Dems say they'll sue to keep Collins on ballot

[babylonsister]

Dems say they’ll sue to keep Collins on ballot
By Scott Wong - 08/14/18 04:43 PM EDT


Democrats are threatening to take the GOP to court to keep Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who’s been charged with insider trading, on the November ballot.

New York Democrats believe they have a better shot of flipping the red, Buffalo-area seat if the embattled congressman’s name stays on the ballot, and they want to keep Republicans from replacing him with a potentially less toxic candidate.

“Our contention and a lot of people’s contention is this is fraudulent to get him off the ballot,” Erie County Democratic Party Chairman Jeremy Zellner told The Hill on Tuesday.

“This is borderline fraud,” Zellner added. “It is too late to get him off the ballot.”

Federal officials last week arrested and charged Collins with securities fraud related to his involvement with an Australian pharmaceuticals company, giving Democrats hope they could win a GOP-held seat that wasn't even on campaign officials’ radar days ago.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/401825-dems-say-theyll-sue-to-keep-collins-on-ballot

[Roland99]

1. There is still a legal way for them...

New York election experts say there are only three ways someone can be removed from the ballot this late in the game: If the candidate runs for another office, moves out of state or dies.

Or is it too late for him to run for another office?

“It’s very limited, and I’m sure the one option of death is something [Collins] doesn’t want to explore,” Ralph Mohr, the Republican Erie County elections commissioner, told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper.

[Takket]

2. If that is true

I don’t see what can stop him from running for dog catcher to get off the ballot. But, isn’t it too late to run for another office? Haven’t all the filing deadlines past?

[NBachers]

3. Is Carl Paladino is a "less toxic" candidate? He's about as toxic as they come.

That certainly puts things in perspective.