Supreme Court rules McDaniel will not have access to poll books

WLOX 13 ^ | July 17, 2014 | Chris Thies

[Hostage]

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - WLOX News has learned that Chris McDaniel's campaign will not have access to Harrison County poll books. The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected McDaniel's petition for a court order to demand that Harrison County Circuit Clerk Gayle Parker release poll books from the June 24 Republican Party primary runoff election.

The court ruled that there is no legal requirement that poll books be included in the contents of ballot boxes. The order released on Thursday said poll books should be considered official records of all persons qualified to vote in a particular county and should be properly preserved by the circuit clerk.

The court also found that the circuit clerk must redact all voters' social security numbers, telephone numbers, birth date and age information before the records can be examined.​

[dalebert]

supremes support crooks

[JOAT]

I had always believed that The Lord was a God of Justice.
He's not.

Seriously, it is childish to think God is going to intervene every time someone commits an evil act.

God is not mocked, what a man sows he will reap.

[dalebert]

I hope so

[Nifster]

Mississippi is bought and sold....the Barbour family must be solo proud

[Vince Ferrer]

6. Form a second party in Missippi.

[Vince Ferrer]

6. Form a second party in Mississippi.

[ken5050]

The murder of the three civil rights workers ("Mississippi Burning") finally woke the nation to the horrors of segregation in the-then DEMOCRAT controlled south. That was the last straw.

We may well lose this election...but if so, it will be the last time...we will be vigilant..now that we know the enemy, er..the GOPe...will go to any lengths to hold power.

[Redmen4ever]

Regarding point #3—then the point should be more targeted. To defeat McConnell in Kentucky.

[Ben Ficklin]

"with deadly force"

Call Cliven Bundy to get him and his militia men down to MS, after they wrap things up on the border.

[leapfrog0202]

Hmm, wonder who has this Court in their back pocket? If this election isn’t overturned, then the DEMONCRAP deserves to win the seat. No way should McDaniels supporters get behind Cochran. Let his black voters carry him to victory. Hah - like that is going to happen.

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I agree! Not one Republican should vote for Cochran considering all the scummy things he/his campaign did in this election. I’d rather see the Dem take it and deny Barbour putting in his pick in 2 years or whenever Cochran agreed to retire.

[Nero Germanicus]

Supreme Court Justices in Mississippi are elected. The Governor can appoint a Justice to fill the remainder of the 8 year term of a retiring Justice. Barbour appointed one Justice, Leslie King, who then won election in 2012 to serve through 2020.

[Cboldt]

If it pops up, I'll read the opinion. My guess is that the court worked a literal reading of the statutes, which provides for access to the ballots (only). During the presser yesterday, one of the lawyers, who is also in Mississippi legislature, said that the statutes allow for numerous tricks. Maybe this is one of them, hide the invalid voters by making it expensive to view the pollbooks.

McDaniel plans to challenge the outcome of both elections, I think. They said that they believe McDaniel won the primary, getting over half of the valid votes on June 3rd. If that argument fails, they can also argue that the results of the runoff are not a reliable indication of the will of the voters.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

We had nowhere else to turn.

[tanknetter]

Familiar with the Battle of Athens, GA, following WWII?

[Hostage]

Barbour was a democrat at one time when the South was primarily democrat. Then he switched to republican when it was convenient for him to do so.

No matter whether Childers or Cochran get elected, the democrats and the GOPe win because they are 2 organizations bought and paid for by the same entities.

[Ben Ficklin]

"At Least We Are Not Mississippi"

You're thinking Arkansas, where they say "Thank God for Mississippi" because Ark always come in 49th and MS at 50th

[Kickass Conservative]

THE - FIX - IS - IN...

So much for pulling out a Win in Overtime.
This isn’t the World Cup after all. /s

[Cboldt]

They can be viewed. The issue is waiting for them to be redacted, and paying for the redaction. The pollbooks are public records.

Three of the justices refused to endorse the outcome, because they had no record before them.

[Hostage]

The True The Vote (TTV) federal lawsuit cites federal statutes pertaining to elections that require ALL campaign materials designated for safekeeping to be accessible to political parties for review.

A federal judge from Texas is now assigned to the TTV case. If this judge follows the law, then there is the issue of ‘tolling’ because Mississippi law grants a 12 day window from the time the results are certified to the time a legal challenge must be timely filed.

I am hoping McDaniel joins TTV in their lawsuit and amends the order for injunction to include a new deadline.

[Cboldt]

-- ... Mississippi law grants a 12 day window from the time the results are certified to the time a legal challenge must be timely filed. --

I assume a challenge can be filed without having all the evidence in hand. File the challenge, then view the pollbooks.

The Mississippi statutes have some holes in them, that's for sure.