Failed South Dakota House candidate arrested on rape charge following election loss

[Galraedia]

Source: NBC News

A state House candidate in South Dakota was arrested on a rape charge just days after losing his race against the incumbent candidate — his mother.

Bud Marty May, 37, was arrested in Box Elder, S.D., around 4 a.m. Sunday and charged with second-degree rape, court filings said. The criminal complaint alleges May used "force, coercion, or threats of immediate and great bodily injury" against the victim.

Referring to law enforcement reports during a court hearing in the case Tuesday, the judge said officers found the victim hiding behind a bar, and she alleged May had raped her, the Argus Leader reported.

May's attorney, Matt Kinney, declined comment, saying he has not yet been provided any police reports or statements in this case.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/failed-south-dakota-house-candidate-arrested-rape-charge-election-loss-rcna57590?icid=election_results

[mjvpi]

1. Yet another thing to blame Republicans for. A generation of lazy comics

You just can’t make his shit up. Lost to his mother. Another candidate in the race was arrested fr child abuse. OMG

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Based on the info presented in the post, I'm betting he's a Republican and his mom was a Democrat.

amirite?

[Chellee]

3. No

According to the article at the link, they are both Republicans.

[paleotn]

7. Two Rethugs running in the general? Strange. But, yes, he is a Rethug.

What's up with SD? I've heard Dems need not apply, but geez.

[Chellee]

10. It was odd, the way they phrased it.

"On Election Day, May, a Republican, came in fourth in a four-person race for two District 27 House seats. One of the two winners was May's mother, incumbent Republican state Rep. Liz May."

4 people running for 2 seats? Not 2 for 2? Wait, what? South Dakota, are you okay?

[Marcuse]

14. Multi member districts

[Chellee]

18. I had never heard of this.

I wondered what were the advantages of such a system, because it would seem like you would have less connection to your legislator. So I found this article. https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_chambers_that_use_multi-member_districts

Arguments
Pros
Supporters of MMDs present the following arguments:

Redrawing of boundaries is not necessary, as the number of members can simply be adjusted.
There is the possibility of increasing ideological diversity and encouraging third-party candidates.[23]
Incumbents have more time to spend serving constituents.[1]
Cons
Opponents of MMDs argue the following:

It is more difficult to build cohesion and to hold individual members accountable.[23]
Plunking, the act of voting for only one candidate, can work to the benefit of a party or interest group.[14]
There is no direct connection between member and voter as with the single-member system.
MMDs may violate the principle of "one man, one vote."
MMDs occasionally conflict with Voting Rights Act regulations.
Campaigns in MMDs are more expensive.[18]

I still have questions. I don't see how it increases diversity more than a single member district. Also, how, exactly, does it contribute to having more time to serving your constituents?

Are you from SD? Do you like this system? Why? What would you consider the pros and cons?

[Marcuse]

19. No, NY. Lani Guinier advocated Congressional MMDs and the GOP demogoged her as a "Quota Queen".

][link:https://www.theroot.com/lani-guinier-legal-scholar-and-civil-rights-champion-1848326456|

Guinier became nationally known in 1993 when she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to become an assistant attorney general for civil rights. While serving as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, she caught Clinton’s attention for her work regarding affirmative action and voting rights. In the 1980’s, she led the voting rights project at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and had worked at the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department prior to her time at the NAACP. Although Guinier’s political insight and voting rights initiatives were favored by Clinton, he was pressured into rescinding Guinier’s nomination shortly after it was announced.

As told to the New York Times in 1993, conservative lawyer and activist Clint Bolick stated, “Clinton has not had to expend any political capital on the issue of quotas, and with her, we believe we could inflict a heavy political cost.”

Because of her progressive stance, Republicans (and some liberals) voiced their concerns to President Clinton, and her nomination was withdrawn only two months after its proposal.

Descending from a long line of lawyers, Guinier often challenged America’s legal institutions, and was known for her unorthodox views on voting rights and quotas. She believed that the “one person, one vote system” that civil rights pioneers had championed in the 1960’s, was inadequate to ensuring that minority voices were heard; she felt that ultimately, one vote entered by a person of color would not bear the same weight as a singular white vote, and would be even less impactful if they were of lower class backgrounds.

[Chellee]

21. Interesting. Thank you.

https://prospect.org/justice/lani-guinier-s-constitution/

This one goes a little more in-depth about her views on MMD vs SMD. Although, I'm still not convinced that this isn't just a very good argument against gerrymandering and allowing politicians to draw the districts. Get rid of those two elements and I think you'll achieve more diversity and accountability.

[Marcuse]

22. Nt

[Marcuse]

20. More detailed:

Well, Lani argued that merely having a vote was not enough for Americans. That's because districts are drawn in ways that either separate voters of color so they can't elect the candidate of their choice or districts are drawn so that voters of color are packed into one district and they don't have influence over others. Another problem is winner-take-all politics. Forty-nine percent of the voters in a district can go unrepresented simply because they didn't have 51% of the votes. To deal with these problems, Lani proposed alternatives like cumulative voting. So, for example, if you had a race for four congressional candidates in a state and each voter got four votes that they can - could distribute any way they wished, voters of color would be empowered because they could either put down all four votes in favor of one candidate or they could spread their four votes out among several candidates. And it wouldn't just apply to voters of color. That would allow all voters - Trump voters, various voters, no matter where they live, no matter their politics, to have influence on the four seats. It could reduce political polarization because all candidates would have incentives to be more responsive to all voters rather than ignore particular voters. It would also allow the voters to select the elected officials rather than the current situation now that we have where elected officials essentially select the voters through gerrymandering. |[link:https://www.npr.org/2022/01/08/1071589631/the-legacy-of-lani-guinier|

[Chellee]

23. So, is the idea that every state would be divided evenly

into a grid, and assign a number of representatives based on population? Or would we still be using county lines and rivers and railroad tracks as the divisions?

I can understand that having multiple reps per district, I increase my likelihood of getting at least one that I agree with. Although, in red states I don't know that you'd increase it by much. I'm accustomed to losing everything by a two to one margin. I just feel like I'd end up with four Republicans who ignore me instead of one.

[Conjuay]

4. you gotta admit

He takes a great mug shot.

[frogmarch]

9. He sure does.

I wonder who bloodied his face.

https://www.kotatv.com/2022/11/15/it-was-simply-hug-says-defeated-sd-house-candidate-accused-rape/

[cstanleytech]

11. My money would be on the women doing the deed and power to her I say!!!!

Just to bad she didnt break his jaw.

[Hoosier_Progressiv]

5. the party of family values, right?

[Evolve Dammit]

6. yeah.. Welcome!

[paleotn]

8. Always.

[cstanleytech]

13. Well, a dysfunctional one that should consider getting some counseling.

[NBachers]

12. First time you've ever done anything like that, eh rape-o?

[Marcuse]

15. Something about those South Dakota Republican candidates.

[link:https://www.kotatv.com/2022/11/03/sd-senate-candidate-charged-with-child-abuse/|

[Genki Hikari]

24. More on that creep here

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2022/11/08/plea-agreement-for-sd-senate-republican-candidate-joel-koskan-made-public-child-abuse-case/69629734007/

[Martin68]

16. I find it odd that the candidate's party is not mentioned.

Following the link, it took some time, but it turned out the candidate is a Republican.

[Warpy]

17. What kind of lowlife runs against his mother?

Oh, right, the kind of lowlife who hates all women, starting with Mom.

Local NM politics have erupted into gunfire since I've lived here, but jeez Louise, even this wild west state has limits.

[ck4829]

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