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2016 Postmortem

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5. The man who filed the lawsuit, Asa Gordon, is Chair of the DC Statehood Green Party.

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 11:23 PM

Jan 2017

Here's a link to more information.

http://www.electors.us

ON EDIT:

I don't know anything about this site, but Asa Gordon seems to have filed a similar lawsuit in 2008, and was denied on the grounds of standing -- meaning, he wasn't the right person to file.

http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/04/court-rules-on-pro-bono-electoral-college-lawsuit-filed-by-a-dc-statehood-green-party-member/

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Does anyone know about this?? [View all] MFM008 Jan 2017 OP

Have not seen or heard about this. triron Jan 2017 #1

OK we will have to MFM008 Jan 2017 #2

Don't hold your breath jimlup Jan 2017 #3

Low profile ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #4

Thank you for posting this. I thought it happened in 2008 as well. underthematrix Jan 2017 #11

I think the key phrase is "without an explicit state election code". eggplant Jan 2017 #6

Interesting! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #7

Awesome! treestar Jan 2017 #8

kick for visibility triron Jan 2017 #9

Asa Gordon is a serial litigant. And serial loser. onenote Jan 2017 #10

Right SCantiGOP Jan 2017 #13

No, I had not seen that one, but I read about this one AmericanActivist Jan 2017 #14

Interested Attorneys and/or Con Law Students Should Help Out dlk Jan 2017 #16

If Gordon is a retired astrodynamicist... EL34x4 Jan 2017 #17

It could happen MFM008 Jan 2017 #18

The Constitution doers not even require a popular vote for President Yupster Jan 2017 #19