Judge Grants Democrats' Request to Block Election Results

[Nambe]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)

A federal judge temporarily blocked certification of Missouri's primary election results in federal and statewide races Wednesday and set a hearing for next week on whether to count the ballots of some people who voted at the wrong polling places.

At issue is how to count "provisional ballots" cast by people whose eligibility could not be verified when they showed up to vote.

The Missouri Democratic Party had asked the court to block certification of the Aug. 3 election results until the lawsuit is resolved; to require election officials to count the plaintiffs' provisional ballots; to declare parts of the state law in violation of federal law and the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution; and to block election officials from following parts of that state law. ..

The lawsuit was filed against Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt and others. Blunt is the Republican nominee for governor, facing Democratic State Auditor Claire McCaskill in November. ..

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[Bushfire]

1. more on Matt Blunt here...

http://www.templereport.com/archives/000497.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=162x585

on edit: here's the link to the Air America story on Matt Blunt from Aug 6th http://airamericaplace.com/archive.php?mode=show&id=4

[Mountainman]

2. I wonder if the bogus address change thing happened here also.

There was a thread where some said that they couldn't vote because someone did a change of address for them yet they never moved.

[Bushfire]

3. Why the apathy here on this thread, and the other?

He is warning us of someone "worse than Katherine Harris". DUers take note, you were warned.

[Tansy_Gold]

5. Not so much apathy as nothing much to say

i read them both but didn't have a comment. guess i should've kicked and n/t'd???

[goforit]

4. Republicans with no personality robbing votes again!!!!

Tisk tisk tisk

[ParanoidPat]

6. There needs to be a Federal investigation into who filed these forms.....

.....and when they were filed. :mad:

(Yo! Agent Mike, are you guys reading this? :shrug: )

[Bushfire]

7. Thanks for checking in everyone so suddenly.

I hope this doesn't die a quick death, and hope people work to defeat Matt Blunt (pond scum would be too nice an adjective to a foe of fair elections).