MAGAt dirty tricks: fake Dem disruptor alert (a 2 time Rethug candidate, running as a Dem)

[Celerity]

Democrats file suit to keep two-time Republican candidate off ballot for Missouri House seat

In his third bid for the legislature, John Boyd switched parties; lawsuit claims right to not be associated with him.

https://www.thepitchkc.com/democrats-file-suit-to-keep-two-time-republican-candidate-off-ballot-for-missouri-house-seat/



Democrats want to kick a candidate off the ballot in the race for a Kansas City-area Missouri House seat, claiming the Grandview man who filed in the 36th District contest is actually “a longtime Republican and vocal opponent of the Democratic Party.”

John D. Boyd Jr. filed for the seat on Feb. 22 after paying the $100 fee to Democratic Party. He has run twice in the district as a Republican, taking 40.9% against an incumbent in 2018 and 42.9% in the general election for an open seat in 2020. Boyd was also a candidate for mayor of Grandview in the April 2021 election, taking 23.7% of the vote in the nonpartisan election.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Cole County, claims the party has First Amendment and 14th Amendment rights of association and that the 36th Democratic House District Committee voted unanimously not to be associated with Boyd.

Along with a history of running as a Republican and making minor contributions to Republican committees, Boyd also “has at least twice had full orders of protection entered against him (and) has a history of not paying his taxes…”

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