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Tue Dec 26, 2017, 05:00 PM
Star Member Eugene (34,488 posts)
Democrat in tied Va. House race says she will challenge disputed ballot in court
Source: Washington Post
By Laura Vozzella December 26 at 2:44 PM
Lawyers for a Democrat locked in a tied Virginia House of Delegates race were preparing a court challenge Tuesday, hoping to head off a name-drawing scheduled for Wednesday that will decide not only that race, but also which party controls the chamber.
In her legal motion, Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds will ask the Newport News Circuit Court to reverse its decision following a recount last week to count a disputed ballot for Republican incumbent David Yancey.
Simonds’s lawyers provided copies of the motion to reconsider but could not file it Tuesday because the court was closed.
Yancey appeared to beat Simonds by 10 votes on Election Day, but the Dec. 19 recount left Simonds ahead by a single vote.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/on-eve-of-drawing-to-determine-winner-in-tied-va-race-democrats-announce-plans-to-sue/2017/12/26/a94a2f5a-ea3b-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html
Now that the Dem was 1 vote up, she wants all proceedings to stop. The Republican has gone along with it at this point, but now they get to draw names out of a hat or something.
The ballot shows the voter voting for ALL 'R's on the beginning where the affiliation is shown, yet the DUmmies think that the line through it somehow means this person wanted to vote for the Dem in this one race ... Wishful thinking on their parts.
I don't know these people, but just because of the way this is being handled I would like to see the Republican pull it out.
KC
