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Upheaval in Kansas Senate as election official rules Dem can´t withdraw
1 posted on 09/04/2014 8:48:14 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

No, not “Kansas Senate” but “Kansas US Senate Race”


2 posted on 09/04/2014 8:50:54 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Nachum

Ha ha...

See the way the dems usually operate (use a judge to break the law):

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Dems Replacing ‘Torch’ on Ballot

TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Democratic Party can replace Sen. Robert Torricelli’s name on the November ballot with former Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

The ruling gives hope to Democrats scrambling to retain their one-seat majority in the U.S. Senate through the Nov. 5 election — but Republicans vowed to appeal the decision to federal court.

The 7-0 decision cited previous rulings that said election law should be broadly interpreted to “allow parties to put their candidates on the ballot, and most importantly, to allow the voters a choice.”

The fight over which Democrat will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot erupted Monday after Torricelli dropped his faltering re-election campaign amid lingering questions about his ethics. He was admonished over the summer by a Senate committee for allegedly taking lavish campaign gifts from a contributor to his 1996 campaign.

Late Tuesday, Democrats settled on the 78-year-old Lautenberg as their substitute candidate.

Republicans say it is too close to Election Day to replace Torricelli and that Democrats shouldn’t be allowed to dump a candidate who was trailing in the polls. The GOP also said state law bars replacement candidates less than 51 days before an election; Torricelli withdrew 36 days before Election Day.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/10/03/new-jersey-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-dems-replacing-torch-on-ballot/


3 posted on 09/04/2014 8:52:19 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Nachum

It is going to be fun seeing the Jackass Party trying to tell all their idiotic Zombie Voters not to vote for the Democrat this time.


4 posted on 09/04/2014 8:56:23 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Don’t worry, a judge will step in and give democrats every thing they want.

Lautenberg anyone?


5 posted on 09/04/2014 8:56:47 PM PDT by Bullish (You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
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To: Nachum

Haha. bad luck dims.


7 posted on 09/04/2014 9:03:37 PM PDT by Viennacon (Ir)
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The courts have ruled on many occasions that Democrats don’t have to follow election laws if doing so places them at risk of losing.


8 posted on 09/04/2014 9:03:52 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Nachum

Quite a while ago, Toricelli (The Torch) was ousted from his NJ Senate seat in a big scandal. It was not legally permissible to replace him due to the number of days remaining before the election. Nonetheless, he was replaced by Lautenberg who won.

What makes you think this time the Democrats won’t prevail?


10 posted on 09/04/2014 9:12:13 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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Gee, with all the fuss today, I guess our local newsreaders forgot to ask Taylor why he dropped out of the race.


13 posted on 09/04/2014 9:39:01 PM PDT by lacrew
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"this would be uneven enforcement of the law by a different standard."

Oh Noes! Uneven enforcement of the law? Someone needs to get this information to Eric Holder at the Justice Department. This country can't have "uneven enforcement of the law"!

21 posted on 09/05/2014 4:25:04 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age didnÂ’t end because we ran out of stones)
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