The board mailed 25,399 absentee ballots and has received 11,663 in the mail; of those, 8,422 have been deemed valid.

The law states that one vote over 50 percent is needed for the election to be deemed valid.

Tickets for the previous shows were deemed valid for the new dates.

The turnout was 86.3% and 99.73% of the more than 477,000 votes cast were deemed valid.

He said it paid $67,003 for 160 claims deemed valid and denied 80 claims.

If a complaint is deemed valid, the candidate involved will be asked to retract his remarks.

The referendum did not have enough votes (only 700, changed from 20 percent to 15 percent in 2006 to be deemed valid).

In the end, his complaint was not deemed valid and he is appealing it to state officials.

How can the suspicion of the will to commit a terrorist act be deemed valid?

Those unions require a ceremony, solemnized by either religious clergy or civil officials, to be deemed valid.