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Election 2004: Still Undecided!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160739,00.html
from JoeUser Forums

And you thought it was over!  So did I.  But the residents of the 37th senatorial district of Kentucky would beg to differ.  It seems that the person who got the most votes last November, might not have been a legal resident, so a judge tossed her victory out.

But wait a minute!  The State Constitution says that an after the fact controversy on a victor, the Senate would decide who is the victor.  SO the republican Senate booted the loser and re-installed the victor.

But wait a minute!  Up jumps a Judge again and says the Senate overstepped its bounds and tossed the victor again!  But this time, he did not re-install the loser as he fully expected (as did happen) an appeal to the Kentucky Supreme court.

That is where it stands today.  WHo will eventually win?  The winner or the loser?  Since the loser did not win, and the winner was ineligible, maybe they should toss the whole thing and have a new election Pronto!

Election Day 2004 continues.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think there is some sort of law against re-toing the election, too. This is one of those issues where I don't mind so much being the usual American with no interest in local politics, lol.

If people feel futile looking for honesty in Federal government, come peruse KY. Sometimes I think politics is tested out and perfected here before they take it to washington.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think there is some sort of law against re-toing the election, too. This is one of those issues where I don't mind so much being the usual American with no interest in local politics, lol.

If people feel futile looking for honesty in Federal government, come peruse KY. Sometimes I think politics is tested out and perfected here before they take it to washington.


Well, there is the Washington Governors race just recently adjudicated. But you are right, this is Kentucky's problem. I just thought it was amusing.

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
No, didn't mean anything towards your article. Just saying this is one among the multitudes of "irregularities" one finds here. I grew up knowing that the liquor stores closed so that local politicians could hand out free half-pints to buy votes. If I acted blase', it wasn't your post.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Here in Wisconsin it turned out that Milwaukee County did not send the supporting documents to the state elections board with the results. Therefore the Wisconsin election should never have been certified. Course, here all that happened was King Doyle stuck his head up his butt and said, "That doesn't matter". So let it be written, So let it be done!
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Run a race of the Kentucky Derby where each candidate draws a number out of a hat. the winning horse becomes the winning number!! That should clear it all up!! lol
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

No, didn't mean anything towards your article. Just saying this is one among the multitudes of "irregularities" one finds here. I grew up knowing that the liquor stores closed so that local politicians could hand out free half-pints to buy votes. If I acted blase', it wasn't your post.

AH, you are from the Blue Grass state then!  My sympathies!  I do have a brother, Sister, 2 neices and a Nephew there.  And a BIL and SO.

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Here in Wisconsin it turned out that Milwaukee County did not send the supporting documents to the state elections board with the results. Therefore the Wisconsin election should never have been certified. Course, here all that happened was King Doyle stuck his head up his butt and said, "That doesn't matter". So let it be written, So let it be done!

I can tell your governor is popular with you!

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

Run a race of the Kentucky Derby where each candidate draws a number out of a hat. the winning horse becomes the winning number!! That should clear it all up!! lol

That would have been an excellent idea, except the race was run last month.

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
"AH, you are from the Blue Grass state then! My sympathies!"


Sitting in Lexington atm. No great suffering, the yankees ignore you except in traffic, and then, well, one finger isn't that hard to overlook. Would prefer to be a little further east, or a lot further south.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top

Sitting in Lexington atm. No great suffering, the yankees ignore you except in traffic, and then, well, one finger isn't that hard to overlook. Would prefer to be a little further east, or a lot further south.

I went to college in Dayton.  They referred to everyone south of the Ohio river as Briars.  While using the N word every other syllable.