Appeals court will not block do-over election for state rep race in St. Louis

StlToday.com (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ^ | September 13, 2016 | Doug Moore

[Da Bilge Troll]

[Full title: Appeals court will not block Friday's do-over election for 78th District state rep race in St. Louis]

ST. LOUIS • An appellate court has ruled that the do-over election on Friday between Penny Hubbard and Bruce Franks Jr. for 78th District state representative will go on.

"There was substantial evidence to support the trial court’s decision, it was not against the weight of the evidence, and the court did not erroneously declare or apply the law. The judgment is affirmed," Judge Roy L. Richter wrote on behalf of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

"No matter what happens Friday, we already won," Franks said. We called attention to a "broken system that has no choice but to fix itself now."

Jane Dueker, attorney for Hubbard, said Tuesday morning she had not yet spoken to her client to see whether an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court would be made.

Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Sept. 2 called for a new election after a two-day trial centering on the absentee balloting process in the Aug. 2 Democratic primary between incumbent Hubbard and newcomer Franks. Specifically, the case focused on the 142 absentee votes made in person at the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners office. As reported Aug. 28 in the Post-Dispatch, all absentee ballots must be placed into a sealed envelope under state law. However, those cast at the Election Board office were not.

"These irregularities were more than petty procedural infirmities but abuses of the election law which cannot be ignored," Burlison said. “The number of votes called into question exceed the margin of the apparent victor and is of sufficient magnitude to cast doubt on the validity of the initial election.”

Burlison's made his decision two days after a Post-Dispatch investigation revealed multiple problems with absentee balloting.

[Da Bilge Troll]

Imaginary Voter Fraud in Democrat Primary election.

Be sure to check reference links in the article to previous stories for details of the fraud (absentee ballots coerced from low info voters and held until needed).

[jmaroneps37]

They breath therefore they cheat.Res ipsa loquitur.

[stylin19a]

"Every qualified voter will still retain his or her right to vote in the special election.

'cept if he\she is now dead - oh wait, thye're RATs- they all still get to vote - for a long time.

how about those who weren't of voting age at the time but are now ?