Updated: 05/21/2009 1:49 PM KSTP.com | 
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By: Becky Nahm
Franken supporters collect petitions
A group behind a web site urging Governor Pawlenty to sign an election certificate declaring Al Franken Minnesota's next senator collected signatures for a "Seat Our Senator" petition.
Members of the group, called Working America, gathered Thursday afternoon on Nicollet Mall to ask people to sign the petition.
Working America is made up of Americans United for Change, Alliance for a Better Minnesota, MN AFL-CIO, AFSCME Council 5, Working America, SEIU MN State Council.
The same group is behind the web site www.SeatOurSenator.com and a billboard on Interstate 94 in St. Paul.
Following a court ruling, Franken leads Norm Coleman, who was the incumbent, by 312 votes.
Coleman appealed the decision to the state supreme court.
A Franken-win would give the Democrats a filibuster-proof 60th vote in the U.S. Senate.
Pawlenty has said he won't certify the election until the legal process is complete.
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