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Related: About this forumJudge denies Gina Ortiz Jones' bid to extend vote-count in Texas Congressional race vs. Will Hurd
AUSTIN -- A Bexar County judge denied a request by Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, who trails incumbent Republican Will Hurd by a few hundred votes in the race for the most competitive congressional district in Texas, to extend by 48 hours the deadline to make official provisional ballots.
Jones, who is vying to represent Texas' 23rd Congressional District, which spans West Texas from the east side of El Paso to the west side of San Antonio, filed the motion in an effort to close the gap between her and Hurd in one of the most closely watched races in the midterm elections.
A week after Election Day, Jones said Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacquelyn Callanen had not made public the list of provisional voters in the race, making it difficult for voters to ensure their ballots officially counted.
Weve had issues in Bexar County providing information that should be a matter of public record, Jones said in a news conference. This includes the list of folks that voted via provisional ballot.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/11/13/gina-ortiz-jones-trailing-will-hurd-asks-48-hour-extension-vote-counting-texas-competitive-congressional-district
joshdawg
(2,651 posts)in extending the deadline by a mere two days?
barbtries
(28,811 posts)fucking republicans with their hands on the scale.
joshdawg
(2,651 posts)what is the political stance of this judge?
Appears to be republican, but that's just a guess.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)considering that the candidate's complaint states that she's not being given access to the provisional ballots.
i wonder if this is the same area where a candidate's aide was thrown in jail when he told the police he was a democrat.
TexasTowelie
(112,417 posts)joshdawg
(2,651 posts)Just confirms my suspicions.
DUgosh
(3,058 posts)Beto votes
TexasTowelie
(112,417 posts)I don't believe that there are enough ballots in question that it would have any impact on that race.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)I'm guessing...
But Judges are elected. I remember that most judges ran unopposed when I lived in Texas.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Every single judge on my ballot in the 7th had a Democratic Party candidate. Was great to see for a change. Even better, the Democratic Party candidates from my ballot pretty much cleaned house! One of the ousted tRumpublicon justice was so bitter when he returned to work he released nearly all juvenile defendants with a salty statement Democrats would let them all go free anyway.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Of course, I was in Tarrant County...I remember when a lot of our judges switched parties on 94...