Post by Logan on Apr 26, 2016 0:43:01 GMT -6
PHOENIX — A judge on Monday ruled it’s legal to challenge last month’s presidential preference election.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Gass said it remains to be seen whether the Tucson man, John Brakey, contesting the election — and seeking to void the results — can prove his case that the things that went wrong merit voiding the vote.
During the first day of hearings Monday, Assistant Attorney General James Driscoll Maceachron, defending Secretary of State Michele Reagan, told the judge that Arizona law allows someone to contest the outcome of a political primaries between candidates. Ditto, he said, if the issue is something like an initiative or bond election.
But he said there is no authority to challenge the state’s presidential preference election, which is neither a primary in the traditional sense nor a ballot measure.
Read more: tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/judge-az-presidential-preference-vote-can-be-challenged/article_8cd8fa0b-e5d4-523d-8918-ca7bb217dee9.html
Both Democratic candidates agree that there were issues with how the primary election was conducted in Arizona. However, as the article states without holding another election then it could be up to the individual parties to decide which delegates are chosen to the national convention. Although there were flaws with how the election was conducted I would prefer to see the delegates chosen by a democratic process rather than a non-democratic delegate selection process, particularly if it cannot be shown that either one of the Democratic candidates was favored or lost votes in the flawed primary process.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Gass said it remains to be seen whether the Tucson man, John Brakey, contesting the election — and seeking to void the results — can prove his case that the things that went wrong merit voiding the vote.
During the first day of hearings Monday, Assistant Attorney General James Driscoll Maceachron, defending Secretary of State Michele Reagan, told the judge that Arizona law allows someone to contest the outcome of a political primaries between candidates. Ditto, he said, if the issue is something like an initiative or bond election.
But he said there is no authority to challenge the state’s presidential preference election, which is neither a primary in the traditional sense nor a ballot measure.
Read more: tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/judge-az-presidential-preference-vote-can-be-challenged/article_8cd8fa0b-e5d4-523d-8918-ca7bb217dee9.html
Both Democratic candidates agree that there were issues with how the primary election was conducted in Arizona. However, as the article states without holding another election then it could be up to the individual parties to decide which delegates are chosen to the national convention. Although there were flaws with how the election was conducted I would prefer to see the delegates chosen by a democratic process rather than a non-democratic delegate selection process, particularly if it cannot be shown that either one of the Democratic candidates was favored or lost votes in the flawed primary process.