In keeping with the theme of the day, Norm Coleman’s legal spokesman Ben Ginsberg was dismissive of a motion to dismiss the election contest filed this morning by Al Franken’s legal team.

“Motions to dismiss at this stage are kind of what lawyers do,” Ginsberg said. “And so they did what lawyers do.”

Despite the Franken assertion that only nine valid ballots were proven by the Coleman side, Ginsberg said there are at least “a couple thousand” wrongly rejected absentee ballots that were proven by his side during their five weeks of conducting their case.

Of Franken’s notion that there are only nine voters’ ballots in play from Coleman’s case?

“That’s just wrong,” Ginsberg said.

Franken’s side is confident that its tracking of Coleman’s proposed voters is accurate. The Franken analysis is based on the guidelines of the state law and on guidelines established by Judges Elizabeth Hayden, Kurt Marben and Denise Reilly.

We’re now in Week Six and Franken is presenting his case. Voters and some county officials have been testifying today.

Franken leads the recount by 225 votes, and seems to have picked up another potential 40 or so already during this trial.