[Hostage]

True The Vote cited federal law in their case here: (http://www.scribd.com/doc/232166906/True-the-Vote-v-Mississippi-Complaint) that would require unfettered access to ALL the voting materials even those that the Mississippi Supreme court restricted against last week.

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?

[Hostage]

Please ping the MS list, thank you.

[Nextrush]

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.

[duffee]

bookmark

[SharpRightTurn]

BTTT

Thanks for the heads-up, Hostage.

[Viennacon]

DESTROY COCHRAN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!

[johniegrad]

Will the facts have anything to do with the adjudication of this case or will it played out by politically partisan judges?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Interesting ratings on the judge: they either loved her or hated her.

http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=987

[Seattle Conservative]

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.

[topher]

I guess it is just wait-and-see on this for the Mississippi race.

With Cochran's age, he might die of old age before this is over... [ /sarcasm off ]

[Political Junkie Too]

Is a serious significant candidate like McDaniel considered to be just a member of the 'general public' when it comes to his own election?

Right.

"Trust us," when we say that you lost the election, but no, we won't let you actually see the records of who voted.

Just accept that we said you lost.

-PJ