Mississippi Supreme Court and the Ballot Shenanigans

Politico reports that the questionable Mississippi ballot placing the special Senate election at the end of the ballot has been overturned by the state Supreme Court. Good for them. The Democratic candidate will still probably loose, but I can’t see how this kind of absurd, illegal voter suppression efforts bodes well for the long term future of the GOP.

More Vote Suppression Shame

The New York Times has an editorial discussing the kind of vote suppression nonsense that PW was talking about last night. It seems that down in Mississippi, that bastion of fairness and equitable voting practices, the Republican governor and the Republican secretary of state have cooked up a little scheme to try and game an election. The Democrat running to fill Trent Lott’s vacant senate seat has been doing very well this year – he’s close with current Sen. Roger Wicker. So, do they decided that, instead of seeing who will come out on top on election day, they were going to have a little fun with the ballot. Federal law says that federal elections have to go at the top of the ballot. Well, this particular senate race is going to be printed at the bottom of the ballot, after the local elections, after the ballot initiatives, after the dog catcher. The other senate race in Mississippi, where the Republican is favored, is where it out to be.

The fact that this can go on without people marching on the statehouse is absolutely shameful. I just don’t even know what we can say about this. The Republican Party has made it a solid tenant of their election practices to try and prevent people who out to be able to vote from voting. How these people are able to look themselves in the mirror in the morning is beyond me. They should be ashamed of themselves. It is a truly shameful situation.