Questions About Nevada Judge's Partisan Leanings

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Questions About Judge's Partisan Leanings

(Oct. 18) -- Questions are being raised Monday about the partisan leanings of Judge Valerie Adair, the judge who ruled on Friday that the voter registration period in Clark County should not be reopened.

Did politics play a role in the judge's decision? Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter George Knapp reports some democrats think it might have.

On Friday, Judge Valerie Adair instructed the lawyers for the Clark County Election Department and the State Democratic Party to huddle together and bang out a compromise about whether voter registration could be opened up for a few hours to provide for those citizens who may have been disenfranchised by the alleged destruction of registration forms by a republican backed private company.

The judge told both sides to return at 4:30 p.m., at which time she might or might not rule. The deal worked out called for a three-hour window on Monday during which some voters could sign up again. But when the court reconvened Friday afternoon, there was no discussion of the plan.

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Judge denies request for late voter registration

...Voter registration closed Tuesday and the allegations came to light the same day in a KLAS-TV Channel 8 report in which former Voter Outreach employee Eric Russell that he saw forms signed by Democrats destroyed.

Russell said Friday he was disappointed with the ruling, because he personally witnessed registration forms being destroyed, and he is concerned that Voters Outreach or other groups could continue to disenfranchise voters.

"They're going to do it every election, until one judge stands up and does something about it," he said.

The Republicans called allegations "outright lies" made up by former employees, one of whom had a wage dispute with his employers. One GOP organizer from Arizona said Thursday he planned to sue the employees and Knapp who broke the story...

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1. This goes to the Supremes. Going to have to provide some redress for

criminal activity.