This Dallas Morning News story tells the latest on the lawsuit filed by the Republican Party to remove all Democrats from the 2018 primary ballot in Dallas County. The Republican Party says the county Democratic chair did not sign the document letting the county elections office know which candidates to print on the primary ballot. Democrats have responded by saying the Republican Party does not have standing, and even if it did, the law does not require that signature. The case is Dallas County Republican Party v Dallas County Democratic Party, Dallas District Court, DC-18-821.
The overseas absentee primary ballot have already been printed.
The intervenors are Democratic candidates who may have been harmed by carelessness of Carol Donovan, Dallas County Democratic Chair. Buck Woods, the attorney for the Democratic candidates, is arguing every possible angle he can. That’s his job.
He claims that the Republican Party does not have standing, but if the Democratic Party does not have a nominee, then the Republican Party may make a nomination even though no one filed for the party. Similarly, if there is a Republican nominee for an office, then the Democrats can not nominate a replacement if there is no candidate.
This is at least as concrete an injury as when the Texas Democratic Party sued the Green Party of Texas in 2010. In that case, the Democrats could at best argue that the party might be harmed by voters not voting for their candidates if they had other choices. (Buck Woods was not the Democrat’s lawyer in that case, they used their second string).
His best argument is that his clients should not be injured by incompetence/corruption of a party chair. One of the candidates whose application was apparently signed by Carol Donovan is a challenger for her position as Dallas County Chair. It would be quite remarkable if you could keep a challenger for your position off the ballot by messing up their paper work.
Note: The Republicans have not sued to keep all candidates off the Democratic Primary ballot in Dallas County, only those whose application was mishandled. In addition, candidates who filed with the state party will appear on primary ballots in the county.
This case is yet another example of the problem with segregated partisan nomination process. In attempt to keep the nomination process in “private hands”, it may put it in the hands of incompetents.
The party HACKS are *public* folks in the nomination process — SCOTUS Eu case 1989
Earlier – Texas Donkey White primary cases.
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