Archive for ‘January 26th, 2009’

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Jan26

Murray Congratulates Herring; Will not file Election Contest

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

Joe Murray released the following statement this afternoon: I called for Delegate Herring to congratulate her and let her know that I would not be filing an election contest with the House. I was pleased to learn from her staff that she’s been sworn in and was attending a committee meeting when I called. Along […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan26

Recount Completed

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

12:15 pm The recount itself has just been completed. The count is Murray-1328 and Herring-1344, a difference of 16 votes. The court should enter its order shortly. Now Joe has the option of filing a contest with the House of Delegates. He’ll likely make a decision in the next couple of days.

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Jan26

Deliberation

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

10:36 am Judges have returned and denied the motion based ok 24.2-802, accepting Herring’s argument that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction. They’ve adjourned to let the recounting proceed.

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Jan26

Rebuttal Argument

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

Herring’s attorneys are arguing three points 1. Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction–because the court is created by statute, it can only do what the statute authorizes, which they claim is to only count the very same ballots that were counted on Election Day. 2. The statute says if an AB is not received by closing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan26

Motion to count 25 ABs

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

10:16 am Jason Torchinsky is arguing the motion. 17 were returned by the voters with postmark on or before Election Day, but received after Election Day. The question for the court is what constitutes “returned” in the statute–does it mean received by the Election Office or deposited in the mail by the voter. 8 others […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan26

HD 46 Recount Hearing Convenes

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

10:00 am Court’s in session. Judges Haddock, Baskerville, and Taylor are on the bench. Dave Sachs with the Alexandria Times, Michael Pope with the Alexandria Gazette Packet, and Mike Laris with the Washington Post are all here covering. With recount officials (half of whom Sean Harrison and I had to serve with a summons this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jan26

HD 46 Recount

by cmmarston on January 26th, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Posted In: 46th HOD Special Election, Alexandria 46th Distirct Special Election

9:05 am Recount officials showed up at 8:30 am to be sworn in and trained on recount procedures (one of the D officials was 15 minutes late). The hearing starts at 10 am with argument on Joe’s motion to count certain absentee ballots.

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