Discussion: McDaniel Campaign Will Give 'Status Update' On Examination Of

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This will fail, and when it does, this prick will cry like a sorry little asshole.

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Passing the collection plate on Monday an old, god fearing Southern Baptist trick.

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God, I hope not! I want it to keep going…and going…and going…

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I’m wondering if all this isn’t just to keep himself in the news to gin up support for a write-in candidacy. It would almost guarantee Childers a win while keeping McDaniel’s name in the news. It’s one of those things that could lead to high paying wing nut welfare.

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Something I’ve been wondering… if these vote-checkers find that a Democrat voted for McDaniel, are they adding that to the count of ‘voter fraud voters’? Or, are they only putting Cochran votes into that pile?

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McDaniel UPDATE: PLEASE SEND ME MORE MONEY!!!

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Yes, when they reach 3 cuckoos, they will let us know.

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‘According to McDaniel, he got more Republican votes than Cochran in the runoff and therefore is the actual Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.’

Repeat it all you like.
But it ain’t the law as written.

But hey-- keep up the ÂŽacist Outreach!
It’s amazing what the rest of the country is learning from the Mississippi Tea Party.

jw1

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McDaniel can’t mount a write-in candidacy—Mississippi has a sore loser law, and he can’t run for the position after losing the primary.

That—and his whiny hubris—is why he’s contesting everything.

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Not in Mississippi. He has no hope of becoming the Senator this time around. All he can do is boycott the general and toss it to Childers. Everything else is just so much noise.

My guess is he won’t officially go that far, as he desperately wants to get elected to some office. Tossing a seat to the other party, in this year, would make him persona no grata.

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I think they’re just comparing Democratic primary voter rolls to the run off election looking for names that match.

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I thought sore loser laws only prevent a candidate from appearing on the ballot for another party or as an Independent? He should still be able to mount a write-in campaign. Murkowski had essentially the same problem after she lost to asshat extraordinaire, Joe Miller, in her primary.

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Alaska has no sore loser law.

The Mississippi law prohibits running for the office in any way if you lose the primary.

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His name can’t appear on a ballot as an Independent Candidate, but I’m pretty sure voters can still vote for him as a write-in.

Seems you are correct Thunderclap.

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You can’t appear on a ballot line, but I’m fairly sure a write-in vote would still be counted in the General, though I would have to double-check.

Edit: Seems § 23-15-365 does prevent a write-in candidate since the write-in line is only “in the event of the death, resignation, withdrawal or removal of any candidate whose name shall have been printed on the official ballot, the name of the candidate duly substituted in the place of such candidate may be written in such blank space by the voter.”

But hey, let’s not discourage McDaniel supporters/campaign from using their special understanding of the law on this. (wry grin)

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Oh, I see. Thanks Lestat for clarifying that for me. I thought they had the kind of sore loser law most states have in which the deadline to appear on the ballot as an Independent or 3rd party is the same day as the deadline for Republicans and Democrats. That’s the “sore loser law” Alaska has.

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Do you know how many ballots were cast in the Mississippi Democratic primary?

Edit to add: Never mind. The answer is 84,339.

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Spoiler alert: The status of this examination is that the McDaniel campaign needs more donations.

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MS has multiple laws covering jackasses like McDaniel.
He is not qualified to run as independent due to sore loser law.
To run successful write-in, he has to be a qualified candidate…to be qualified candidate he has to submit petition signatures by January (I think), or be nominated by national party.
He is not qualified to run for MS Sen in any way at this time.

What would be truly epic would be for him to ‘win’ a write-in campaign and not be able to be seated. That would not only destroy the R party in MS for decades, it would also (after years of litigation) seat Childers at some point.