They’re on the ballot for now.
The Texas Supreme Court today stayed a district judge’s order blocking the Green Party of Texas from certifying its candidates for the general election ballot.
The order allows the Green Party to legally establish a list of candidates for the general election. But the court also set a series of deadlines for lawyers for the Texas Democratic Party and the Green Party to argue whether a ballot petition drive illegally used corporate money. The Supreme Court still could knock the party off the ballot.
Democratic Party lawyer Chad Dunn said he does not believe the fight is over.
“The effect of the order is to give the Supreme Court time before they open up an enormous loophole for potential election fraud,” Dunn said.
Green Party lawyer David Rogers said, “We get to put our candidates on the ballot today. We don’t know if we get to keep them there.”
Coverage of the Tuesday court session is here. At the risk of giving the all-Republican Supreme Court too much credit, I think it’s reasonable for them to ask for further arguments. If it weren’t for the deadline, that’s what they would have done anyway. I think the evidence we’ve seen is pretty damning, enough to get the Texas League of Conservation Voters to publicly call out the Greens for taking aid from the GOP, but I’d rather the Supremes get it right slow than wrong fast. I just hope they do eventually get it right. BOR, the Trib, PDiddie, and the Lone Star Project have more.
The shrill whining from the TDP is on hold “for now”.
What happens if the Texas Supreme Court doesn’t “get it right”?
Hmmm……
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/07/03/imaging-how-texas-campaign-finance-law-would-be-interpreted-if-the-democratic-party-had-to-submit-a-petition-for-ballot-access/
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