We’ll believe it when we see it, but Haley Barbour’s mouthpiece is claiming that he’ll respect the law (for a change) and move Mississippi’s Senate election from the bottom of the ballot:
A spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour says he will move the special election for Trent Lott’s old Senate seat off the bottom of the ballot. […]
His spokesman, Pete Smith, elaborated by saying “the governor is going to comply with the ruling and the Senate race will go near the top.”
We’ll see.
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/15-17. Likely voters. MoE 4% (7/14-16 results)
Senate
Stevens (R) 44 (45)
Begich (D) 50 (47)
At-Large House District
Young (R) 39 (40)
Berkowitz (D) 53 (51)
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…
Don’t count on THIS governor doing that!
Even though the court denied an injunction, there is every indication that the court unanimously believes that the Senate race should be moved to the top of the ballot.
Man, Ronnie needs to go federal (at least if he loses).
Check out 42 U.S.C.A. 1983-
“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes, any citizen of the United States…the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action of law, suit in equity, or any other proper proceeding for redress”.
You have to go there at some point Ronnie. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed that the ballot placement was against the law. It’d be in federal court and the potential damages would be big. Campaign expenditures, lost pay from not being elected, punitive damages. That’s not even considering the media spectacle.