Posted on 08/27/2021 6:59:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
I guess we should all just quit fighting them. Roll over and die /s
There is recent precedent in this area—a Republican state delegate, Nick Freitas of Culpeper County, had a screw up in his paperwork to declare for re-election. It was rejected, and Freitas was stricken from the ballot and had to run a write-in campaign. Fortunately for Nick, he got enough write-ins to get re-elected.
What also needs to happen is the two “witnesses” who falsely signed their names on a blank document need to be prosecuted for a violation of Virginia’s version of the federal 18 USC Sec. 1001. I am not holding my breath on this one.
Does that mean the second place finisher in the Dem primary would become the candidate in the general election?
Or can the Dems declare McAuliffe the candidate in the absence of any other candidate?
The Republican lawsuit is unclear to me.
(iii) declaring that the Virginia State Board of Elections’ certification and declaration of McAuliffe as the winner of the Democratic primary on June 22, 2021 is contrary to Virginia law, and is therefore invalid;
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