The Victory Fund created a Legal Defense Fund for Patricia Todd, the lesbian who won her primary runoff on July 18th by 59 votes...the defense fund is needed to keep Todd's election victory from being stolen by the Alabama Democratic Party. The state party hearing is scheduled for Thursday -- the word from Birmingham is that Joe Reed, a Democratic party powerbroker in Alabama, is working very hard to strip Todd's election victory in favor of his chosen candidate.
Birmingham Blues has another update that includes what will probably unfold:
Regardless of the outcome of Thursday’s hearing, it’s expected that the result will be appealed to the State Democratic Executive Committee, which meets on Saturday in Montgomery (I’m still trying to find out time and place). From there, any appeals would be settled in court.In Alabama, we're going to find out if having the most votes makes you the winner in the Democratic primary -- or if being the candidate of the powerbroker means you can win even if you lose. That sounds very Soviet, not very Democratic.
