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Brian Montopoli /

CNET/ November 3, 2008, 5:35 PM

NAACP Loses Lawsuit To Keep Virginia Polls Open

In response to a lawsuit filed by the NAACP last week, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled that the state will not be forced to schedule longer voting hours and reallocate some voting machines to black precincts.

In the lawsuit, the NAACP said the state was not prepared for tomorrow's election, where record turnout is expected. It argued that there were not enough voting machines for areas that predominately serve African-American voters, and asked governor Tim Kaine to extend voting hours from 7pm to 10pm.

As CBS 6 reports, the ruling from the judge today means that hours will remain the same and that voting machines will not be moved.

The Virginia State Board of Elections released a statement that it was pleased with the decision.

"The SBE wants to remind voters that the polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.," they said. "At 6:45 p.m. it will be announced that the polls are about to close. Any voter who is in line to vote by 7:00 p.m. will still be able to cast their vote."

Also in Virginia, the campaign of John McCain has sued the electoral board to force the state to count late-arriving overseas military ballots, the Associated Press reports.

The lawsuit, which was filed today, asks that any overseas absentee ballots sent by tomorrow and received as late as November 14th be counted.

UPDATE: Also Monday, the Virginia State Board Of Elections released a "rumor buster" saying it "has received reports from multiple locations throughout the state that automated calls are providing incorrect polling place locations." Earlier, as Horserace reported, a flyer surfaced telling Democrats to vote on Nov. 5th.
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melnnyc says:
Directly from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America website:

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
1st term Democrat from Illinois. First elected in 2004.

Our Comments: Obama gets a "B" for his support of veterans.

(5 out of 9 votes with IAVA Action, plus 2 points for Post-9/11 GI Bill cosponsorship)

http://iava.www.capwiz.com/bio/id/3181&lvl=C&chamber=S
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melnnyc says:
Directly from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America website:

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
4th term Republican from Arizona. First elected in 1986.

Our Comments: McCain gets a "D" for his support of veterans.

(3 out of 9 votes with IAVA Action, not a Post-9/11 GI Bill cosponsor)

http://iava.www.capwiz.com/bio/id/192&lvl=C&chamber=S
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melnnyc says:
Posted by NEEDERBAUR at 12:13 AM : Nov 04, 2008

LIAR AND RACIST RNC DRONE!!!!
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model67a says:
surely there everyone would agree that there is no group more deserving of the right to vote than the military who is preserving our right to vote!!!
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model67a says:
ioweign It was on the news that the overseas military have to request their paper ballots. On this news article there were some who said they requested their paper ballot 6 months ago and were just now receiving them. if thiw is how ineffiecient that is working they should be counted!!!
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ioweign says:
In response to a lawsuit filed by the NAACP last week, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled that the state will not be forced to schedule longer voting hours and reallocate some voting machines to black precincts.

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So the McCain Campaign lawsuit to extend the period for absentee military ballots to Nov. 14th will see the same...

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pdchapin says:
Actually having read both of Obama books I can comfortably say that there is nothing offensive in either. "Dreams from My Father" (I think I have the title right) is the more interesting and does indicate that he''s had personal identity issue, but who wouldn''t in this country with mixed raced parents. It''s a personal not a political essay with nothing that would impact his ability to be President. "Audacity of Hope" would disappoint anybody on the political left. It''s so moderate and centerist that the ideological left wouldn''t know what to do with it.
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amazed101 says:
By the way Neederbauer was not completely wrong. www.factcheck.org
shows that ALL the quotes are in the book except the first one and on the last one he did not use the word Muslim. So back off a little and do your own fact checking.
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thez7 says:
People like ''NEEDERBAUR'' post out of ignorance and hate. How much intelligence does it take to check your facts before posting? What he/she quoted never existed.

The facts are explained on this sight, created to deal with the haters who deliberately post misinformation:

http://www.obamafactcheck.com/facts/10/345798.shtml
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thez7 says:
People like ''NEEDERBAUR'' post out of ignorance and hate. How much intelligence does it take to check your facts before posting? What he/she quoted never existed.

The facts are explained on this sight, created to deal with the haters who deliberately post misinformation:

http://www.obamafactcheck.com/facts/10/345798.shtml
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