 county clerks miss deadline for mailing absentee ballots the us department of justice is threatening a lawsuit against the state because at least 70 communities failed to send out absentee ballots in time for the august primary secretary of state ruth johnson states that the board of elections sent out at least three reminders to clerk before the 45day deadline how will this impact the primary and what remedies are in place to deal with the situation get details at  wwwmlivecom politics indexssf 201207 statefederallawsuitcomingbhtml 