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Judge doesn't alter election plans Date published: 11/4/2008
By Chelyen Davis RICHMOND-- A federal judge yesterday refused to change Virginia voting procedures after hearing an NAACP complaint that election officials are unprepared for high voter turnout.But he did order the state Board of Elections to publicize the fact that curbside voting is available at polling places for the disabled, and that anyone in line to vote by 7 p.m., when polls close, will get to vote. Judge Richard Williams said he believes the state should have a smaller ratio of voting machines to voters, and allow earlier voting. But, he said, that is not his jurisdiction. "These changes have to come from the General Assembly, not from this court," Williams said. That clears the way for the largest voting turnout in history in the state. The weather in the Fredericksburg area will be rainy with temperatures in the 60s. The polls open at 6 a.m., and close at 7 p.m. The NAACP had sued the state last week, saying that election officials had not allocated enough voting machines to largely minority precincts in Richmond, Virginia Beach and Norfolk, and that voters are likely to face such long lines that many will go home instead of waiting, essentially being disenfranchised. Election officials say they have been reassessing machine allocations on a daily basis, and that the NAACP was operating on outdated numbers. Benjamin Jealous, president of the national NAACP, said he was pleased the judge "acknowledged the merits of our case" and urged voters to wait and vote, even if the lines are long. "We have waited 230 years for a multigender, multigenerational, multinational race," Jealous told reporters outside the courthouse. "This is a big day. Stay in line." Election officials say voters should expect some lines at the polls today, but nothing like the hours-long waits endured by some absentee voters last week. About 10 percent of Virginia's registered voters voted absentee, either in person or by mail, by the Saturday deadline, said Secretary of Elections Nancy Rodrigues and Board of Elections chairwoman Jean Cunningham. The state Board of Elections had 538,130 absentee ballot applications, and more than 300,000 people who voted absentee in person. That volume of absentee voting is "unprecedented," Rodrigues said.
Date published: 11/4/2008
So is that what bothers you...her clothes and what they cost? You should've been looking at what Obama was spending all that campaign money on!!! Stop being so ignorant...start praying for your country now. You have a lot more to worry about now than what is paid for some clothing...in case you don't realize it, those weren't her clothes to keep and they do need to dress well being in the public eye...do you know how much Obama's suits cost? lol I didn't think so!!
if it makes any difference to me if mccain has experience in the Armed Forses, He cant be serious, I mean he tries to be funny, what is funny mccain is going down along with his running mate, palin, she can take her bimbo but back to Alaska, That was absurd, her spending so much money on her wardrobe, look at mccain, wearing $500 shoes. HE IS GOING DOWN, WITH A GREAT LOSS!!!!!
if it makes any difference to me if mccain has experience in the Armed Forses, He cant be serious, I mean he tries to be funny, what is funny mccain is going down along with his running mate, palin, she can take her bimbo but back to Alaska, That was absurd, her spending so much money on her wardrobe, look at mccain, wearing $500 shoes. HE IS GOING DOWN, WITH A GREAT LOSS!!!!!
the experience to be commander in chief? His military experience has a lot to do with it! Does Obama have that military experience? My son, who is stationed in Afghanistan, has talked to me about what happens if Obama is elected. All our soldiers hard work and all those that have died for what they believe in goes right into the garbage! The terrorists are praying that Obama wins this election..our poor country if this happens. I only hope I'm wrong, Obama supporters, you better hope you aren't!
and yell out a bunch of promises that he might not be able to keep like Obama has been doing!!! And it's so funny how so many people believe him like he is some God or something!! lol He has thrown so much bull at us about how he is going to change this country, it's actually scary! We know exactly how he is going to change this country. And there wasn't any slander out there...only truth that no one would investigate further. Obama couldn't slander McCain, everything about him has been right up front!
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