My understanding of a hearing regarding this very close race is that the Republican attorney brought a ballot that was questionable. The judge didn't think it was questionable, the ballot went to a Republican. Okay. That is one ballot. Where are the other 11,606 that voted for a Republican/
The entire circus by Republicans has violated several laws. A lawyer can't simply walk into a courtroom demanding a judge decide an election based on questionable evidence. There needed to be an election official in control of the ballot the lawyer wanted as evidence.
There are far too many violations of the law and ethical issues with the Republican attorney to allow any challenge to go forward. If this hideous challenge by Republicans is to go forward, then Virginia House Representative Elect Shelly Simonds should be raising money for her defense. The Democrats need to help represent her in court.
This is ridiculous.
December 19. 2018
Democrats edged out Republicans by one vote in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday after a rollercoaster recount flipped a red seat to blue and created a 50-50 tie between the two parties.
Democrat Shelly Simonds is the apparent winner in the race for the 94th District, beating incumbent Republican David Yancey.
She won, 11,608 to 11,607, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.
This is the first time Republicans have not been in control of the Virginia House in nearly two decades.
Democrats celebrated the win as an indication of the party's strength ahead of the 2018 midterms....
