Playing by the rules - when it is convenient: bending them when they aren't

Military Ballots Tossed In Fairfax
by Marc Ambinder

The patchwork problem of federal and state election regulations strikes again.

Military ballots are being tossed in Fairfax Co, VA because of a "technicality." Not a lot of them compared to the size of the electorate, but more than a few.

The registrar of voters in a Democrat. He thinks it "stinks," but the law is the law. [more details]

Well, at least in this case.....

Now, if you are a non-resident college student in the state of Virginia, the Democrat registrars are more than willing to "ease the rules" (read "break" the law) and allow them to vote even though they are to have a permanent residence.

Hat tip Right Nation.