Democratic and Republican lawyers and groups trade sharp legal letters about procedures for counting ballots in tight race
Democrat Scott Colom is on the verge of winning a Senate seat in Mississippi in a stunning upset, but ballots are still being counted in a close race where Colom holds a lead of just under 2,000 votes over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. Losing ruby-red Mississippi would be the final straw for Republicans after a midterm sweep by Democrats that turned Texas and South Carolina blue.
A possible legal fight is also brewing, as both sides trade sharp legal letters about the procedures for counting remaining ballots. National voting groups and attorneys have descended upon the magnolia state, joining the local groups that worked to mobilize voters. Democratic and Republican groups, including Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Democratic election attorneys from the Elias Law Group, have deployed hundreds of volunteers and lawyers to all the state’s 82 counties to oversee the final rounds of counting.
I cannot understand how ~50% over the voters think that ever is great and they want more.
They want higher gas prices. They want more inflation.
They want discriminatory laws, and religion in schools. They don’t care who gets hurt to make this happen.
Or they’re uninformed, have been inundated by propaganda by social media algorithms and billionaire-owned news outlets, and don’t understand what they’re actually voting for.
They understand what they’re voting for. It’s outsiders looking in who don’t understand their interests.
Their primary interest is cultural supremacy. Economy and everything else come second.
That is like tarring everyone that votes democratic with the characters of the business class that support them. Anytime you are making broad absolute generalizations about 80 million people, you should take a step back and think about it.
To be clear, the majority for both parties votes to reject the other party in truth, not for the one they vote for. Only 30% actually likes these pricks.
I don’t really understand why lawyers are being used as election observers. Seems expensive and unnecessary.
Statutes dictate the procedures for how ballots are counted, so lawyers will always be involved. Statutes will often use vague or ambiguous language like “a sufficient amount of test ballots” or “A ballot shall be counted if the voter substantially complies with the requirements of this chapter”… So lawyers get to bicker about what “sufficient” means or “substantially” means legally.
I see. Sounds like hiring some lawyers to tighten up those statutes once to reduce recurring future costs might be a solid investment.
Because the GOP are trying to steal the election by using any means necessary to legally disenfranchise voters.
they may be volunteers.
Alternatively, whoever is paying them felt that lawyers could have some layer of increased trust?
Yeah, I suppose. It’s not that I can’t see a place for layers in the process. If there were reasons to suspect actual wrongdoing, the stakeholders sending in the lawyers to deal with might well be a real legal issue makes sense. To use them as observers to look for potential wrongdoing just seems like jumping straight to DEFCON 1 though. It just comes across a little like whipping out a gun before it’s even certain there’s gonna be a fight, you know?
If they volunteered to do it for free, that’s another matter of course.
I think I can see the incentive to have lawyers present, since Mississippi specifically has no laws on the books to initiate a formal recount. Any attempt from either party could be dismissed by a judge - if without cause - due to there being no formal process to initiate a recount.
Also a lawyer versed in election law would probably be better at recognizing what is (and what isn’t) a problem. But one who isn’t might be only marginally better.
A gross lack of understanding of statistical processes.
