U.S Representative John Conyers (85) is the longest serving
African-American in the House of Representatives is fighting to stay on the
August primary ballot in Detroit.
The reason his collected signatures to qualify him for a
place on the ballot were disqualified was the fact that the people collecting
the signatures were not registered voters as required by state law since 1966.
This obviously was a screw-up by whoever he placed in charge
of getting and submitting the required signatures but at 85, Conyers does not
appear to be quite cognizant about what is happening around him and in my
opinion, should not run since he can no longer do the job in Congress.
The people that work for him in Washington will want to
differ with me since their jobs are dependent on him continuing to run and win
elections until he dies in office…did everyone see the movie “Bernie and Me”?
Anyway his people are up in arms about how unfair this is
and all I have to say is that the law requiring registered voters to collect
signatures has been on the books since 1966 so bite my ass and admit you are stupid.
So now they are claiming that 1966 law is unconstitutional
based on some judicial precedents and I agree that it probably is
unconstitutional but should you be arguing this point with only two weeks left
before the primary ballot is qualified and printed?
His opponent (he usually ran unopposed) is a prominent black
Baptist pastor from Detroit (Rev. Horace Sheffield) and the only one on the
Democratic ticket for the 13th district…Republicans never win in
Detroit / Wayne County.
I don’t like Sheffield but he is making a good case for
himself as a younger black man (he is not young) to replace a senile old
has-been.
Since the 13th district has been redrawn in 2014
it encompasses over 700,000 people and not all of them live in Detroit proper; the
district includes quite a few of Detroit’s suburbs. As such, it is a very
diverse district and should have a lot more choices when it comes to
representation in Congress.
This was the time for some talented young people to have
stepped up and at least got their names on the ballot but because of past
history (Conyers has been there like forever) no one had enough gumption to
even try. I would even go as far as to say that a moderate Republican would
have a chance if he or she dared.
So we are stuck with nowhere to go…hope someone is looking
at this situation and anticipating what could be possible in just another two
years.
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