Friday, September 29, 2006

September 29, 2006 Change in Date for Selection of Special Master

There has been a change in the date/deadline for Selection of a Special Master in the Election Contest filed by Edwin Osborne and Bobby Reinhardt.

Scroll down to see previous posts of September 26 and 27 for background on the Election Contest and trial testimony.

The Master will supervise the court-ordered recount in County Commission race District 1 (Osborne v. Lebel) and District 4 (Reinhardt v. Sexton).

The Master will also examine the Microvote voting machines (new and old) in Hamblen County.

The new date or deadline for selection of the Master is apparently October 4. [Originally, a Saturday, September 30, date was shown in the Memorandum Opinion. ]

Expect the recount of machine and paper ballots to proceed quickly once the Master is appointed by the Chancellor since the machines have to be ready to go for the November election.

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