The article ends with a plea for the FBI to get involved...I think not. Not the FBI of 2018.
Local citizens need to get "involved" and demonstrate the consequences of this type of activity to the perpetrators in a personal, attention-focused session.
Grim - Powerline has a good post and comment thread on McSally's loss. Lots of locals commenting.
The consensus seems to be 1) poor campaign that was too heavy on War Hero and negative on Simenia without defining what McSally was for 2) bad geographic fit since she was a southern AZ rep but the majority of voters are in Phoenix (and Simenia is from Phoenix) 3) her moderate to Anti-Trump stances turned off more conservative voters without winning over any independents.
There also seems to be a possibility that Flake/McCain partisans voted R for governor, then flipped to D for Senate to poke at Trump.
McConnell is not obliged to seat any newly-elected Senator; he can simply refuse to seat Nelson and force Florida into a do-over.
It passes all understanding why the elections clerk from Broward has not been indicted by State authorities. Her past illegal activity SHOULD have resulted in indictment, trial, and imprisonment.
McConnell is not obliged to seat any newly-elected Senator; he can simply refuse to seat Nelson and force Florida into a do-over.
Yes, he is. If the newly-elected Senator has attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and [is], when elected, [] an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen, then he must be seated. Beyond that, the Supreme Court ruled in Powell v McCormack concerning Adam Clayton Powell's eligibility for his House seat, neither house of Congress can impose any further requirement for Congressional office.
Furthermore, it would be rank tyranny for any one Senator, regardless of his position in the Senate, to refuse to accept the outcome of an election, much less demand a new election.
"real dead voters don't use 'provisional' ballots."--I know, right? Amateurs.
I prefer to call them "differently vital" voters and would like to point out that attempts to verify their signatures fail to take into account the special challenges these all but forgotten members of society face in providing signature samples for verification. In future I'd appreciate if you'd try to be more inclusive.
This puts me in mind of a Dick Cavett guest--former governor of Georgia, maybe?--who remarked, "It's good to be alive. So many people aren't any more," to which Dick replied, "Almost a majority." Though I'm not sure his arithmetic was right.
It also puts me in mind of the comment I saw the other day, "I can't believe Grandpa voted Democrat in the midterms. He'd never have done that while he was alive."
The article ends with a plea for the FBI to get involved...I think not. Not the FBI of 2018.
ReplyDeleteLocal citizens need to get "involved" and demonstrate the consequences of this type of activity to the perpetrators in a personal, attention-focused session.
It'd be interesting to learn when the ballots were filled out and by whom, and when they were put into the car.
ReplyDeleteBesides, real dead voters don't use "provisional" ballots.
Eric Hines
I’m hearing that the county in AZ that swing the election for the Democrat went hard for the Republican in the governor’s race. Curious if true.
ReplyDeleteGrim - Powerline has a good post and comment thread on McSally's loss. Lots of locals commenting.
ReplyDeleteThe consensus seems to be 1) poor campaign that was too heavy on War Hero and negative on Simenia without defining what McSally was for 2) bad geographic fit since she was a southern AZ rep but the majority of voters are in Phoenix (and Simenia is from Phoenix) 3) her moderate to Anti-Trump stances turned off more conservative voters without winning over any independents.
There also seems to be a possibility that Flake/McCain partisans voted R for governor, then flipped to D for Senate to poke at Trump.
One commenter posted vote totals and the swings were almost unbelievable, tens of thousands of votes difference between Ducey (governor) and McSally.
ReplyDeleteMcConnell is not obliged to seat any newly-elected Senator; he can simply refuse to seat Nelson and force Florida into a do-over.
ReplyDeleteIt passes all understanding why the elections clerk from Broward has not been indicted by State authorities. Her past illegal activity SHOULD have resulted in indictment, trial, and imprisonment.
Looks like there may be some actual prosecution this time.
ReplyDeleteMcConnell is not obliged to seat any newly-elected Senator; he can simply refuse to seat Nelson and force Florida into a do-over.
ReplyDeleteYes, he is. If the newly-elected Senator has attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and [is], when elected, [] an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen, then he must be seated. Beyond that, the Supreme Court ruled in Powell v McCormack concerning Adam Clayton Powell's eligibility for his House seat, neither house of Congress can impose any further requirement for Congressional office.
Furthermore, it would be rank tyranny for any one Senator, regardless of his position in the Senate, to refuse to accept the outcome of an election, much less demand a new election.
Eric Hines
"real dead voters don't use 'provisional' ballots."--I know, right? Amateurs.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to call them "differently vital" voters and would like to point out that attempts to verify their signatures fail to take into account the special challenges these all but forgotten members of society face in providing signature samples for verification. In future I'd appreciate if you'd try to be more inclusive.
This puts me in mind of a Dick Cavett guest--former governor of Georgia, maybe?--who remarked, "It's good to be alive. So many people aren't any more," to which Dick replied, "Almost a majority." Though I'm not sure his arithmetic was right.
It also puts me in mind of the comment I saw the other day, "I can't believe Grandpa voted Democrat in the midterms. He'd never have done that while he was alive."