Franconia SB Candidate St. John-Cunning disqualified

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting how unconcerned you are with the 3000 Franconia residents who have already voted. The Democrats’ votes did not count due to an error by the registrar. Because of the questionable timing, they never had the opportunity to write in Ms. St. John-Cunning. You can’t be OK with this just because the SB has 12 Democrats. Supporting basically canceling votes should have nothing to do with the makeup of the SB.

Who is unconcerned? These mistakes are not good for anyone involved, including the voters. But that's how the system works.

[Anonymous]

The disenfranchised voters need to sue. Hopefully someone will help them do that fast enough to address this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The disenfranchised voters need to sue. Hopefully someone will help them do that fast enough to address this.

Sue who? Sue St John Cunning?

Bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The disenfranchised voters need to sue. Hopefully someone will help them do that fast enough to address this.

Sue who? Sue St John Cunning?

Bizarre.

A state court took her off. The only option would be to appeal the state court ruling or to find a federal cause of action to sue the registrar

[Anonymous]

Looks like the republicans found a way to win a seat. When you can't win votes, use the courts.

[Anonymous]

Regardless of what happens in the courts, hopefully the whole situation has called attention to her incompetence. If she can’t fill out a simple filing form correctly then I don’t want her making bigger decisions affecting FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the republicans found a way to win a seat. When you can't win votes, use the courts.

You're ridiculous. If it had been the R candidate without enough signatures, you would be praising the system for working like it's supposed to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the republicans found a way to win a seat. When you can't win votes, use the courts.

You're ridiculous. If it had been the R candidate without enough signatures, you would be praising the system for working like it's supposed to.

You can’t possibly be suggesting the local Ds are hypocrites, are you? I mean, it’s not like there’s been abundant evidence of that over the past four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the republicans found a way to win a seat. When you can't win votes, use the courts.

You're ridiculous. If it had been the R candidate without enough signatures, you would be praising the system for working like it's supposed to.

Sad but true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apologies if this is embedded in the School Board threads, but this seems like a big thing:

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/candidatenotice

Evidently 6 signatures on her campaign petition were invalid.

So, it looks like the School Board may be 11-1 after all. The remaining candidate, Pinckney, is GOP-endorsed.

Hopefully more ! Woohoo!!

[Anonymous]

NP. I don't live in that district but just took a look at Pinkney's website and he looks pretty good. It's unfortunate that St John Cunning was disqualified but it's a blessing for the school district in disguise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She HAD more signatures, but was told she didn’t need to submit more than the 125 because she already qualified. Nobody gets just the 125.

Also, the Republicans loved Eric Spicer when he was appointed.
https://fairfaxgop.org/new-general-registrar-drives-reform-at-fairfax-county-office-of-elections/

EXACTLY. She had more. And as a new candidate, she trusted the registrar when they said don’t turn them in. We’ve certified you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I don't live in that district but just took a look at Pinkney's website and he looks pretty good. It's unfortunate that St John Cunning was disqualified but it's a blessing for the school district in disguise.

I do live in this district and you can have him. I will be writing in St John Cunning. This is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I don't live in that district but just took a look at Pinkney's website and he looks pretty good. It's unfortunate that St John Cunning was disqualified but it's a blessing for the school district in disguise.

I do live in this district and you can have him. I will be writing in St John Cunning. This is ridiculous.

You prefer someone who can't follow the rules over someone campaigning on school safety, supporting teachers in the classroom, and academics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I don't live in that district but just took a look at Pinkney's website and he looks pretty good. It's unfortunate that St John Cunning was disqualified but it's a blessing for the school district in disguise.

I do live in this district and you can have him. I will be writing in St John Cunning. This is ridiculous.

Me too.