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Got through to the director of Constituency Affairs for the SOS Office. We had a spirited conversation, to say the least.
I asked him what written legal opinion LaRose based his decision on to ban voter drop boxes beyond one per county....
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Got through to the director of Constituency Affairs for the SOS Office. We had a spirited conversation, to say the least.
I asked him what written legal opinion LaRose based his decision on to ban voter drop boxes beyond one per county....
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He said: "I am unaware of any written opinion"
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So...the Secretary of State made a decision this monumental without an actual written opinion from his counsel about what the law actually said--even though he keeps claiming his decision was based on the law.
WTF
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So...the Secretary of State made a decision this monumental without an actual written opinion from his counsel about what the law actually said--even though he keeps claiming his decision was based on the law.
WTF
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So then I asked: the Atty Gen& #39;l has said his own opinion was only days away. Why would the SOS not have waited for it? Why withdraw his request for that opinion?
His answer: because "if the AG said he had the authority to do it" there still would not have....
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His answer: because "if the AG said he had the authority to do it" there still would not have....
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...been time to add drop boxes.
Yes, that is a stunningly horrible answer.
So I asked, "But wouldn& #39;t you have wanted to know no matter what? If you had the authority to do it--when you now say you support the concept--wouldn& #39;t you want to know if you could do it?"
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Yes, that is a stunningly horrible answer.
So I asked, "But wouldn& #39;t you have wanted to know no matter what? If you had the authority to do it--when you now say you support the concept--wouldn& #39;t you want to know if you could do it?"
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And that& #39;s when I was told we had discussed this topic enough, and it hadn& #39;t been a "productive conversation."
Of course, I then said it had been quite a productive conversation because now we know:
1) it doesn& #39;t appear that LaRose ever got any written opinion
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Of course, I then said it had been quite a productive conversation because now we know:
1) it doesn& #39;t appear that LaRose ever got any written opinion
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2) they didn& #39;t want the AG opinion because it might have given them the authority to add drop boxes, and that would& #39;ve required the hard work of actually adding drop boxes like so many other states do.
That, my friends, is a totally unacceptable explanation.
Malpractice.
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That, my friends, is a totally unacceptable explanation.
Malpractice.
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One clarification. He said that while he was unaware of a written opinion, that his own lawyers provided their oral opinion about the issue. As a lawyer, I find that to be an unacceptable approach on a decision this big. But that does reflect what he said
