What has been the Board of Elections procedure in handling mailed in absentee ballots in past elections?
Though just about every conceivable nit was picked in Wednesday and Thursday's Territorial Court hearing in Sen. George Goodwin's lawsuit against the Board of Elections, the matter of precedent remained untouched.
"We've been following the same policy as long as I've been here," said Elections Supervisor John Abramson. And that policy is to accept the postage paid election ballot envelopes, as long as they are received in time, and with proper voter identification, he said.
"In fact, the plaintiff, (Goodwin), has benefited from this rule in past elections," Abramson added. Goodwin won his Senate seat in 1994 and 1998 with the absentee ballot count.
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