Anita Kumar, Washington Post
- Hours before the polls open, a federal judge Monday refused to order any last-minute changes to Virginia’s voting procedures in response to allegations by the NAACP that the state is not prepared to handle the predicted historic voter turnout in Tuesday’s election.
But U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams will consider Tuesday a separate request by Republican presidential nominee John McCain to allow overseas absentee ballots an extra 10 days to arrive in Virginia.
State officials said late Monday afternoon that they were relieved that Williams did not order extended polling hours, more paper ballots or the moving of equipment among precincts as the NAACP had requested.
