By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, August 09, 2006 at 9:26 AM
According to former 1st Ward Ald. Irene J. Smith, defeated State Senate candidate Yaphett El-Amin filed a lawsuit yesterday against the campaigns of her opponent Amber Boykins, and Joe Palm and Karla May, both opponents of her husband, seeking to have those campaigns' sample ballots from being distributed in several wards. Labels: Election_Day, State_Senate
According to Smith, who was speaking on Lizz Brown's "Wake-Up Call" radio show this morning, a temporary restraining order was issued around 3:00 yesterday to collect the "misleading" (El-Amin's word, not Smith's) sample ballots. According to Brown, some ballots were taken by election officials and Sheriff deputies.
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6 Comments:
Antonio, if you could accquire one, and post an image that would be excellent.
8/09/2006 10:34 AM
Sample ballots are used as endorsements, not public service announcements. Who says what really amounts to campaign literature must list all candidates?
8/09/2006 10:54 AM
Boykins is only doing this becasue she never though in a million years that her daddy would make sure she made into office...he can't help you know. Times have changed!!!
8/09/2006 2:55 PM
Personally, I think that the use of sample ballots in primaries should be banned. A ballot lists all of the candidates in a race. Hence a Democratic BALLOT should list all of the candidates. It is not a ballot if it only has one candidate on it. Call it an endorsement list, but calling it a ballot confuses people. I have seen it happen more than once.
8/09/2006 3:30 PM
Anon #3:
I witnessed several people thank my ward's committeeman and committeewoman for the sample ballot. These people are party loyalists that put their faith in those elected within the ward to make such endorsements. Many people choose not to involve themselves in the research necessary to make an informed decision, and while I wish they did, it is not required of them to cast their vote. I am glad they are at least voting, which fewer and fewer people do. So, if they need a little help, then let's give it to them.
8/09/2006 9:48 PM
Travis,
The point is that it is not a democratic ballot if it lists just one candidate for each race. A ballot by definition is a list of all the eligible candidates. Hand out committee endorsements if they want, but stop calling it a ballot in the primary.
8/09/2006 10:22 PM
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