Posted on 08/22/2014 9:37:31 PM PDT by Din Maker
On the final day of qualifying, another Republican candidate for U.S. Senate signed on the dotted line and qualified for the race.
Republican candidate and retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness qualified at the Secretary of State's Office just before 11 a.m. on Friday.
A crowd of supporters gathered at the office to cheer Maness on as he qualified.
Maness told KTVE/KARD he will be a candidate who upholds the Constitution in office.
He promises to protect local veterans by fighting to dismantle the Department of Veterans Affairs and absorbing it into the Department of Defense, abolishing the VA medical system and giving veterans a medical identification card that can be given to multiple care providers.
Maness said he will fight Common Core, fight to dismantle the Department of Education and distribute that funding in block grants to states so they can make their own decisions on education.
On Friday, Maness also challenged the candidacy of one of his opponents, Democratic Incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu.
The Maness campaign presented a letter to the Secretary of State's Office challenging Landrieu's residency, claiming she doesn't currently live in Louisiana but in Washington, D.C. and by state law can't run for reelection.
Officials with the Secretary of State's Office told KTVE/KARD their office is not the proper venue to submit such a claim.
According to Louisiana Election Code Revised Statutes Subpart D, Section 491: "A registered voter may present evidence that a candidate has illegally qualified for elective office. The evidence may be presented to the respective parish district attorney, who shall determine whether or not the evidence presented establishes grounds for objecting to such candidacy and if the district attorney makes such a determination he shall file an action objecting to candidacy within the time limitation provided in R.S. 18:493."
Election officials also said Maness could file an Objection to Candidacy himself.
On Friday, the Maness campaign could not confirm if or when anything further would be filed.
It could make vets nervous but by issuing guaranteed medical payment cards in the freer public market could likely give vets the care they deserve.
Cassidy is uninspiring and subpar. An Establishment RINO.
GO MANESS !
I’ve been getting my Medical Care through the VA for 10 years. It was great until last year. If you had an appointment at 10:00, you were in at 10:00 or 5 minutes before. But, In the past year and a half, my OPC (Out Patient Clinic) has gone to hell in a hand basket. I had 4 new Primary Care Physicians assigned to me in 6 months. Now, at the hospital in Houston, the care is still AWESOME! I’ve had two arteriograms; one at Private Hospital, and one at VA 7 years later. VA made the Private Hospital look like MASH.
Sarah Palin supports Maness.
What a concept.
Maness is the ONLY one not an illuminati meat puppet!
V A Ping.
If he had any intention of upholding the Constitution, why would he want to be a Senator?
So this guarantees that Landrieu will win, right?
So this guarantees that Landrieu will win, right?
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I’ve often thought that too many Dems and GOP-es win their races against more Conservative challengers because the Conservatives have too many on the ballot for those races. All that does is split the vote to the point that no ONE Conservative can win.
Same thing occurred in the GOP Primaries in 2008 and 2012. So many were running that the vote-splitting gave us McCain and Romney.
People need to realize that only having about four candidates in the GOP Primaries will give us a better shot than having a dozen. ....Yes, I know that there’s no limit to the number of candidates allowed.
The primary election is on the same day as the general election? I don't understand it.
If Maness gets 33%, Cassidy gets 33%, and Landrieu 34%, does Landrieu win?
Exactly - anyone who strives for office cannot be trusted to fill that office so we mustn't vote for anyone ever again....
I've been saying this for decades. Been a VA patient for 39 years. That whole system should be flushed down a rat hole and replaced with exactly what the Col advocates.
There is ample reason for the clueless charge.
The law clearly states the claim of illegal candidacy should be submitted to the parish DA. The article states the claim was submitted to the Secretary of State.
If a candidate is going to make an accusation it should be done correctly. It can be argued the very act indicates incompetence.
The DoD bean counters are notorious for favoring R&D over everything else. I don’t really want them in the discussion over the deferred pay I won over a 24 year career. They’ll have us living off dog food and aspirins in just 2 generations. Count on it.
So this guarantees that Landrieu will win, right?
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I really don’t know where you’re coming from with that question. Are you saying that you don’t like what he says he will do or what?
If Maness gets 33%, Cassidy gets 33%, and Landrieu 34%, does Landrieu win?
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No. In order to win, one candidate must get 50% plus 1 vote. So, forget the percentages in your case scenario. In that case, they go by raw vote count. Both candidates can have 33% of the vote but not the exact number of votes. So, between Maness and Cassidy which ever one has the most votes between them, even if it’s just one vote, faces Landrieu on Dec. 6.
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