How many votes does he need?
5-6,000?
Interesting.
Court would have to toss out the votes entirely but there’s no way showing which candidate they voted for.
Of course, we know / assume what they were up to because we know the dirty trick. But there’s no proof.
The votes are cast into a machine so there’s no way to exclude those specific votes.
Only potential remedy would be do redo the entire election and police it next time.
I doubt any court is going to tell them to hold a statewide election again.
I think it was 6,300. I could be wrong, but that’s what I remember reading.
About 6,700 ... but I don’t know how he can get the votes this way. You don’t know how they voted.
At this point, I fear the damage has been done even if McDaniel succeeds in his challenge. Anything short of Thad stepping down with a full apology and endorsements (plus money) from the Senatorial Committee and the RNC will probably result in this seat (and maybe Mitch's) going Democrat.
In reality, the GOP-e would likely just end up supporting the Dem in the general, and the bad blood will spread nationwide.
6700