A very interesting, week long debate has been taking place over at the Sonoran Alliance that has turned into a Q & A about the "Haney Rule" regarding the punishment of Republican Precinct Committeeman who endorse ANYONE other than Republicans. Here is the rule as written in the MCRC Bylaws:
Located on Page 17 of the MCRC Bylaws:
Section 5 - Elections Neutrality
B. Endorsements of Non-Republican Candidates
B. Endorsements of Non-Republican Candidates
No member of the MCRC shall lend an endorsement to a non-Republican candidate in any election. Should a MCRC member endorse a non-Republican, that MCRC member will lose his voting privileges, including proxies, for the rest of his term.
Does this rule apply to ALL Maricopa County Republican PC's? Let's see:
RECORDER'S INFORMATION SYSTEMS CENTER
MARICOPA COUNTY PARTY - Republican
PRECINCT BALLOT NAME ELECTION: 1006 TYPE: PRIMARY DATE: 09/12/20060473 MARCONI NUM TO ELECT: 5 SIGS 10
MARICOPA COUNTY PARTY - Republican
PRECINCT BALLOT NAME ELECTION: 1006 TYPE: PRIMARY DATE: 09/12/20060473 MARCONI NUM TO ELECT: 5 SIGS 10
ADKINS, TOM ELECTED 75
QUELLAND, DONNA ELECTED 82
QUELLAND, DOUG ELECTED 84
STANFIELD, JACK K. ELECTED 75
WEIERS, JIM P. ELECTED 84
QUELLAND, DONNA ELECTED 82
QUELLAND, DOUG ELECTED 84
STANFIELD, JACK K. ELECTED 75
WEIERS, JIM P. ELECTED 84
Information is on page 24...
Jim Weiers, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, IS an elected PC in his District (LD-10). What did he do that may have broken this rule?
He publicly endorsed Liberal democrat Leah Landrum back in the 2006 Elections. Yes there was a Republican running for that office; Daniel Veres was the Republican candidate for that seat.
Does this mean Speaker Weiers will lose his vote as a PC? NO it doesn't. This rule was adopted so that the people who oppose Rob Haney can be punished.
Imagine if one of Haney's so called RINO's did this?
If your going to make rules, let's see them applied to all....
3 comments:
The state party should weigh in on this and remove the District Chair. That is no way to run a Party.
I've only voted for 1 Democrat my entire life, but if I decided to endorse a Democrat that I agreed would be the best fit for a specific position, I'd lose my voting rights. Way to go! That is a great way to build consensus...my way or the highway...that ends up being the losing way.
Excellent post. This is my problem with the Haney rule: that it could be used to punish some, but not others.
Rob could help earn his credibility back by taking a complaint about Weiers to the EGC.
The rule was passed in 2007 and it is not retroactive. So it doesn't effect anyone who did this in 2006. That goes for Weiers, the Republicans who endorsed Janet, etc.
The author of this post should have known this, and maybe did. But it makes the post nonsense.
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