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Platner's Replacement May Not Be Eligible For Nomination
['Tyler Durden']
ZeroHedge News
Former Senate President Troy Jackson formally won the nomination.
Troy Jackson at a candidate debate earlier this month in Portland, Maine.
Credit...Ryan David Brown for The New York TimesHowever, one inconvenient detail threatens to complicate Jackson's coronation: a Republican state lawmaker says Jackson may not be legally eligible to accept the nomination at all.
Under Title 21-A, Section 331 of Maine election law, "a person may not file, whether by primary election or nomination petition, as a candidate for more than one federal, state or county office at any election."
"The Department should resolve this question before accepting or certifying any replacement nomination," he wrote.