Sign-Up Reopened for House Race in La.

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Looks like someone down in Louisiana is interested in fairness in the process.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=684&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20040823/ap_on_el_ho/alexander_gop

Sign-Up Reopened for House Race in La.

Mon Aug 23, 7:41 PM ET

By ADAM NOSSITER, Associated Press Writer

PLAQUEMINE, La. - A judge called Rep. Rodney Alexander (news, bio, voting record)'s last-minute switch to the Republican Party an attempt to subvert the election process and ordered that the sign-up period be reopened for new candidates for Congress.



Alexander infuriated Democrats this month when he switched to the GOP just minutes before the deadline for getting on the ballot. The move made it virtually impossible for the Democrats to field a promising candidate to run against Alexander.


"Mr. Alexander has attempted to subvert the electoral process for his own personal gain. His action deprived voters of the right to vote for a Democratic candidate," said District Judge Allen Edwards, a Democrat.


The judge did not throw Alexander off the ballot, as the Democrats had asked. He did not immediately set a new deadline for the sign-up period

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