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.
Depends on the judge
Several thousand proven to be illegal votes either gets a revote or it’s gonna get a lot uglier real fast. No one there is gonna take that.
‘...Only potential remedy would be to redo the entire election and police it next time....”
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Redo the entire RUNOFF election and ONLY those who LEGITIMATELY participated in the 6/24 runoff would be eligible to vote. No one who illegally voted on 6/24 or who didn’t vote on 6/24 could vote in the new HONEST, NON-CORRUPT election.
I think an inference can be made though because it wasn't the McDaniel campaign which urged black voters to vote for Cochran, and it wasn't the McDaniel campaign which sent out fliers accusing McDaniel of racism, nor was it the McDaniel campaign associated with allegations of passing out "walking around" money for blacks to vote for Cochran.
The best solution would be to set aside the election and warn the State of Mississippi to implement tighter controls.
That makes sense, unfortunately.
Court would have to toss out the votes entirely but there’s no way showing which candidate they voted for.
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This may or may not be true. I have seen it disputed on other threads. In any case you have certainly pointed out the key issue in this case. It would be nice if someone could resolve it with certainty.