favor: 

Just now, the Minnesota Supreme Court handed down its unanimous verdict [PDF] on the long-running, unresolved contest between Al Franken and Norm Coleman to determine who will fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. Specifically, the decision pertains to which candidate received the most votes and whether those votes were counted (and recounted) properly. This was the whole basis of Coleman’s case against Franken, rejected by a lower court, and now rejected by the state’s highest court as well.

Hopefully this will put an end to the matter and Coleman will not appeal. 

Minnesota Supreme Rules for Franken