Texas prison inmate cons way onto Idaho primary ballot

[Mugu]

AP via Google

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal prison inmate got himself listed on the ballot for Idaho's May 27 primary as a Democratic presidential candidate, the state's top election official said.

Keith Russell Judd is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999. He's scheduled for release in 2013.

Judd, 49, qualified for the ballot by submitting a notarized form and paying the required $1,000 fee, state Secretary of State Ben Ysursa said. As a result, Democratic voters will be able to choose between Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Judd.

"We got conned," Ysursa told The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash.

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[jmowreader]

1. I'd vote for him...

with this guy, you KNOW what a fuckup he is right from the start. That's important.

'Cause I gotta tell ya, not all that many people would have voted for Shrub if they would have known about the DUI, the AWOL and the eminent domain abuses.

[LiberalFighter]

2. It could happen in Indiana too.

State law doesn't provide automatic removal of anyone found to be a felon. Only when someone living in the district challenges it can it be investigated and then removed. Even members of the Election Board or Commission cannot automatically remove until someone challenges.

It is the stupidest law. If it is known that a person is a felon the Election Board/Commission should be required to remove the person from the ballot.

[LeftishBrit]

3. Well, someone from Texas who SHOULD be a prison inmate...

has already conned his way to the presidency.