Rick "Man on Dog Sex" Santorum's Right To Vote In Penn Hills Challenged [View All]

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Santorum's Right To Vote In Penn Hills Challenged

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Nov 4, 2008 5:26 pm US/Eastern
Santorum's Right To Vote In Penn Hills Challenged
PENN HILLS (KDKA) ― Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's right to vote in Penn Hills has been challenged -- and election officials will not count his absentee ballot (or that of his wife) until the matter is resolved, Allegheny County Elections Department director Mark Wolosik confirmed.

Erin Vecchio, chairman of the Penn Hills School Board and chair of the Penn Hills Democratic Party, says she challenged the Santorums' right to vote in Pennsylvania this morning because they really live in Virginia.

Vecchio says the local judge of elections filled out the appropriate objection forms and she paid the $10 per person fee.

Vecchio, who has had a long-running dispute with Santorum over his residency, says the former senator and his family live in "an undisclosed location" in northern Virginia and that his attempt to vote here is "voter fraud."

The Santorums' absentee ballots will be held until the county Board of Elections determines whether they are eligible to vote.

Wolosik says a hearing will be set up to review the charge before himself and the Allegheny County solicitor, who in turn will make a recommendation to the Board. The burden of proof is on the challenger to show that the Santorums to not have the right to vote here.
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