Thread: Paul contests delegate credentials in Louisiana

Jan. 26, 2008, 6:36PM
Paul contests delegate credentials in Louisiana
Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's campaign said Saturday that it has filed a complaint with the state GOP over what it calls problems and inconsistencies in Louisiana's process of choosing delegates. "At this point right now, we're not going to charge anything nefarious is going on, but it's a very confusing process, and there have been inconsistencies, and we're voicing our complaints now" and hoping to work out their concerns with state party leaders, Paul spokesman Jesse Benton said.

Messages left for state party leaders Saturday were not immediately returned.

More than 10,000 Republican voters met Tuesday, the state party said, to choose delegates to the state Republican Convention — a step in choosing delegates to the national convention.

The party listed results as preliminary on its Web site because they did not include about 500 votes from people allowed to cast "provisional ballots" even though they did not show up on the rolls as registered Republicans. Also, many candidates ran on "more than one slate," resulting in overlap, the party said.

Party staff were working with local elections officials to confirm eligibility of the delegate candidates, the GOP said; anyone registered Republican as of Nov. 30 was allowed to take party, under party rules. But the outcome of races in five districts could be affected by any resulting changes in the ballot count, the party said.

"Results of provisional ballot analysis will be updated regularly on the party's Web site until a final count is reached," the site read Saturday. It reported that delegate candidates endorsed by U.S. Sen. John McCain "appear to have won more state convention delegate positions than any other presidential slate" in the caucuses, followed by supporters for Paul, the libertarian-minded Texas congressman.

"The initial failure of the Louisiana GOP to properly determine who was and wasn't eligible to vote threw this entire process into disarray," Lew Moore, Paul's campaign manager, said in a statement. Moore said eligibility was "just one of many irregularities" in the process.

"We are filing this contest to ensure that we can challenge the results if it appears that delegates were improperly selected," Moore said.

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Good for Paul! Make them keep it clean and accurate.

Dixie

We want accountability!!! hold their feet to the fire Paul!

Good to hear!