The Bloody War In Mississippi: GOP Establishment Elites vs Tea Party (federal, claim)
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You campaign and/or vote for the winner of the primary in which you participated, or you don't campaign and/or vote in the general election.
Here's the law: Quote:
"No person shall be eligible to participate in any primary election unless he intends to support the nominations made in the primary in which he participates."
"McDaniel also referenced a law that said a voter can only vote in one party primary if the voter plans to support the nominee of that primary in the general election. But that law was ruled unenforceable by a federal appeals court in 2008."
Yes but those who voted in the democratic primary can't vote in the republican primary. That is what McDaniel is going to fight against. He believes people voted in both and that those who did so voted more for Cochran.
1. Those who did vote in the Democratic Primary should have been stopped at the polls if they tried to vote in the GOP runoff. There are lists of who voted in each. If this happened there is no way to know for sure how they broke (granted if it happened its likely heavily in Cochran's favor).
2. If only a handful of instances are found, McDaniel likely doesn't have an argument. If the amount is found to be greater than the margin, McDaniel could have an argument. However, there really were no competitive races in the Democratic Primary and the turnout was extremely small. If indeed Democrats who voted in the Primary voted in the runoff, chances are the numbers that voted in both are way too small for it to even matter simply because so few voted in the Democratic Primary.
3. The whole argumnent of you can vote in the Primary only if you plan to support that party's nominee in the General will likely get him nowhere (is is enforceable and look at heyjude's link, also McDaniel's own previous words about perhaps not supporting Cochran if he were to be the nominee prior to the Primary will also come up. McDaniel's only chance other than going in as a write-in is if the amount of people who were allowed to vote in the runoff that also voted in the Dem Primary was larger than the margin he lost by. That seems very unlikely.
There are records of which primary ballot an individual has drawn. That's the determiner. Subsequently support or vote for anyone but the party's candidate in which you participated in the primary election = law violation.
And how exactly do you intend to find out how people voted in the general. There is a reason the call it a secret ballot.
I was thinking that what are they going to do send the cops in to watch and instruct everybody casting a ballot in the state if they voted in a primary?
Left column: Democrat primary vote; Right column: GOP runoff vote
The Mississippi Tea Party President says they’ve found evidence that nearly 800 voters crossed over in Tuesday’s runoff election that should not have been allowed to vote Republican. However, Hinds County GOP Chairman Pete Perry says there are some precincts where he knows workers marked the wrong column and that could account for at least 200 of those being cited by the Tea Party.
1. Those who did vote in the Democratic Primary should have been stopped at the polls if they tried to vote in the GOP runoff. There are lists of who voted in each. If this happened there is no way to know for sure how they broke (granted if it happened its likely heavily in Cochran's favor).
2. If only a handful of instances are found, McDaniel likely doesn't have an argument. If the amount is found to be greater than the margin, McDaniel could have an argument. However, there really were no competitive races in the Democratic Primary and the turnout was extremely small. If indeed Democrats who voted in the Primary voted in the runoff, chances are the numbers that voted in both are way too small for it to even matter simply because so few voted in the Democratic Primary.
3. The whole argumnent of you can vote in the Primary only if you plan to support that party's nominee in the General will likely get him nowhere (is is enforceable and look at heyjude's link, also McDaniel's own previous words about perhaps not supporting Cochran if he were to be the nominee prior to the Primary will also come up. McDaniel's only chance other than going in as a write-in is if the amount of people who were allowed to vote in the runoff that also voted in the Dem Primary was larger than the margin he lost by. That seems very unlikely.
We know turnout was higher in the runoff than it was in the initial primary. About 375,000 voters showed up Tuesday compared with 318,904 on June 3, an increase of more than 17 percent. Cochran raised his vote total by more than 38,000 votes, while McDaniel pulled in only an additional 30,000. That was more than enough to erase McDaniel’s 1,386 vote lead in the first round.
It’s clear that Cochran’s vote increases were correlated to the percentage of African-Americans who live in each county. The 10 counties where the incumbent senator improved most were those where blacks make up 69 percent or more of the population.
Left column: Democrat primary vote; Right column: GOP runoff vote
The Mississippi Tea Party President says they’ve found evidence that nearly 800 voters crossed over in Tuesday’s runoff election that should not have been allowed to vote Republican. However, Hinds County GOP Chairman Pete Perry says there are some precincts where he knows workers marked the wrong column and that could account for at least 200 of those being cited by the Tea Party.
Left column: Democrat primary vote; Right column: GOP runoff vote
The Mississippi Tea Party President says they’ve found evidence that nearly 800 voters crossed over in Tuesday’s runoff election that should not have been allowed to vote Republican. However, Hinds County GOP Chairman Pete Perry says there are some precincts where he knows workers marked the wrong column and that could account for at least 200 of those being cited by the Tea Party.
It's getting exciting
What does "REP' in the upper left corner mean? Or indicate?
It is hilarious seeing the segments of this party fighting each other.
The figures I quoted were from 1 country, Hinds. The quote could have been worded better but if you had actually read the article you would have known that. See what happens when you keep just scratching the surface.
"McDaniel also referenced a law that said a voter can only vote in one party primary if the voter plans to support the nominee of that primary in the general election. But that law was ruled unenforceable by a federal appeals court in 2008."
I was hoping someone would supply the link so I wouldn't have to. I'm sure that InformedConsent knew this even as he was spouting his lies.
All I can think of is that InformedConsent is trying to spread disinformation in the attempt to convince people that they can't vote. If it's repeated often enough, maybe people will believe it. He is the one interested in disenfranchising the black voters whose votes for Cochran helped defeat him. And to think that they all managed to come up with a photo ID thanks to the new law that was modeled on one that has since been struck down.
InformedConsent--did you even vote in Mississippi? Because I did. I have voted for Thad Cochran in every election since I was old enough to vote. Who did you vote for before the Tea Party came along, as there weren't many challengers to a senator who has done so much for our state?
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