Creating Chaos Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of the Democratic Party
Colorado Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that Donald Trump could not appear on the state's 2024 primary ballot — and the unsigned opinion stated that Trump's name could not even be counted if placed on the Write-in candidate line. The Court stated that Trump was disqualified based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Interestingly the three dissenting justices all had different opinions. It is important for us to follow this case. On Tuesday, December 19, the NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE) refused to hear a complaint filed that requested that Trump be excluded from the NC primary election for the same reasons as in Colorado. The NCSBE voted 4-1 to dismiss the complaint as something not appropriate for the Board to decide. The lone dissenting vote was one of Gov. Cooper's three appointees, a long-time activist that has opposed every piece of election integrity measures that the General Assembly has attempted to pass over the last dozen years. Another reason to pay attention to what the Colorado lawyer activists-in-black-robes did is that there is a like-minded NC Supreme Court justice on the 2024 ballot. Last year, Gov. Cooper appointed Allison Riggs to the NC Supreme Court to fill the vacancy of retired justice Mike Morgan. Prior to the appointment, Riggs served on the Court of Appeals based on appointment by Cooper. Prior to being appointed on the appellate courts, Riggs ran the organization that was behind every lawsuit against Voter ID, redistricting maps, and supported the concept of the General Assembly being a rogue assembly due to gerrymandering. (That organization was started by current Supreme Court justice Anita Earls.) IF the Democrats retake the NC Supreme Court, there will be at least two justices that would likely rule as the Colorado Supreme Court did regarding Trump.
Another example of Democratic Party chaos is the cadre of lawsuits filed against the new voting maps. Three months passed from the passage of the maps to the filing of the lawsuits, intentionally waiting until candidate filing had begun. A federal judge refused to fast-track the first lawsuit. The other two lawsuits do not ask for an injunction on the 2024 elections; but rather they request for a court to order new maps for 2025. Also, to note, Gov. Cooper and AG Josh Stein (running for Governor) filed amicus (friend of the court) briefs on behalf of the plaintiffs and against NC. In 2020, Stein entered a settlement with a friendly plaintiff that changed state laws after voting began. So, we need to keep an eye on Cooper/Stein. "Sue 'til Blue," I reckon.
It is my opinion that the NCDP does not have a "top of the ticket" candidate that it is relying upon to drive voter turnout. The NCDP is relying on Trump, Mark Robinson, and the fact that they have fielded candidates in almost all the state and legislative races to drive voter turnout. Conservatives cannot rely just on Trump and Robinson to get out the vote. One of the crucial portions of the 2024 ballots will be the state-level judicial races. Conservatives need to pay attention to the names of the conservative candidates this next election:
NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 06 candidates:
- Allison Riggs, Dem (incumbent)
- Lora Cubbage, Dem
- JEFFERSON GRIFFIN, REP (currently on the Court of Appeals.)
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 12:
- Carolyn Thompson, Dem (incumbent)
- TOM MURRY, REP
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 14:
- Ed Eldred, Dem
- VALERIE ZACHARY, REP
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 15:
- Martin Moore, Dem
- CHRIS FREEMAN, REP
- HUNTER MURPHY, REP (incumbent)
Ballot Order
Each year, the NCSBE does a random drawing to determine what letter of the alphabet will be used to begin the list of candidates in each race. This random drawing is to negate the advantage of a candidate that appears at the top of each ballot section. Then the Board will flip a coin to see if the order goes in ascending alphabetical order or in descending alphabetical order. So, the letter on the ball selected from the bingo machine was the letter "D," meaning candidates whose last names begin with the letter "D" will appear first in contests in the primary and general elections. The subsequent coin flip showed "heads" facing up, meaning that additional candidates will follow in alphabetical order as follows: E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, A, B, C.
This ballot order drawing applies to all 2024 primary and general election contests except for municipal contests. Candidates for municipal office are listed in strict alphabetical order beginning with A, according to state law. You can watch the process here: Ballot Order Drawing WebEx video (MP4) (off site)
Andy Perrigo
2023-Dec-20