Why have Democrats fought hard to keep Tom Delay on the ballot in Texas? Answer: To disenfranchise voters.
Now we know, "…let every vote count," actually means only when it benefits Democrats.
For those who are unaware, Democrats sued to keep Tom Delay on the ballot in Texas after he resigned his office and announced he would not run for re-election. It could be that they just want Delay to stay in congress, but I doubt it. It's more likely that they wish to confuse and disenfranchise voters by keeping Delay on the ballot even though he isn't running.
Democrats had hoped to wrest the conservative district from him. But DeLay seemed to thwart those designs in April, when he announced that he would resign from Congress and move his official residence to Alexandria from his suburban Houston district, making him ineligible to run for reelection.
Texas Democrats sued to keep him on the ballot, maintaining that state election laws say victors in a party primary must appear on the general election ballot unless they die or live outside the district on Election Day. They pointed out that DeLay still owns a Houston area home, where his wife, Christine, lives and where he still spends time.
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