Republican judge throws out GOP lawsuit against Democratic candidate

[TexasTowelie]

Visiting Republican Judge Christi Kennedy from Smith County today threw out a lawsuit by the Dallas County Republican Party and GOP judicial candidate Michael Lee that sought to knock incumbent Democratic Judge Staci Williams off the ballot as a result of alleged deficiencies in Williams’ nominating papers.

The case is related to one filed by the GOP attempting to knock 128 candidates off the Democratic primary ballot. That case has not been heard yet, but could be heard as early as next week.

A visiting judge was assigned the case because some of the candidates named in the suit were judges in the courts where the case could have been assigned.

Should the GOP prevail, some Democratic primary winners could be knocked off the November ballot.

The case revolved around the signature of Dallas County Democratic Party Chair Carol Donovan missing from the 128 candidate applications. Texas election code does not require the signature.

Read more: https://www.dallasvoice.com/republican-judge-throws-gop-lawsuit-democratic-candidate-10250575.html

[Gothmog]

1. This lawsuit was a joke

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. juicy part

From the article:

The case revolved around the signature of Dallas County Democratic Party Chair Carol Donovan missing from the 128 candidate applications. Texas election code does not require the signature.

On the original lawsuit, however, Dallas County Republican Party Chair Missy Shorey did forget to sign, and a valid signature is required on a lawsuit.

Stop that snickering.

I hope they get a cranky old judge like...

http://lawhaha.com/%e2%80%9ccould-you-love-me-a-little-less-judge%e2%80%9d-kent/
October 31st, 2011
Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact—complete with hats, handshakes and cryptic words—to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I hope that the court ordered the Dallas GOP to pay the legal expenses

for the Democratic Party for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. no mention

The article didn't mention anything about that. It was a little confusing the way the article switches back and forth talking about the case that was thrown out and the earlier case yet to be heard.

The earlier lawsuit is the one that didn't have a required signature while claiming the Democrats failed to provide a signature that Texas doesn't require. That is the one I'd love to see the judge proclaim as frivolous and sanction the GOP over.

I think you were the one who posted the earlier lawsuit on here, but I can't find it:

https://www.dallasvoice.com/gop-lawsuit-threatens-dem-primary-ballot-10248633.html

[TexasTowelie]

5. It was RandySF that posted the thread in GD,

at https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210129006 .

I cross-posted it in the Texas Group at https://www.democraticunderground.com/107837824 .

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. thanks!

I couldn't find either of those -- too much stuff between then and now.