[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/8/13

[Legal Works of Marc Greidinger]

Also recommend Twitter account of @BrianSchoeneman - Vice Chair, Fairfax
Electoral Board. 


 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56559> "Possible discrepancy in Fairfax
absentee votes could affect count in AG race" 


Posted on November 8, 2013 7:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=56559>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/possible-discrepancy-
in-fairfax-absentee-votes-could-affect-count-in-ag-race/2013/11/07/65108ad0-
4825-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html> : "The Fairfax County Electoral
Board is investigating a possible irregularity in the number of absentee
ballots cast in Virginia's largest jurisdiction that Democrats say could
shift votes in the still-unresolved race for Virginia attorney general
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/obenshain-herring-in-
dead-heat-in-virginia-attorney-generals-race-recount-expected/2013/11/06/f3d
49976-46b0-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html?tid=auto_complete> .. According
to state numbers, Fairfax reported an unexplainably lower number of absentee
ballots cast in the 8th District than in the other two congressional
districts."

The best way to follow this issue in real time is on Twitter, following Dave
Wasserman (@redistrict), Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) and Chris Ashby
(@ashbylaw).

 
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