Judge says Va. violated absentee voters' rights

AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/16/09 | Zinie Chen Sampson - ap

[NormsRevenge]

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge has ruled that Virginia violated the voting rights of military service members and other Americans overseas when officials failed to mail more than 2,100 absentee ballots in time for last year's presidential election.

U.S. District Judge Richard Williams also ordered Friday that the Virginia Board of Elections count and certify the absentee ballots.

The ballots from military service members and others living outside the state were the focus of a lawsuit filed by Republican candidate John McCain's campaign, which alleged that they weren't mailed in time for overseas voters to return them before the polls closed Nov. 4.

[Carley]

How timely.

[GeronL]

Thank goodness.

[GeronL]

It is for the next election. Virginia was arguing that military could sent out the day before the vote, meaning the soldiers/sailors/airmen would never have their votes counted.

I hate leftists.

[ExTexasRedhead]

How about the ones the RATs never opened and counted???? Add absentee ballots to that question.

Do we smell voter fraud in the air?

[hal ogen]

Perhaps one should note that the Dims were in control of the state at the time.

[rocksblues]

The missing ballots would not have swung the election in Virginia where President Barack Obama won by nearly 233,000 votes.

But they were not allowed to count. That is the Issue!

[ken21]

wonder why the stupid party put up with this in various states for years?

[GeronL]

It doesn’t matter which party, leftists are leftists.

[maine-iac7]

The military votes has been systematically discounted by various methods for many elections - and nothing gets done The most egregious, in your face, was Florida 2000 - with Gore screaming EVERY vote must count and at the same time suing to keep many military votes from being counted

[Cementjungle]

Recount!

[maine-iac7]

ED Rendell in PA does the same thing - mailing too late, deliberately - and why not - no one ever stops him,

[Elsiejay]

Pointless judicial notice and “remedial” action long after the fact is an indelible mark of voting illegalities.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The missing ballots would not have swung the election in Virginia where President Barack Obama won by nearly 233,000 votes.

Sorry Zinie Chen, that's not the point.

We don't pull this kind of crap here in America. This is Marxist third world, banana republic BS.

[geo40xyz]

I be damn!!

How long did it take for la la Judge to come to this decisions?

[zwerni]

McLame still has a chance...

[Carley]

I suspect that the same thing happened for this upcoming election.

Sickening that the people who sacrifice so we can have elections are treated like dirt by the left.

[shiva]

[Art in Idaho]

God only knows how much voter fraud happened last November. What can be done to prevent it in November, 2010?

[freekitty]

They just counted them as Dem votes.

[LasVegasMac]

What Democrat is going to jail, when?

[elpadre]

also, some of the other federal contests were close.

[EternalVigilance]

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything."

- Josef Stalin

[elpadre]

also, some of the other federal contests were close.

[Seaplaner]

The most egregious, in your face, was Florida 2000 - with Gore screaming EVERY vote must count and at the same time suing to keep many military votes from being counted

I remember that, and it was truly shameless.

If I recall correctly, lawyers' groups worked overtime to keep military absentee votes from counting.

.

[Enterprise]

I think this was a pretty quick decision. An article was posted recently wherein Virginia officials said something to the effect that legally, they could mail the absentee ballots one day before the election.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty/ Retiree ping.

[IrishCatholic]

bookmark.

[Sgt_Schultze]

If your vote really mattered...

...they wouldn't let you vote.

[TribalPrincess2U]

When they get them back in time, they’ll figure out a way to “misplace” them. RATS are the scum of the earth.

[Political Junkie Too]

The missing ballots would not have swung the election in Virginia where President Barack Obama won by nearly 233,000 votes.

What about the down-ticket races? Is the presidential race all that these Lefties think about?

-PJ

[EternalVigilance]

It’s time we took such matters back into our own hands.

[Freddd]

Like McCain would do anything about it anyway...

[Freddd]

ACORN had how many ???

[jesseam]

November 4 2004 was most likely the last honest election that we will see unless drastic action is taken against acorn and other organizations that promote voter fraud. Since demorats are in control there is little chance for this to happen. God Help the USA