The McCain campaign filed suit yesterday against the Virginia State Board of Elections in attempt to force the board to count the late arriving ballots of overseas military personnel.
Gail Gitcho, a McCain-Palin spokesperson, wrote in an e-mail that many Virginia counties mailed the ballots to overseas personnel with fewer than 35 days left before Election Day.
The campaign said that the absentee ballot should be sent with no less than 45 days left until election day. Many servicemen did not receive their ballots until as late as last week. According to the e-mail, it takes at least 12 days for a ballot to arrive from Iraq.
“The McCain-Palin campaign believes without exception that the servicemen and women on the front line protecting our freedoms deserve every opportunity to make sure their vote counts,” Gitcho stated.
As of 3 p.m. yesterday, the Virginia State Board of Elections could not comment on the lawsuit.
— compiled by Matt Conover
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