Ruling denies a full and fair ballot choice for Texas voters
In Austin today, a federal appeals court panel refused to let Texas Republicans replace Tom DeLay’s name on the November congressional ballot (despite the fact that Tom Delay has moved to Virginia and has resigned from Congress).
This is a complete sham, and proves that Dems have zero interest in fair elections or in providing the people of Texas a fair shot at representation via the ballot.
More than that, it also fully exposes the hypocrisy of the Democrat party. From John Bambenek at Stop the ACLU:
The first, a scandal-ridden New Jersey Senator who was running for reelection abruptly resigns and drops out of the race 35 days before the election. Litigation ensues and the court decides that it should override the law under the concerns to ensure a “full and fair ballot choice†for the voters.
The second, a scandal-ridden Texas Congressman who was running for reelection resigns from office and drops out of the rice 5 months before the general election. Litigation ensures and the court decides that the candidate who no longer has residence in the district must remain on the ballot and there should be no exception to the law.
Greg Abbott Betrays Texas Voters for Tom DeLay
If there were any question whether Greg Abbott’s loyalty was to the Texas voters or the Republican Party of Texas, that question has been definitively answered. Abbott has sold out Texans to serve the selfish political special interests Tom DeLay and the Texas Republican Party.
As many will recall, § 145.036(b) of the Texas Election Code requires that a political party’s
“executive committee may make a replacement nomination following a withdrawal only if:
(1) the candidate:
(A) withdraws because of a catastrophic illness that was diagnosed after the 62nd day before general primary election day and the illness would permanently and continuously incapacitate the candidate and prevent the candidate from performing the duties of the office sought; and
(B) files with the withdrawal request a certificate describing the illness and signed by at least two licensed physicians;
(2) no political party that held primary elections has a nominee for the office sought by the withdrawing candidate as of the time of the withdrawal; or
(3) the candidate has been elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in another elective office or has become the nominee for another office.”
[the remainder of this comment has been deleted by Robbie, as it was extremely long and was a direct cut-and-paste of the author's blog posts regarding this topic. Please feel free to browse over to Greg Abbot = Big Hypocrite to read the rest of this comment]
Left by abbott = hypocrite on August 3rd, 2006 at 4:24 pm