New Primary Date: August 28?

by: BranfordBoy

Sat Aug 05, 2006 at 11:31:17 AM EDT

The excuse is that 81 towns were late in sending out absentee ballots to overseas voters, most of them military. Some 700 ballots were affected.

Avi "Don't Be Crude" Salzman reports in tomorrow's New York Times (no link):

By Connecticut law, absentee ballots must be received by the time the polls close on the day of the primary, which is 8 p.m. this year. States are supposed to send the ballots out at least 30 days before the election, so that soldiers and opthers have time to fil them out and return them, the suit said.

Susan "I'm For Joe"  Bysiewicz immediately caved, winning praise from O'Connor for her speedy acquiesence.

Also, the state will accept "special federal write-in ballots from people who didn't receive absentee ballots." This will allow Lieberman to beat the bushes in places overseas where he thinks hidden support exists to inflate his vote total.

Presumably the theory is that Lieberman will be a familiar name to Nutmeggers working, studying, or just chilling overseas whereas Lamont will be a total unknown.

Of course, if Lamont's margin of victory is so large that it dwarfs the number of absentee ballots outstanding, all this becomes a moot point.

All the more reason for Lamont supporters to get their Democratic butts in gear and GET OUT THE VOTE.