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Wed May-28-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled for Alabama's governor in a dispute over his attempt to fill a county commission vacancy with a fellow Republican appointee. In a 7-2 ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says Gov. Bob Riley did not need advance approval from the federal government to fill the vacancy. The case involves a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that requires Alabama and several other states — most of them in the South — to get federal approval before changing election procedures that affect minority voters. Ginsburg says the issue in this case is a narrow one that does not have broader application to voting rights disputes. AP

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