Senate recount becomes a court contest: 'Let’s get it right,' says Coleman; 'Without merit,' counters Franken lawyer
MinnPost photo by Jay WeinerNorm Coleman, with wife Laurie, today tells a crowd of media members and political supporters that he is formally launching an election challenge.

By Jay Weiner | Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
In a 204-page document filed in Ramsey County District Court today, Norm Coleman’s legal team kicks off a court challenge that highlights many of the same issues it’s been highlighting in the recount: alleged duplicate votes, alleged missing ballots and a lack of uniformity in the counting of absentee ballots. Franken lawyers call the challenge “thin gruel.”