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[IL-Sen] Americans for Prosperity promotes big lie and Edgar kicks Brady when he’s down
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 10, 2010 01:03pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010
* Americans for Prosperity is jumping into the non-fray over seating Mark Kirk now with an online petition…
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* Let’s go through this goofy petition piece by piece, shall we?
1) Kirk did not win a term to fill all of the remaining days of Obama’s unexpired term. A federal judge and the appellate court ruled that the state board of elections must certify the winner by November 24th. Under that late July federal judicial order, whoever won the special election would miss the first week of the lame duck session.
2) Alexi Giannoulias’ concession holds zero legal weight.
3) Unless Americans for Prosperity wants the Illinois State Board of Elections to violate probably two dozen state and federal laws, it cannot certify this election for Mark Kirk. The ballots are not all counted yet (see the Republican counties of Lake and McHenry for just two examples). Some military ballots may not have arrived in the counties yet. Does AFP want to deprive armed forces members of their right to vote? Just a few weeks ago, the Illinois Republican Party wanted to extend the time period to count those ballots and threatened to file a lawsuit. Now, it’s patriotic to not count them? Huh? I’m getting whiplash here. The official state canvass does not begin until next Wednesday, after the deadline for receiving and counting absentee ballots ends. This is a big state. That takes a while. |
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