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Eugene

(67,096 posts) Tue Dec 26, 2017, 06:00 PM Dec 2017

Democrat in tied Va. House race says she will challenge disputed ballot in court [View all]

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

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Democrat in tied Va. House race says she will challenge disputed ballot in court [View all] Eugene Dec 2017 OP

Dems to file legal challenge asking court to reconsider 'erroneous' steps that led to tied election mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 #1

Good. The court overrode a decision accepted by both candidates. George II Dec 2017 #2

Yes and No rpannier Dec 2017 #10

The judges were only to certify the certification of the election board recount. Did they even Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #3

kinda was what i was thinking too bluestarone Dec 2017 #6

+2 iluvtennis Dec 2017 #8

according to the Post article, the judges heard arguments from the lawyers onenote Dec 2017 #14

Love it when Danascot Dec 2017 #4

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that concept. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 #5

Interesting. VA Code section 24.2-802.H says recount proceeding can't be appealed onenote Dec 2017 #7

Yes. Meaning the complex proceeding recount result can not be appealed. It was. Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #11

Where does it say it was too late? onenote Dec 2017 #13

By challengers I mean the Republicans who raised the one ballot, after recount done...too late. Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #15

From Jordan Pascale (per Newport News and Virginia Pilot) rpannier Dec 2017 #9

Good lord James48 Dec 2017 #12

That's a spoiled ballot. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #16

Their Logic Is Pretty Plain, I Think ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #17

I get that argument. And I might buy it if there were more races with an R or a D choice Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #18

Hey, I Would Have Thrown the Ballot Out For That Race ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #21

I think the voter meant to vote a straight Republican party line. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 #20

Agreed ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #22

That's a sample ballot. The original appears in earlier threads, both in LBN and in GD. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 #19