MrRodgers
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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux quote:
ORIGINAL: MrRodgers But as the Mass. Atty said, does this come up to a violation of law ? NO !! Besides as I've written, we are talking 'election' laws while nobody was...being elected to anything. A primary is a private party affair and as a selection of a candidate not an election for anybody to any elective office. It would be thrown out of court. Are you kidding me.. you are seriously making that argument? Primaries are not private affairs. They are run at government polling places, using government election officers, government workers, etc. .....apply to special and regular city primaries, preliminary elections, elections and to town primaries, preliminary elections and elections whether special or regular and to special and regular regional vocational school district elections including elections called to authorize bond issues for said districts. Within 150 feet of a polling place as defined by 950 CMR 53.03(18)(c), no person shall solicit votes for or against, or otherwise promote or oppose, any person, party or political position on a ballot question to be voted on at the current election. Sorry, doesn't add up Phy. This was not a 'special and regular city primaries' this was not a 'preliminary elections, elections and to town primaries' this was not a 'elections and elections whether special or regular and to special and regular regional vocational school district elections including elections called to authorize bond issues for said districts.' The function was a private democratic presidential candidate primary and only the first two provisos of the code would apply anyway as the rest refers only to 'elections' once again. Plus, did Clinton actually solicit votes, promote anybody or position ? OR did he just go meet and greet ? And don't for a minute tell me that it would be specious partisan spin to claim as much, because the right is expert as such spin upto and including right wing judges.
< Message edited by MrRodgers -- 3/8/2016 10:48:34 AM >
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