re: #1105 CapeCoddah

Absentee ballots are moot, he won by a landslide. If ALL absentee ballots were for Coakley, she still loses.

That maybe true, but according to MA law the election results cannot be certified for 10 (or 15) days so he cannot be seated until after that time period.
And what, the Senate is supposed to put everything on hold for the next 2 weeks?