Mark Foley isn't running anymore, but his name can't be taken off the ballot. So, ever the cheaters, the Florida Republican Party has been trying to place signs at all the polling places in Foley's district saying that to vote for the Republican candidate, Joe Negron, they had to cast a vote for Foley. Today, a judge said no:
The candidate replacing Florida's disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley on the ballot in next month's election has been barred from posting signs at polling places clarifying that votes for Foley will actually go to him, authorities said on Wednesday.The GOP never lets pesky laws get in the way. They'll be appealing according to Jeb Bush's Secretary of State.
Foley, a six-term Republican congressman, resigned from Congress on September 29 amid revelations that he sent sexually explicit messages to young male congressional aides.
Rules prohibited taking Foley's name off the ballot so close to the November 7 election. So the Republicans' replacement candidate, Joe Negron, had asked election supervisors to post signs at the polls telling voters that ballots cast for Foley would elect him instead.
