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Akin's real deadline to withdraw from Senate race earlier than expected
09/18/12
As the clock ticks down to the final deadline for Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, other legal provisions of the state’s election law will begin to take effect, hampering efforts favored by much of the Republican establishment to force him from the race.
SNIP
According to Missouri state election law, the final deadline for Akin to exit the race is Sept. 25, at which point he would have to file a court order with the state board of elections to be removed from the ballot. That later deadline gave Republicans hope that he could drop out after he realized the uphill battle he'd be fighting this fall.
But many election jurisdictions have already begun to print ballots, creating a potentially monumental headache for the candidate if he were to wait until that deadline. By state election law, Akin would be awarded a court order to be removed from the ballot only if he agreed to pay for those ballots already printed with his name to be reprinted.
Conversations with the 10 largest voting jurisdictions by population in Missouri reveal that at least six have already issued orders for absentee ballots to be printed, with two more expected to do so on Tuesday of this week.
Military and overseas ballots are required by Missouri election law to be sent out by Sept. 22, a Saturday, so all jurisdictions contacted said they'd be sending out their ballots this Friday. Other absentee ballots — which can make up to tens of thousands of ballots in a single jurisdiction — must be available to voters by next Tuesday. Because printing companies are handling a large volume of orders at this time, many jurisdictions have already submitted their orders for processing, to receive them in time for that Friday deadline.
SNIP
According to Missouri state election law, the final deadline for Akin to exit the race is Sept. 25, at which point he would have to file a court order with the state board of elections to be removed from the ballot. That later deadline gave Republicans hope that he could drop out after he realized the uphill battle he'd be fighting this fall.
But many election jurisdictions have already begun to print ballots, creating a potentially monumental headache for the candidate if he were to wait until that deadline. By state election law, Akin would be awarded a court order to be removed from the ballot only if he agreed to pay for those ballots already printed with his name to be reprinted.
Conversations with the 10 largest voting jurisdictions by population in Missouri reveal that at least six have already issued orders for absentee ballots to be printed, with two more expected to do so on Tuesday of this week.
Military and overseas ballots are required by Missouri election law to be sent out by Sept. 22, a Saturday, so all jurisdictions contacted said they'd be sending out their ballots this Friday. Other absentee ballots — which can make up to tens of thousands of ballots in a single jurisdiction — must be available to voters by next Tuesday. Because printing companies are handling a large volume of orders at this time, many jurisdictions have already submitted their orders for processing, to receive them in time for that Friday deadline.
More:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/249995-akins-real-deadline-to-withdraw-from-mo-senate-race-earlier-than-expected
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