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Judge Issues Restraining Order in Virginia Vote |
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Breaking: A federal judge in Virginia today granted a temporary restraining order that could hold up certification of that state’s vote for more than a week.
The judge ordered a hearing for Nov. 10 on a last-minute lawsuit filed by the McCain-Palin campaign asking to extend the deadline to receive and count absentee ballots cast by Virginia residents overseas to Nov. 14. The lawsuit seeks to require the state to accept ballots that are postmarked Nov. 4. Normally, the ballots must be received by Election Day to be counted.
This ruling comes one day after a U.S. District Court in Richmond denied relief in the NAACP’s lawsuit alleging that Virginia was unprepared for record voter turnout on Election Day.
The lawsuit, filed by the Virginia chapter of the NAACP, asked that more voting machines be moved to minority polling places and that paper ballots be provided if lines get too long. Republicans argued that changing voting procedures the day before the election will be disruptive, and could leave their candidates at an unfair disadvantage.
We will continue our updates on voting issues throughout the day.
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