Donald Duck Takes the Early Lead in Mickey Mouse Judicial Election
The Clarion-Ledger reports that the write in election for the Circuit Judge position in Smith, Covington, Jasper and Simpson Counties will stay on the November ballot. I previously discussed the write in election in this post.
The Supreme Court appointed Judge Henry Lackey to decide if the election will continue. Judge Lackey ruled that it will. Circuit Court clerks in the district filed the lawsuit challenging the election.
The lawsuit created an unusual alliance between Attorney General Jim Hood, Governor Haley “I haven't decided if I'm running for President” Barbour and Secretary of State Delbert Hoseman. The C-L reports:
Assistant Attorney General Harold Pizzetta, who argued the case on behalf of the state, said that when Barbour, Hood and Hosemann all agree that the write-in election should take place, "it's
a freaking miracleprobably a correct interpretation of the law."
Meanwhile, Circuit Court clerks revealed that Donald Duck leads in the early polling:
Donald Duck is in the running for circuit judge in the write-in election to replace the late Judge Robert Evans in the four-county court district, a circuit clerk said Wednesday.
I couldn't support the Duck, but I might could get behind the newly elected Ole Miss Dancing Bear, which has proven electability after defeating a shark and a rusty old Sugar Bowl “hotty toddy” in the hotly contested Ole Miss mascot election.
The whole Ole-Miss-mascot-fiasco thing lost all interest for me when the greatest rebel, Admiral Ackbar, was ruled out of contention.