Right-Wing Extremists in Montana File for Legislative Races as Democrats

[Tx4obama]

Right-Wing Extremists in Montana File for Legislative Races as Democrats

Democratic primary voters in some Montana legislative districts will see new and unfamiliar names on the ballot this year. That’s because at least eight Democratic candidates are actually far-right “constitutionalists” and Tea Party activists. One of them is the current Republican vice-chairman for Sanders County. Two of the others have turned out to be homeless.

Most of the activity has occurred in Gallatin County, where Bozeman is the main population center and county seat. The county is home not only to Montana State University but also a variety of extremist elements. Key members of the radical Montana Freemen group were active there in the 1990s.

Chief among the new crop of candidates is Michael Comstock, a well-known local Tea Party activist and antigovernment “Patriot” movement organizer who has run previously as a Republican. This year, he filed to run in the Democratic primary for the state Senate seat in District 24, a seat currently held by Republican incumbent Roger Webb, who is running for re-election.

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Full article here: http://splcenter.org/blog/2014/03/19/right-wing-extremists-in-montana-file-for-legislative-races-as-democrats/

[TxDemChem]

1. I hope every dem voter in Montana knows the names of the actual dems

[Judi Lynn]

3. The National Democratic Party must take measures to make it clear to everyone. n/t

[TxDemChem]

5. I agree.

We've seen some sheisty business here in Tx, so I suspect we have a lot more fraudulent shit to deal with until all is said and done, and their ploys no longer work.

[marble falls]

2. We have a LaRouchie doing the same out here in Marble Falls.

[Judi Lynn]

4. That's a real shame. I wish it could be made illegal to falsely identify oneself in elections. n/t

[marble falls]

6. I agree. Its politics as gamesmanship. It stinks.