Delay said on Hannity's radio show he is now a citizen of Virginia and can show proof. He said he voted in a recent GOP primary there so how can he legally be kept on the ballot in Texas if he's not a resident?
IMHO Delay should never have run in the primary and pulled this stunt to move to Virginia and vote after he was elected in the primary without checking out everything. He has left the district to the whims of the Courts which is a crapshoot.
Because, to be blunt, that's an obvious end-run around Texas law that could lead to all sorts of candidates setting up residency in Oklahoma or Louisiana any time they wanted on or off a ballot after a primary. Texas law was clearly intended to keep anyone from pulling a Lautenberg-type stunt and this judge is a law-and-order type who seems to have taken strong offense at someone transparently mocking the law with this clever approach.
No one believes that Delay established a residence in Virginia for any reason but to get himself booted from the ballot.
If Delay hadn't made this all about himself, but about the greater good of the party, he would have withdrawn before the primary.
I think Delay needs to stay on the ballot. Just a reality check. I think it's wrong to hold a primary, win it, then decide you might lose, and try to run a different primary basically. Perhaps the rats only voted for Lampson as a good match up against Delay. This do-over crap is wrong IMHO. I feel the same way about Lieberman. He either runs as a Rat, or an independent. Not both. It's just not fair sportsmanship to do it this way. Delay was trying to game election law. The Republicans can still rally around one candidate, have them petition to run as an independent, and still win the seat. It's the right way to do it.
"Delay said on Hannity's radio show he is now a citizen of Virginia and can show proof. He said he voted in a recent GOP primary there so how can he legally be kept on the ballot in Texas if he's not a resident?"
HE CAN'T BE.
LOOK FOLKS...SPARKS IS A LIBERAL. Yeah...he was appointed by a Republican....but he is an ole democrat....
There are many here in Texas who push as a Republican..because that can't get favor ...or win an election any other way.
Sparks knew somebody. Period
"Delay said on Hannity's radio show he is now a citizen of Virginia and can show proof. He said he voted in a recent GOP primary there so how can he legally be kept on the ballot in Texas if he's not a resident?"
HE CAN'T BE.
LOOK FOLKS...SPARKS IS A LIBERAL. Yeah...he was appointed by a Republican....but he is an ole democrat....
There are many here in Texas who push as a Republican..because that can't get favor ...or win an election any other way.
Sparks knew somebody. Period