Cesar Chavez to be removed from ballot, plans to appeal
Source: Arizona Republic
A judge ruled Tuesday that Cesar Chavez, the former Republican who changed his name from Scott Fistler, will be removed from the primary ballot in the 7th Congressional District because hundreds of his signatures were invalid.
Chavez, who acted as his own attorney in a hearing which veered from comical antics to tearful testimony, vowed to appeal the decision to the Arizona Supreme Court.
He asked supporters to "funnel money" to his campaign and find him legal counsel.
The ruling caps a bizarre episode in Arizona politics, one observers have called unprecedented. It attracted international media attention when The Republic revealed the full story behind Chavez, the candidate who chose the name of a deceased civil-rights leader and registered as a Democrat for political gain in the heavily Hispanic left-leaning district.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/06/17/cesar-chavez-election-court-ballot/10689571/
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,538 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Allegedly
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)No Vested Interest
(5,175 posts)One bizarre episode after another.
NBachers
(17,355 posts)Judi Lynn
(161,095 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...and our voting process continues to go down the toilet.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I'm sure it's already happened though.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)ripcord
(5,553 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 17, 2014, 11:54 PM - Edit history (1)
Cesar Chavez was the first border Minuteman.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)that he's been such an unconscious person.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)Hekate
(91,808 posts)...which is what Fistler was pretty blatantly doing. I'm glad karma is biting him in the butt -- I hope it hurts.
former9thward
(32,434 posts)Perfectly permissible to do what he did and that was not contested.