Posted on 07/22/2014 1:36:09 PM PDT by Hostage
JACKSON, Miss. —A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by a group seeking Mississippi voter records.
U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Atlas of Texas will be in Jackson to hear arguments by True the Vote organization.
The lawsuit seeks access to nine counties' voter rolls as Chris McDaniel gathers information to challenge his Republican primary runoff loss to Sen. Thad Cochran.
Plaintiffs say federal law requires authorities to release of voting rolls and poll books without erasing voters' personal information.
(Excerpt) Read more at wapt.com ...
The McDaniel campaign has file a Motion to Reconsider last week's ruling by the MS Supreme Court which said that 'poll books' were not defined as part of the ballot box materials and were therefore subject to laws governing public disclosure etc. In other words, accept copies of poll books redacted by persons likely to be Cochran stooges and pay a whole lot of money for them.
Country clerks who were emboldened by the MS Supreme Court ruling let loose their arrogance and condescension on the McDaniel camp in their letters and court response. They are claiming the poll books are just a list of voter registrations broken down by precinct level.
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/07/and-harrison-rankin-fire-back-at.html
McDaniel's Motion to Reconsider claims the poll books are converted in fact to tally sheets which are designated as part of the ballot box materials.
When a voter comes to a precinct voting station, an official volunteer will check their voting registration from the 'poll book' and mark them in the pool book as having voted. Hence, the poll book becomes a tally sheet, a record of who voted.
Another item of interest is that the official precinct election volunteer is able to see the contents of the precinct's poll books. But McDaniel and his campaign staff are just as every bit as the election volunteer to see these materials and in fact are allowed to be stationed at the precinct voting stations to monitor all aspects of the elections except what happens under the cover at the voting machine which is private only to the actual voter.
The Mississippi Public Records Disclosure Act that was used by the MS Supreme Court last week in their ruling states that access to the 'general public' is restricted and that birthdates and social security numbers and the like must be kept from view from the 'general public'. Is a serious significant candidate like McDaniel considered to be just a member of the 'general public' when it comes to his own election?
Please ping the MS list, thank you.
This is what boggles the mind. We interfere with other country’s elections but we have the most corrupt elections on the face of the earth.
The information should not be withheld which would prove whether Mississippi law was violated when Democrats who voted in the first round of the primary Democrat voted in the second round as Republicans.
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Thanks for the heads-up, Hostage.
DESTROY COCHRAN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!
Will the facts have anything to do with the adjudication of this case or will it played out by politically partisan judges?
Judge born and practiced law in New York. Appointed by Clinton. Fair and impartial?
Probably better than a Bush appointee
Probably better than a Bush appointee.”
Rate we’ve been going lately, probably won’t be worse. Did notice she is from Texas, luck of the draw says probably Austin.
Interesting ratings on the judge: they either loved her or hated her.
http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=987
I believe that TTV’s attorney is Cleta Mitchell and she is an excellent, well-spoken election attorney. Probably won’t be televised, but it would definitely be worth listening to her presentation/argument if it were.
I love that kind of talk. This is a page from the democrat playbook. Never, ever, ever give up.
McDaniel is such an unusual man.
In the 1850’s there was the democrat party and the whig party. Within 10 years the whigs were replaced by the republicans. What we may be witnessing here is the replacement of the republicans by the Tea Party. Let’s not forget Cantor here. I think the Cantor defeat may be a factor in McDaniel’s fight. I also just read today that the Tea Party had some major successes in Georgia ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3183975/posts.)
As Gerald Celente says current events create future trends. I think we are witnessing a sea change in the republican party and the days of the McCains are numbered.
That's what I was afraid of.
So what’s the latest scoop with Mississippi? I have neighbors from there but they’re gone on vacation for two weeks so can’t ask them.
With Cochran's age, he might die of old age before this is over... [ /sarcasm off ]
With Cochran’s age, he might die of old age before this is over...
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One can only hope.
One can only hope.
I don't consider Senator Cochran to be the evil-wicked part of this. The evil-wicked part of this is Haley Barbour and the Haley-Barbour-machine.
From what I can tell, it is unfortunate that Senator Cochran allowed the Barbour machine to use him in this election.
Basically, there is talk that once Senator Cochran's win, he will resign, and seat will be given to Henry Barbour, which is not to be confused with Haley Barbour...
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