manski said i don't know that. the reason i say that, i looked up the voter record, he has dezested status. what we don't know since this was printed out recently, if he was eligible on election day. so they don't know whether or not donald simmons was alive on election day. what do we need to figure out, hamilton asked manski. as long as you're alive at some time on election day, your ballot should count. this is not chicago. and manski says yes, that's what we need to figure out. and hamilton repeats, so we need to figure out the time or date of his death? yes. so that exchange is over, hamilton moves on to the next exhibit, but members of the franken staff are watching of the trial on the uptick, the c-span of the -- i call it the psychedelic c-span in book, but it's computerized tv channel here, and they quickly run over to -- from dfl headquarters to department of health in st. paul, look for donald simmons death certificate and lunchtime, we're back in court. manski is back on the stand, and hamilton offers e

mansky paused, he looked at his documents. kimmel and repeated it to you know he was properly registered voter? mansky took his time and said i don't know that. the reason i say that as i looked at the voting record here. he his deceased status. we don't know is since this was printed recently if he was eligible on election day so they didn't know it donald simmons was alive or not on election day what do we need to figure out, hamilton asked mansky, with the need to figure out is that as long as you're a life at some point on election day you're balad account. this is not chicago -- [laughter] and mansky says yes, that's what we need to figure out. and hamilton repeats so we need to figure now is the time or the date of his death. yes. so, that exchange is over, hamilton goes to the next exhibit but the members of the franken staff are watching the trial on the uptick, the c-span of follicle with the psychedelic c-span in the book, but it's a computerized tv channel, and they quickly run over to the headquarters to the depart

the date of death was december 27 mansky said. his vote should count. and mansky says yes. three weeks later with the judges counted the absentee ballots, donaldson's vote was counted. he was one of the 312. so that's what organization is in determination. you know -- most of you know i'm not really a political pundit, but i'm kind of a recovering sportswriter and i stumbled into the story. i have no idea about elections or recounts, but like sports their personalities in politics and that was sort of why i felt like i was back in the sports world there. a lot of guys, that's for sure. there were errors. there were a lot of errors and big plays. the hamilton symonds moment was a big plate and there were major offenses and defenses errors. their accounts of the table. this wasn't a game and this is not for a trophy. for minnesota it was about statewide identity i ain't because we are a state the worries about how people think about us and how we do and we have this inferiority complex of how we're doing compared to the rest of the world commercially as to the title called th