Posted on 07/17/2014 11:51:19 AM PDT by Hostage
HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - WLOX News has learned that Chris McDaniel's campaign will not have access to Harrison County poll books. The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected McDaniel's petition for a court order to demand that Harrison County Circuit Clerk Gayle Parker release poll books from the June 24 Republican Party primary runoff election.
The court ruled that there is no legal requirement that poll books be included in the contents of ballot boxes. The order released on Thursday said poll books should be considered official records of all persons qualified to vote in a particular county and should be properly preserved by the circuit clerk.
The court also found that the circuit clerk must redact all voters' social security numbers, telephone numbers, birth date and age information before the records can be examined.
At this point, I`m willing to vote rat just to kick out the rat wanna-be crats, screw the uni-party a—holes.
You’re reading much too much into my comment. I am ONLY describing the process of electing Mississippi Supreme Court Judges.
High information voters will know the political ideology of candidates for the Supreme Court and low information voters won’t have a clue. Endorsements can give a voter some idea of a judge’s ideological leanings.
There are judges who go out of their way to hide any partisan political affiliations they may have by never attending any partisan events. Other candidates actively seek such political endorsements.
And as we all know, there are judges who switch judicial philosophy once they achieve the highest court and with an eight year term, they often seem not to care much about reelection. Once you’re in, name recognition can keep you there for a long time.
No it is wrong to require money that people can’t afford to pay in order to preserve the integrity of an election. The offending information does not need to be copied. And all of it except the SN# is public record anyways. Did you here they want 14 thousand to redact one set of poll books. That is instability. It only preserves the ability to cheat and get away with it.
So you know. Retread Nero Germ is the zotted OBot Jamese777 who is delighted to stick to everyone who is disappointed by this decision. Oh BTW, ignore his tagline since he has never voted for an R in his entire life.
Just because God doesn’t operate on our timetable doesn’t mean justice won’t be served.
I don't recall saying otherwise. The poster said that McDaniel was refused the right to look at the pollbooks, period. That's the impression I was attempting to correct.
-- Did you here they want 14 thousand to redact one set of poll books. --
No, I did not. A substantial amount of the written argument before the Mississippi Supreme Court was how birthdate is sensitive personal information, and the only dollar figures I recall being mentioned was $1,000 to Harrison County, to prepare 120 original pollbooks form viewing. At some level or value, the dollar amount becomes the issue of its own right. I'm not of a mind that $14,000 for the whole state (I know that is different from what you said) is probably not litigation worthy; but $14,000 times 82 counties would be.
Some states have recount / result validation protocols where the state pays if the margin is small enough, and the candidate wanting to view the books pays if the margin of victory is on the other side of that threshold.
I am pretty sure that what I heard was in a youtube of a press conference given by McDaniel’s lawyers.
It might have been this one, but I am not sure, and I don’t have time to listen again right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=empT9ADUkIw#t=842
If you’re going to criticize another FReeper, it’s considered polite to ping him.
I’ve ping him before. He knows.
He knows and I know and a few others know.
As seen here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3151808/posts?page=48#48
As in many other times before this too.
“@ChuckCJohnson: BETRAYED: McDaniel supporter sends Cochran a letter... pic.twitter.com/leVqzbE5bf” Hundreds more on the way!— Tom Minyard (@MinyardTom) July 18, 2014
I haven't been able to keep up. How do you think this will go? Do you think Sarah PAC or other conservatives might help him?
He has help from a Big Gun named Shaun McCutcheon who has a formidable track record in the court system all the way to the US Supreme Court. He also has help from tens of thousands of passionate supporters.
I don’t know how it will go but I know that he has a solid case. It depends on the judge that hears the challenge.
His backup plan is to seek a federal injunction in order to run as a write-in or as an independent. His campaign manager said running in that way is on the table for consideration.
Usually a space or field is left on ballots or electronic screens for a voter to write or type in their candidate of choice. But state law can prevent those write-ins. A federal injunction could rule that a write-in for Chris McDaniel must be counted.
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