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Jun 25 2008 | By the Associated Press
Richmond, Va. (AP) | Voters in Chesterfield County, Va., have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that the county violated their right to vote in the February 12 presidential primary.

The civil-rights complaint says hundreds of Chesterfield residents were deprived of the right to vote, primarily in precincts with the largest black populations. They allege that in nine of 63 precincts, county voting officials failed to provide enough Democratic ballots and told voters to cast ballots on blank scraps of paper, which weren't counted.
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