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Polling problems lead to rare emergency hearing in Stanislaus County

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In a rare, last-minute legal pitch to keep polls throughout Stanislaus County open longer was denied by a Superior Court judge shortly before polls closed at 8 p.m.

Stanislaus Superior Court Judge Robert Westbrook turned down the request to provide more time for voting.

About a dozen polling places ran out of the pink envelopes used to designate provisional ballots and in some cases voters were told they had to go elsewhere to vote, said Lisa Battista, a Modesto attorney who organized a group of about 50 election observers in Stanislaus County through the auspices of the California Democratic Party.

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