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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 07:01 PM Oct 2014

Meet the candidate who can’t legally vote for herself

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/meet-the-candidate-who-cant-legally-vote-herself

With so many interesting races this election season, it’s easy to miss some of the fascinating contests that appear a little further down on the ballot. Sometimes, for example, it’s worth watching contests for state attorneys general....

Republican attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge isn’t a registered voter in Arkansas according to a report in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (ADG)....

On the surface, it’s a bit of a problem when a candidate in Arkansas can’t vote in Arkansas, but state Democrats are raising an even larger concern: under the state Constitution, in order to hold public office in Arkansas, one must be “lawfully registered to vote in the election.”....

The Arkansas Times reported earlier this week that there are allegations that Rutledge and her team coordinated campaign activities with the Republican Attorneys General Association, in violation of state elections law.


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Meet the candidate who can’t legally vote for herself (Original Post) KamaAina Oct 2014 OP
K&R (nt) Control-Z Oct 2014 #1
Why Is This Shit Not Making The News? Corey_Baker08 Oct 2014 #2
The only people I ever read about who actually commit voter fraud gollygee Oct 2014 #3

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
3. The only people I ever read about who actually commit voter fraud
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 11:24 PM
Oct 2014

are Republcians, and white, and wealthy.

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