Do not support “the old Jewish lady” (Phyllis Kahn)

[question everything]

from a strib story yesterday

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/267264381.html

The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Rep. Phyllis Kahn’s campaign Tuesday in a dispute that led to the reassignment of a Minneapolis election judge last week to keep her away from voters until a city investigation is completed.

The case is the latest in a bitter battle between the longtime legislator and her opponent Mohamud Noor, whose mobilization of Somali-American delegates led to Kahn’s failure to receive the DFL endorsement. A primary election will take place next month.

The campaign filed a petition with the court on July 7 claiming that election judge Fadumo Yusuf asked voters in Somali at City Hall — where hundreds of Somali people have been casting absentee ballots — whether they were supporting “our Somali brother” or “the old Jewish lady,” and seeking her removal. State law requires election judges to be neutral.

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Frankly, I don't understand why she was just reassigned...

[geardaddy]

1. The election judge should be banned

from service.

[Eric J in MN]

2. They moved the judge...

...from being able to influence voters, to being able to engage in fraud.

[dflprincess]

3. This primary contest -

mainly the issue with all the people who used that PO Box place for an address - is giving fuel to the wing-nuts who want voter ID. Though, based on comments at the Strib's site, some of the fools think voter ID would help with what this election judge was doing.