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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know she probably doesn't have a chance, but I really like Krish  Vignarajah.
Every time I hear her speak or read something about her I'm impressed.[/quote]

I have a hard time being impressed by a lawyer who doesn't seem to understand or heed laws.

She lived in MD, registered as a resident of MD and then voted (multiple times!) in DC when she worked there.  The 2016 election was the first time she had ever voted in MD.  Prior to that she had voted at least 4 times in DC.  The DC voter registration form that she signed very clearly said that to register as a voter in DC, she could not be a legal resident in any state.  In 2014, she signed responded to an inquiry by the DC Board of elections that she lived in a co-op in DC.  In DC, she filed for a marriage certificate listing her DC residence as an address.  However, MD board of elections requires that gubernatorial candidates must reside in the state for 5 years.  She now contends that she resided continuously in MD for the last 5 years and only maintained a crash pad to work in DC.    If that were the case, then she should not have been voting or registered for a marriage certificate with the DC address.

A lawsuit was filed to address this, and was thrown out last week, not because she wasn't a voter registration fraud, but because the lawsuit was not filed in a timely manner.  Protests for ballot representation need to be filed within 9 days of the filing deadline (February 27).  The lawsuit was filed after the deadline, so the judge threw the case out.  That doesn't address the issue that she is a residency fraud and not legal to run for governor of MD.  I don't think she's eligible to be governor.  And I don't think the Democrats can afford a candidate whose eligibility for the office could be legally challenged successfully in court.  If she wins the primary, you can bet that there will be additional lawsuits trying to bar her from being elected governor or from taking office.  And additional lawsuits are likely to have more heavy-weight litigants like the RNC and Republican party in MD.  They have more resources to prove their case legally than the first lawsuit had.  The Democrats are already an underdog in this election, but to possibly lose your candidate between the primaries and the election would be devastating to the party.  I think voting for Vignarajah is essentially conceding the elections to Hogan.

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/on-government-forms-md-gubernatorial-candidate-said-she-lived-in-dc/2018/05/09/e46af98c-5207-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?utm_term=.fa84e957cdd9[/url]
[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/judge-says-vignarajah-is-eligible-to-run-for-governor/2018/06/12/04cead52-6e84-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?utm_term=.df430e65448e[/url][/quote]

NP here, wish I'd know this earlier today when I early voted. I voted for her based on watching a candidate forum on TV on Sunday. I thought she was impressive.

Doesn't matter in the long run because I will vote for Hogan in the general election.[/quote]

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