BREAKING: Kansas Supreme Court Orders State to Remove Democrat's Name from Ballot in Senate Race

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

37. The Supremes rightly ignored this issue. It looks like the Dems now have 10 days...

The law is very specific and requires a party to hold a convention within 10 days of official notification of the vacancy.

Since the SoS' stated opinion until today was that there was no vacancy, that 10 day clock should start from whenever he now, as required by law, officially notifies the state Democratic Party.

No way can he force them to pick a candidate within his ballot printing deadline. He would be violating the law (and he has already had his hand slapped pretty definitively).

If he prints ANY ballots with Taylor's name on them, he is in direct violation of the writ of mandamus from the supreme court. So his military and absentee ballots should go out with no name.

Can he have two sets of ballots? Some with the name and some without? I guess he could try that, but I suspect the Justices would take official notice.

Gives the Dems 10 days to find a willing 'Pat Roberts' to declare he is running.