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Judge says Va. violated absentee voters' rights
AP on Yahoo ^
| 10/16/09
| Zinie Chen Sampson - ap
Posted on 10/16/2009 4:09:10 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: absenteevoters; lawsuit; mccain; militaryvote; rights; ruling; violated; virginia; voterfraud
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To: NormsRevenge
What Democrat is going to jail, when?
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posted on
10/16/2009 4:36:41 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: FlingWingFlyer
also, some of the other federal contests were close.
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posted on
10/16/2009 4:37:11 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: NormsRevenge
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything." - Josef Stalin
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posted on
10/16/2009 4:42:00 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Quit looking for a leader and be a leader.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
also, some of the other federal contests were close.
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posted on
10/16/2009 4:42:25 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: maine-iac7
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.
.
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posted on
10/16/2009 4:44:55 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: geo40xyz
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.
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:15:33 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
To: KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; ...
Active Duty/ Retiree ping.
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:17:32 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(A mob of one.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:22:07 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: EternalVigilance
If your vote really mattered...
...they wouldn't let you vote.
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:27:48 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: GeronL
When they get them back in time, they’ll figure out a way to “misplace” them. RATS are the scum of the earth.
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:30:41 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(dimocRATS, the party of taxes and death. Is this what you want?)
To: NormsRevenge
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
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:32:55 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
To: Sgt_Schultze
It’s time we took such matters back into our own hands.
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posted on
10/16/2009 5:39:11 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Quit looking for a leader and be a leader.)
To: Carley
Like McCain would do anything about it anyway...
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posted on
10/16/2009 8:29:19 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is not credible.)
To: hal ogen
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posted on
10/16/2009 8:29:51 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(CNN is not credible.)
To: NormsRevenge
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
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posted on
10/17/2009 9:19:18 AM PDT
by
jesseam
(Been there, done that)
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