] The parties are also fighting over "provisional ballots" ] given to people who show up at the polls and do not find ] their names on voter rolls. The Help America Vote Act ] passed by Congress in 2002 required that those ballots be ] counted if it can be determined after Election Day that ] the voters were eligible. ] ] ] A number of Republican election chiefs have decided that ] those ballots should be counted only if they are cast in ] the voters' proper precincts. Democrats, who contend that ] provisional ballots will be used mainly by poor and ] minority voters who tend to move a lot, have sued in ] several states. Some federal courts have upheld those ] rules, but others, including one in Michigan yesterday, ] have sided with the Democrats in ruling that the ] provisional ballots should be counted regardless of where ] they are cast. Yep, this is America, supposed to be the shining beacon of democracy. Amazing that it looks like we'll do just about anything to screw someone out of a vote because winning is more important. And we're supposed to be showing other countries how to do this? Yahoo! News - Legal Battle for Presidency Underway |