Sen. Cochran’s strategy to draw black Democrats to polls appears to have worked

Washington Post ^ | June 25, 2014 | BY ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN AND PHILIP BUMP

[Captainpaintball]

I’m surprised, since it is quite clear that the usual suspects can be so easily fooled and bought, and controlled, that McDaniel didn’t try the same thing.

[super7man]

So if these people have voted Dem as well (was there more than one Dem candidate?) then their votes can be disqualified.

If you find one of these people, how do you know who they voted for in the run-off? Do you just believe what they say?

[super7man]

According to state law, write-in candidates are permitted only as the legitimate substitute of a candidate who has died, resigned, withdrawn or been removed from the race

OK....... now we have a plan.

[butterdezillion]

Even if Cochran ended up (supposedly legally) winning, I would love to have it reported that the highest vote-getter was the write-in candidate and yet MS so disenfranchises their voters that the top vote-getter is not the winner.

And besides, maybe God will remove Cochran from the race.

[butterdezillion]

I wonder if you could have it declared a mis-vote if there were more irregularities than the votes Cochran supposedly won by. It wouldn’t matter how anybody actually voted - just that election fraud was enough to change the outcome of the election. Necessitating a re-do.

Anybody know if that’s how it would go?

[deport]

There are some 19 states with open primaries.

http://www.fairvote.org/research-and-analysis/presidential-elections/congressional-and-presidential-primaries-open-closed-semi-closed-and-top-two/

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

If I were in Mississippi I would not vote for Cochran in the general - might vote against him if the rat in the race is relatively sane. I would definitely vote for McDaniel as a write-in candidate. It doesn’t mean a tinker’s cuss to me whether or not the repubs win the senate - they are just as corrupt and evil as the rats.

[butterdezillion]

You can do as I did and tell them to put your name on a list of persons that they must NEVER, EVER, EVER contact. I gave the gal a piece of my mind. She says the purpose of the RNSC is to get incumbent R’s re-elected. And I’d say that includes even if the only people who WANT them re-elected are mooching democrats.

Tomorrow I’ll see what I need to do to go back to being registered Independent rather than Republican - also in protest of the NE pubbies switching to an open primary this year.

[leapfrog0202]

I’m wondering if that’s outdated information because I just saw on twitter that he’s considering a write-in campaign. So I am confuzzled.

[leapfrog0202]

I wonder if you could have it declared a mis-vote if there were more irregularities than the votes Cochran supposedly won by. It wouldn’t matter how anybody actually voted - just that election fraud was enough to change the outcome of the election. Necessitating a re-do.

Anybody know if that’s how it would go?

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I have no idea, but I like your idea.

[Kenny]

I would love to see statistics, how many registered dems in say Hinds county, subtract how many voted dem primary. The result should be the maximum amount of votes Cochran could pick up from that county.

Of course I’m no math wiz so maybe I’m wrong.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Agreed. And I also listened to ML today. “Remember Mississippi”!

[Old Yeller]

Blacks being used again.

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