Dallas Democrats strike back at GOP lawsuit to remove 128 candidates from primary ballot

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Dallas Morning News

Lawyers for 14 of the 128 Democratic candidates that the Dallas County GOP is trying to have removed from the March primary ballot have asked a court to dismiss the case.

According to a document filed late Monday on behalf of 14 candidates threatened with removal from the ballot, the Dallas County Republican Party and its chairwoman, Missy Shorey, have no standing to bring the suit, since they are not candidates in the election.

"The DCRP is clearly not a candidate and Shorey does not allege that she is a candidate for any office," according to the filing from the lawyers. "As such, neither the DCRP nor Shorey have the necessary personal interest to have standing to seek the removal of any candidate from the ballot."

Shorey and her attorney, Dallas lawyer Elizabeth Alvarez Bingham, argue that Dallas County Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Donovan was required to sign the candidate paperwork of Democrats appearing on the March 6 ballot and send the documents to the Texas Secretary of State. Donovan signed only a fraction of the petitions submitted to her, but her signature, clearly signed by someone else, appears on the documents of the 128 candidates in question.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/01/23/dallas-democratic-candidatesthreatened-ouster-march-primary-ask-court-dismiss-gop-lawsuit

[Freethinker65]

1. Interesting argument.

I would think that the Chairwoman would perhaps have the power to delegate her signature when unable to sign herself, but I like this argument better. It exposes the Republicans for merely trying to directly mess with the Democratic Primary and those voters that choose to vote in the Democratic Primary.

[iluvtennis]

2. Yep