Tim Barnes Doesn’t Want To Be Left Out Of All This Recount Fun

By Kleinheider Posted on August 14, 2008 at 8:01 am

While Rep. David Davis is getting a lot of ink for his increasingly likely intention to challenge his election result, Tim Barnes wants us to know that he too believes interlopers affected the outcome of his race against Rosalind Kurita:

Tim Barnes, who lost by 19 votes in the state 22nd Senate District Democratic primary, said in an interview that there are reports of a similar effort to have Republicans vote for his opponent, Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Rosalind Kurita of Clarksville.

Both Barnes and Davis say such activities violate a provision of state law that says a voter can vote in a party primary if he or she is a bona fide member of the party or declares allegiance to the party and states an intent to affiliate with the party.

“I think that statute is designed to prevent the very situation that Mr. Davis complains of in his race and that I complain of in my race. That is not letting the other party play the role of spoiler,” said Barnes, an attorney.

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