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Appeals court won't block Republican from House of Delegates over ballot mixup. GOP retains control
Appeals court won’t block Republican from Virgina House of Delegates over ballot mixup. GOP retains control
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Appeals court won’t block Republican from House of Delegates over ballot mixup
By Rachel Weiner January 10 at 12:04 PM
A federal appeals court has declined to stop a Virginia Republican from being sworn into the House of Delegates Wednesday over a mistake that threw an extremely close election into question.
The decision came just two hours before the convening of the legislature, where Republicans hold a narrow majority in both chambers after November’s elections.
Republican Robert Thomas beat Democrat Joshua Cole in Northern Virginia’s 28th District by 73 votes. But errors in voting data meant hundreds of people were assigned to the wrong legislative district. Four Democratic voters sued for Thomas to be blocked from taking office while a special election is held.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia concluded that the mistakes made in voter data and by pollworkers on Election Day, while unfortunate, did not appear so widespread that Thomas should be blocked from taking his seat. The Democratic voters appealed to the Fourth Circuit.
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Rachel Weiner covers federal court in Alexandria for The Washington Post. Follow @rachelweinerwp
Appeals court won’t block Republican from House of Delegates over ballot mixup
By Rachel Weiner January 10 at 12:04 PM
A federal appeals court has declined to stop a Virginia Republican from being sworn into the House of Delegates Wednesday over a mistake that threw an extremely close election into question.
The decision came just two hours before the convening of the legislature, where Republicans hold a narrow majority in both chambers after November’s elections.
Republican Robert Thomas beat Democrat Joshua Cole in Northern Virginia’s 28th District by 73 votes. But errors in voting data meant hundreds of people were assigned to the wrong legislative district. Four Democratic voters sued for Thomas to be blocked from taking office while a special election is held.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia concluded that the mistakes made in voter data and by pollworkers on Election Day, while unfortunate, did not appear so widespread that Thomas should be blocked from taking his seat. The Democratic voters appealed to the Fourth Circuit.
....
Rachel Weiner covers federal court in Alexandria for The Washington Post. Follow @rachelweinerwp
