UPDATE: At Kelo, Eric Mayer reports SDDP looking to decertify Republican candidate. [end update]
Yesterday, Cory Allen Heidelberger posted at Dakota Free Press, McCleerey Sues to Boot Too-Recent Wisconsin Voter and Oath-Breaker Manhart from District 1 Ballot. His lede:
The press and the court may catch up with Wisconsin voter but South Dakota House candidate Logan Manhart. Last week I reported that Manhart, who spent a lot of 2021 politicking in Wisconsin, who voted in Wisconsin’s April 2021 election, and whose Wisconsin voter registration was still active as of May 5, 2022, had broken the law when he filed his declaration of candidacy. In that declaration at the top of his nominating petition, Manhart swore that he was eligible to seek the office of South Dakota Representative. But legislators have to have resided in South Dakota for two years preceding the election in which they are candidates. Voting in Wisconsin on April 6, 2021 means Manhart was a legal, voting resident of Wisconsin until at least that date, which is only 1.6 years before the November 8, 2022, general election at which Manhart seeks District 1’s votes, which means Manhart lied on his nominating petition and invalidated his candidacy.
We looked in the South Dakota eCourts system this morning and discovered that 32CIV22-92; McCleerey vs Barnett had been filed in Hughes Courts. Here's the writ:
32CIV22-92 Application uploadedby Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd
Here's the affidavit. Note that Dakota Free Press's research, first reported on May 5, 2022 in Manhart Voted in Wisconsin in 2021, Thus Ineligible to Run for South Dakota House in 2022, is cited in the document. As we wrote in our post on Monday, we were surprised that Sneve didn't cite Cory Allen Heidelberger's May 5 post, in his reportage for the Argus Leader, since Associated Press guidelines recommend citing the venue where information first appears. We certain have.
32CIV22-92 Affidavit by Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd
As a voter in South Dakota Senate District 1, we'll be watching this matter carefully
Related posts:
- Democrats file complaint against SD1 GOP candidate accused of skirting eligibility rules
- In SD District One, GOP candidate & operative doesn't want to talk to press about January 6
- Dakota Free Press post: Manhart voted in Wisconsin in 2021, thus ineligible to run for South Dakota House in 2022
Photo: Manhart in DC on January 6, 2021. Screengrab of photo montage via Manhart's Twitter account.
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