[deport]

http://www.wjtv.com/story/25936754/secretary-of-states-office-responds-to-election-lawsuit

Secretary of State’s Office Responds To Election Lawsuit

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5. Party Primary Elections are the responsibility of the Party, not the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State’s Office does not certify primary election results. The Secretary
of State only receives certified results from the party in order to prepare the General
Election ballot.
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Lawsuit filed by True-the-Vote
http://www.scribd.com/doc/232166906/True-the-Vote-v-Mississippi-Complaint

[EQAndyBuzz]

The Mediacrats will support the GOPe all the way to making sure Cochran could do no wrong. Then in November they will use this as a club to hit cochran over the head.

[tennmountainman]

Thanks for clarification.

[buridan]

Thanks!

Here’s a link to the Ms. Elections Code:

http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/home/tab5/ElectionCodeRev020209.pdf

[Political Junkie Too]

The Secretary of State only receives certified results from the party in order to prepare the General Election ballot.

That's bunk.

The election law didn't just materialize out of nowhere on its own. It was crafted by the legislature, adjudicate by the judiciary, and executed by the Executive. All the arms of Mississippi government are involved in the faithful execution of the laws that they put in place.

Sure, the parties themselves have the responsibility of reporting their results, but it's the state that has the criminal oversight responsibility to ensure that the election is conduct in a fair and legal manner.

This statement by the Secretary of State sounds like they are washing their hands of it and walking away from their oversight responsibility, because they know that it means the end of Thad Cochran and Haley Barbour.

-PJ