She has held her job as election supervisor, which now pays $115,000 a year, since 1969.

Congress had created the office of election supervisors and directed the Federal courts to pick them.

The elections supervisors disagreed, saying state law clearly prevented them from doing so.

The state compiled the new lists, which it gave to elections supervisors last month.

"I'm an election supervisor, and I like to count votes."

It told elections supervisors to hold off on sending out ballots and promised to act quickly.

The ballot was designed by a Democratic elections supervisor.

The list also includes election supervisors, judges and a prosecutor involved in processing cases against opposition members.

Over two-thirds of the state election supervisors overseeing that recount are Democrats.

Lawyers for the elections supervisor and the state Republican Party, which also was sued, have said they did nothing wrong.