SANDY SPRINGS, GA – MARCH 06: “I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers are seen at a polling station in St Andrew Presbyterian Church March 6, 2012 in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Ten states, including Georgia, hold caucuses and primaries today for voters to pick their choices for the Republican presidential nominee. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Potential Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his wife live in Texas, but she voted in Georgia’s election for president last fall.
The absentee ballot cast by Julie Blanchard raises questions about whether she was allowed to vote in Georgia while living in Texas. It’s illegal for nonresidents to vote in Georgia in most circumstances.
Well, then.
What will potential candidate Walker say?
Here are his general views on the subject:
“Play by the rules…..the American people demand ONLY LEGAL BALLOTS be counted. Anyone manipulating this election should be prosecuted,” Walker wrote on Twitter in November.
Oh, the humanity.
(I wonder if this will go in the Heritage Database?).
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Apparently, “She’s not registered to vote in Texas,” so it’s unlikely she voted there. But it makes no sense for her to maintain a Georgia driver’s license while claiming a homestead exemption in Texas.
They must have a summer home in Texas, Georgia. What’s the problem here?
Lock her up! Lock her up!
Excuse me if I’m ignorant, but is this that Herschel Walker?
Oh my.
Surprise surprise surprise.
I thought the answer is legally required to be “no” when a headline asks a question.
Apparently, “She’s not registered to vote in Texas,” so it’s unlikely she voted there. But it makes no sense for her to maintain a Georgia driver’s license while claiming a homestead exemption in Texas.