Virginia military absentee ballots still (maybe) in play
Fox News reports at 5:15p.m. Eastern that a federal judge in Virginia has ordered military absentee ballots now considered late to be preserved. The Judge will rule on whether or not they should be valid votes after hearing on November 12.
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A federal judge has ordered election officials in Virginia to preserve late-arriving absentee ballots that Republican John McCain’s campaign claims should be counted.
The McCain campaign says in a lawsuit that absentee ballots weren’t mailed on time to many military members serving overseas. The complaint asks the court to order the state to count absentee ballots from overseas troops postmarked by Tuesday and received by Nov. 14.
The deadline for ballots to be received is 7 p.m. on Election Day.
U.S. District Judge Richard Williams said Tuesday that he will hear the lawsuit on Nov. 10. He ordered election officials to keep the late-arriving ballots until then.
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Posted by ArrMatey on November 4, 2008 6:21 pm
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