Letter: The real issue in the recount

From: Alan Roebke
Alexandria
The real issue in the Minnesota Senate recount process is 12,000 absentee votes that have not been counted.
When it comes to the recount system, lawyers, the courts and Secretary of State Mark Richie have failed the citizens of Minnesota and our right of democracy. In reality, Richie directed the recount process to follow the standards of the US Postal Service with one very important exception. The Postal Service believes the envelope is more important than its content. Yet even the Postal Service will still return the envelope to the sender, if the senders really want their message delivered, by simply correcting the envelope. But in Minnesota, 12,000 absentee voters have been denied that right by the process and powers involved.
For todate, the system has not followed the intent of state law by directing the system to follow its directive.
This directive clearly says, “What was the intent of the voter?” as the “only focus” of the recount process and not how they filled out the envelope in the absentee process or its forms.
For todate, 12,000 votes have not been counted because they did not fill out the absentee envelope correctly or the same as others, Democrat or Republican. And now, they have zero input to see their vote is counted. Which should be a outrageous to all Minnesota citizens if they were really informed on the issue of recounts and democracy in Minnesota.
Those 12,000 voters should have the right to step forward and say their votes should be counted.
So I ask, where are groups like the League of Women Voters, etc. on this issue to protect the rights of voters to have their ballots counted. And,  yes, it should move to the Supreme Court of America to deliver that right, no matter who wins in the Minnesota court! See the web site www.congressionalchange.com