HARRISBURG, Pa. - Under pressure from military voters and Republicans, Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell said Friday that he will ask a federal judge to extend the deadline for counting overseas ballots by one week.
Rendell told a news conference in Philadelphia that Republicans could produce only one voter — out of 26,000 overseas military and civilian voters — who failed to get the absentee ballot he requested.
Nonetheless, "Even if it's just one or two votes, their votes should be counted," Rendell said.
GOP state Sen. John Pippy, an Army reserve captain who served in Iraq (news - web sites), criticized Rendell's proposal, saying the governor asked for — and received — a nearly three-week extension for counting absentee ballots in the April primary and should support a two-week extension now.
A Republican-financed federal lawsuit by two servicemen in Iraq and Kuwait filed Wednesday against Rendell and Secretary of State Pedro Cortes seeks a 15-day extension for their ballots' return.
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