Judge: Destroy 2006 Pima County transportation election ballots

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Judge: Destroy 2006 Pima County transportation election ballots
By Andrea Kelly
Arizona Daily Star

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.15.2009

The ballots from the 2006 Regional Transportation Authority election will be will be destroyed, according to a ruling issued Tuesday by Pima County Superior Court Judge Charles Harrington.

The ballots must be destroyed according to state law since an election challenge wasn’t filed within five days of the official canvass in 2006, Harrington wrote in his ruling.

The fate of the ballots became a question for the court when Pima County Treasurer Beth Ford told the local political parties she planned to destroy the ballots last summer. State law requires governments to keep ballots from federal elections for two years, and to keep ballots from local elections for six months. After those time limits run out, the ballots are to be destroyed.

Ford kept the ballots longer than the 6-months allowed because they were subject to ongoing public records lawsuits and other legal challenges, she has said.

more:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/309091.php
from Mark Crispin Miller:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/AZ-judge-orders-destructio-by-Mark-Crispin-Mille-090916-647.html