Chris,

>If I have my facts correct (and hey, I'm no lawyer), and we stick to the letter of the law, rather than it's intent, then I think that is a mistake. The votes should be counted.

Yeah, that's an interesting one. I don't know what the law says about "filling out" absentee ballot requests. I've heard some news reports stating that the only people allowed to fill out the requests for a voter are relatives or legal guardians.

However, the Democratic Party evidently sent out pre-printed request forms also, which had the voters' registration numbers correctly printed on them. I guess that would also qualify as "filling out" the form, huh?

My GUESS is that the law probably deals with who can legally SIGN a request form. Otherwise, ALL of the pre-filled requests statewide would have to be brought into question.

Anyone want to offer your best GUESS about what the law really says?