Right-wing Republicans in the KY Senate are trying to steal another election--this time using the courts. Virginia Woodward, our Dean Dozen and Change for Kentucky 12 candidate, is fighting in court to honestly represent the 37th District, and WE MUST HELP HER!!
Some background: to be a qualified Kentucky Senator, a candidate must have resided in the state for six years. It seems that Virginia's opponent in the General Election, Dana Seum Stephenson, never bothered to tell anyone when SHE filed that she didn't live in Kentucky until 2001.
UPDATE: As you may have heard, Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Barry Willett ruled on 11/22 that Virginia's opponent, Dana Seum Stephenson, DID NOT meet the residency requirement to run for the KY State Senate, and ordered the Board of Elections to not count her votes. Long story short: VIRGINIA WINS!
UPDATE 2: On Dec. 8, Ms. Seum-Stephenson and the Republican Party defied the KY Constitution and formally asked the KY Senate to declare HER the winner of the election and seat her as the new Senator on Jan. 4. Senate Republican Leader David Williams, when asked about the Republican’s blatant disregard of the Kentucky Constitution , said: “If anyone objects to us being in the majority, they have the chance to change that every two years when half of the Senate seats are up for election”
If the Republicans get their way, Virginia will not be seated, and the case will go to the KY Supreme Court. This means more financial hardship for Virginia, and no representation for the 37th District. But Virginia is Dean Dozen candidate, and that means she is determined to fight. Change for Kentucky and Democracy for America are behind her all the way!
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