Unimaginable

Not

...support the troops.

This is inexcusable.

the ballots arrived at the Electoral Board on Wednesday, the day after Election Day. But House Democratic leaders say the county registrar simply failed to pick up the ballots from the post office box, where they had arrived on Tuesday ...

In razor close election, military ballots tossed
http://www.wusa9.com/news/politics/elections/in-razor-close-election-military-ballots-tossed/490942366

the postal authority as to when the ballots arrived in the county. They should be opened and counted either way. If they make a material difference after a recount then determining whether they arrived in the county on time should matter.

(insert sarcasm emoji here)

the ballots arrived late, or whether they arrived on time but weren't collected from the post office by the board of elections

The rules in Arlington County (and presumably in Stafford Co toii) is that the absentee ballots must be received AT the election office by 7 pm on Election day.

Is it legal to discart votes without any reason ?

It opposites all democratic principles.

then you can do anything you can think of to steal the election.

n/t.

We are 2 short

votes and therefore, put aside and not recorded.