The voters vote. The officials count. These combined actions form “the election,” and the election must be decided on the day
Uh, the author is stupid. The ruling reads:
Louisiana's statute conflicts with federal law to the extent that it is applied to select a congressional candidate in October.
That's the extent of the ruling. A federal election that is concluded before the federal election date is illegal.That's it.
To reinforce that, the first paragraph of the opinion states:
A contested selection of candidates for a congressional office that is concluded as a matter of law before the federal election day, with no act in law or in fact to take place on the date chosen by Congress, clearly violates [2 U. S. C. § 7]
> The voters vote. The officials count. These combined actions form “the election,” and the election must be decided on the day
Uh, the author is stupid. The ruling reads:
> Louisiana's statute conflicts with federal law **to the extent that it is applied to select a congressional candidate in October.**
That's the extent of the ruling. A federal election that is concluded before the federal election date is illegal.That's it.
To reinforce that, the first paragraph of the opinion states:
> A contested selection of candidates for a congressional office that is concluded as a matter of law ***before the federal election day, with no act in law or in fact to take place on the date chosen by Congress***, clearly violates [2 U. S. C. § 7]
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