[pepsionice]

I don’t see how the judges can do much on this. You’d have to do the whole primary again....way too late in the process to allow a primary before November date.

[Fresh Wind]

Can’t they postpone the Senatorial election and call a special election at some later date?

[eyeamok]

Easy, they invalidate Thad Cochran for the Election Law Crimes Committed.

[lavaroise]

No different than a recall. Heck, if that legal showdown does not work, we can organize a stinging recall.

[FR_addict]

From what I understand if Mary Landrieu doesn't get 50%, there will be a runoff in Louisiana of the top contenders regardless of party.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/28/politics/cnn-poll-louisiana/

“But this is Louisiana, and the election system can be complicated. There are nine candidates — Republicans, Democrats, and a Libertarian — on the ballot this November, and if no candidate crosses the 50% threshold, the race moves into a December runoff between the top two contenders.”

So if it can happen in Louisiana, it can happen in Mississippi.

[butterdezillion]

They should have thought of that before. They already had one primary vote, and McDaniel won. The second vote was a runoff because the initial vote was too close. If they have to throw out the runoff then the initial primary vote is all they can go by, and McDaniel won. If Cochran didn’t want to blow his chance to defeat McDaniel in a runoff then he shouldn’t have disqualified the results of that runoff by committing election CRIMES.

[deport]

I don’t see how the judges can do much on this. You’d have
to do the whole primary again....

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I can’t see the courts allowing a flawed election to stand
if they find it to be flawed.

Thus either a new election or an appointed Senator to hold
the office until a schedule election could be held in two
years.. Who knows the potential outcomes at this stage.

[X-spurt]

No it is not too late, next door in Louisiana it is highly likely they will be having a runoff Senatorial election in December.

[wardaddy]

Not a big deal...Louisiana frequently doesn’t finish their process till december

extraordinary elections make for extraordinary measures to resolve them

[Din Maker]

You’d have to do the whole primary again....way too late in the process to allow a primary before November date.
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One would think so, however, per MS law, a new election can be called for even AFTER the General Election.

[itsahoot]

I don’t see how the judges can do much on this.

They have already done plenty, they just need to undo some of it.