Interestingly, this PA judge was a Democrat and appointed by Bob Casey. He switched parties later and runs for re-election as a Republican.
In Texas you must register to vote in the county in which you live and only those who are trained and certified can personally sign up voters. This made it impossible for organizations like Acorn to come in from another state and sign people up willy nilly. The judge involved was appointed by Obama!
Election this year has been a total disaster from a management, timing and cost standpoint because of the involvement of the Federal government in our redistricting plan, numerous delays, lawsuits, etc. We were beginning to wonder if we were ever going to be able to finish our primaries prior to the general election in November. Made it very difficult on candidates and those physically running the elections.
If candidates don’t get at least 50% of the vote in a primary, there is a runoff. Our last one just ended on July 31 - one of the many contests was the one involving Cruz who was the successful Tea Party candidate for Senator and ran against Dewhurst for Hutchison’s seat.