In June the General Assembly
passed, and the Democratic governor signed, a bill changing the law so
as to make it harder for the Delaware Party to get its candidates on the
ballot. The Party then asked Democratic AG Richard R. Wier Jr. for a
ruling on the constitutionality of that law, and on August 30 he issued
a written opinion to the state election commissioner citing 'Williams'
and 'Storer' and ruling the new law valid; remember that in Delaware the
AG's opinions have the force of law.
2: Paragraph 13 On 31 August McInerney sued the election
commissioner and other officials, in federal court in Wilmington, to put
him on the ballot as the nominee of the Delaware Party. AG Wier,
representing the defendants, conceded without argument that the new
Delaware statute was unconstitutional. On September 14 the federal
court invalidated the statute and ordered the elections officials to put
McInerney on the ballot. Two years later AG Wier ran for re-election,
and that's where Craven's book ended.
2: Paragraph 14 In the 1982 election, two Democrats were elected who
figure prominently in this book: Oberly became AG by a margin of 1177
votes over the Republican, with the American Party candidate and the
Libertarian Party candidate totaling 1565 votes, and Thomas R. Carper
became the Congressman, with Roth elected to the Senate.
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