Another Democrat Demands a Do-Over!

Reader Fredrik Nyman has written to report a mind-boggling article on foxnews.com reporting that five supporters of everyone’s favorite Democrat, Cynthia McKinney, asked the U.S. District Court in Atlanta on Friday to reverse the results of her primary and declare McKinney the winner.

The state of Georgia does not require voters to register by party and allows them to vote in the primary of their choice. Nevertheless, McKinney, who is black, is blaming Republicans for jumping the political aisle in droves to help her Democratic opponent, who is also black, to oust her.

The suit claims that black Democratic voters in the 4th District had their voting rights violated and interfered with by the crossover votes. It asks that those crossover votes be declared unconstitutional and invalid and that McKinney be declared the winner of the Democratic primary.

“The issue is that black Democratic voters in the 4th District had their voting rights interfered with and violated,” said Atlanta lawyer J.M. Raffauf, who represents the five black plaintiffs.

“Malicious crossover voting occurs when one party invades another party’s primary to sabotage that party’s choice of its own nominee for political office,” the lawsuit reads. “The Republican Party voters crossed over and affected the outcome” of the Democratic primary.

I can’t wait to learn something about the legal theory under which malicious Republican crossovers interfered with the rights of “black Democratic voters” for McKinney but not black Democratic voters for Majette or white Democratic voters for McKinney. (Maybe there were no white Democratic voters for McKinney.)

State officials pointed to the law Friday and said it was clear that Georgia voters can vote for whomever they want in the primaries; there are no restrictions on preferred political party affiliation.

“I am simply unaware of any provision of law that prohibits voters from making a choice as to which party primary they will participate in,” said Chris Riggall, a spokesman for the secretary of state.

Hah! Wait’ll he sees what happens if that “clear” law is “liberally construed.”

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  1. Ipse Dixit October 6, 2002 at 11:03 pm | | Reply

    You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up

    What’s that line about reality not giving satire a chance?

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