So this is what the big hullabaloo was about:
A three-judge panel dealt a blow yesterday to Democrat Creigh Deeds’ efforts to get all ballots recounted in the attorney general’s election.
Deeds lost the election by 323 votes to Republican Bob McDonnell, and petitioned for a recount.
The panel, led by Judge Theodore Markow, ruled unanimously against Deeds’ attorneys’ motion that all optical-scan ballots be rescanned through the voting machines in the recount, scheduled for Dec. 20.
Ideally to prove that if there is a discrepancy between the scan and the official results, then Deeds would have other options in court.
Ah, for 20 December to come and go…