So he files a lawsuit and says...
The vague statute on the MS books says they ‘should’ vote for the party in the general they vote for in the primary.
How can he prove who ANYONE voted for when voting is confidential?
How can he prove who they WILL vote for in the general election?
It’s a total loser of a case.
The only wins would be people who ON RECORD in the first election voted in the Dem primary instead who then were allowed, contrary to law, to vote for the Republican this time around.
Is that 5,000 people?
I seriously doubt it.
Filing and losing KILLS his future statewide office chances.
Go ask Woody Jenkins how that went down in Louisiana. He never won another race after having had a U.S. Senate seat stolen from him in New Orleans. The precincts there voted hours after poling had closed (”People were in line”) and turned in their votes an hour or two after the rest of the entire state. Was a pure steal.
He sued. Lost. Was forever branded a ‘sore loser’ and never won a statewide race. Career killer.
Color me an idealist but career politicians are the problem so I think it would be great if someone thought of the thousands of disenfranchised Republican voters instead of how a challenge might affect their future plans.