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February 20, 2004
| Sharpton off the Ballot in Louisiana
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s name will not appear on the Democratic presidential preference primary ballot when Louisiana voters go to the polls March 9, a state judge ruled Thursday.

Sharpton’s candidacy papers were incomplete, state District Judge Curtis Calloway ruled, because they failed to have a complete address, a phone number, and did not specify how Sharpton wanted his name on the ballot.

In addition, Calloway ruled that Sharpton did not follow state law when he submitted a bank check instead of a certified or cashier’s check.

Sharpton’s attorney, George Gates IV of Washington, D.C., also filed the wrong kind of legal challenge to get Calloway to halt the election, the judge ruled.

Does it even matter at this point?



Posted by Michele at February 20, 2004 12:32 PM | TrackBack
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All those errors for just one application, and one by a lawyer.
Just shows that his “jocularity factor” runs deeper than his campaign one-liners!

Posted by: Cranial at February 20, 2004 01:07 PM

I am not anti-Semitic, so please withhold such comments - BUT It looks to me like “the numbers been jewed”. That’s a real SharpTongue statement there, Al… The man is a Racist.

Posted by: Cap'n DOC at February 22, 2004 10:17 AM

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