Posted on 11/08/2010 1:08:21 PM PST by SmithL
The outcome of the still-undecided race for state attorney general could also affect the fate of Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage.
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who now trails Republican Steve Cooley in their lead-changing race as thousands of late ballots are being counted, opposed Prop. 8 and backed outgoing AG Jerry Brown's decision not to defend it in court.
Cooley, the Los Angeles County district attorney, said during the campaign that, if elected, he was prepared to give the ballot measure the defense it never got from the state.
But Cooley probably wouldn't have a chance to do that right away even if he won the election. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is scheduled to hear arguments Dec. 6 in an appeal by Prop. 8's sponsors from a federal judge's ruling that declared the measure unconstitutional. The state's deadline for appealing that ruling has expired, and if Cooley takes office in January, the court's not likely to let him enter the case as a party.
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“...thousands of LATE BALLOTS...” are being counted??!! Swell. All no doubt filled out with the same magic marker.
It appears that Cooley is a popular LA County DA and was able to get solid support from this county. Made Cooley an excellent choice for statewide.
Read in other rags that the conservative counties of SD, OC and Riverside still have about 500,000 left to count. LA shows 400,000. Very good news.
Odds look really good for Cooley..
He up 22,000..Do alittle from ealier as San franisco and Santa Clara update their counts...
So they are finding thousands of “late ballots”... let me guess who found them..... Democrat operatives?
“Late ballots” in this context just means mailed-in absentee ballots, which aren’t counted on election night. The “late ballots” are actually helping Cooley, who was behind in the ballots cast on election day.
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