With Mississippi’s Democratic Secretary of State Eric Clark concurring with Haley Barbour’s bizarre reading of the state’s electoral laws, the state Democratic Party is gearing up for a fight with Barbour, who wants to delay a special election until November 4th of next year.
Will Mississippi Dems have any fighters to help them out? It looks like they have one in the state’s top law enforcement officer, MS Attorney General Jim Hood:
Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has called the contest for Nov. 4, 2008, the date of the next regularly scheduled general election. But Democrats – in particular Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood – contend that state law requires the special election to be held 100 days after Lott resigns, should the Senator stick with his stated plan to relinquish his seat by Dec. 31.
Hood is not ruling out legal action.
“We will decide what to do if and when it becomes necessary,” Hood said in a statement provided to Roll Call on Tuesday, in response to an inquiry about whether he plans to sue Barbour to change the election date. “We fully expect the governor will follow the law.”
Good. This is one fight I look forward to winning.
And Intervention. I was afraid Republicans would get away with this injustice.
this one will be fun to watch!!!