Reply #5: here's some more facts........Louisiana election code cited it illegal.... [View All]

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...but it was allowed to take place anyway....he'd already qualified as a Democrat...but it was before the primary...my memory didn't serve.

On August 6, 2004, Alexander decided to switch parties and ran for reelection as a Republican. He had been elected in 2002 as a Democrat. Two days after having filed for reelection as a Democrat, Alexander filed as a Republican on the very last day of filing, fifteen minutes before the deadline.


On August 13, 2004, a Louisiana voter filed suit to disqualify Alexander, citing a section of Louisiana election code (http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=81594) that appeared to prohibit a candidate from changing his or her party affiliation after initially qualifying.

No candidate shall change or add his political party designation, for purposes of printing on the election ballot as required by R.S. 18:551(D), after he has qualified for the election.


On August 23, 2004, a state judge ordered filing reopened in Alexander's district, and required Alexander to refile if he wanted to run again. However, a week later, a state appeals court threw out that ruling, saying the lower court went too far. This decision all but assured Alexander's reelection, as the Democrats had no time to find a credible replacement candidate.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Alexander