So, because this boob Jesse Jackson Jr., couldn’t bring himself to do the honorable thing, ya I know what the Hell am talking about, and simply resign in time enough to allow someone else run for his seat, instead, Illinois taxpayers are now expected to cover the cost, which is more than $5.1 million, for the elections that are now necessary to replace his stupid butt in the House. At least that’s according to the state elections board. Junior who has been AWOL from the Capitol for months, finally offered his resignation today to House Speaker John Boehner. Supposedly, this useless scumbag has been undergoing ‘treatment’ at the Mayo Clinic for his supposed bipolar disorder. Then, of course, you have the fact that he is currently being investigated by federal authorities for his questionable, and most likely illegal, use of campaign funds. Imagine that, a Democrat illegally using their campaign funds.
Looking at two special House elections held in Illinois in recent years, those to replace GOP House speaker Denny Hastert and Democratic congressman Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois State Board of Elections calculated those elections cost $2,700 to $4,000 per precinct. With 590 precincts in Jackson’s 2nd Congressional District, an election would probably cost around $2,575,000, at that’s what the state board told ABC News. Illinois will hold two special elections to replace Jackson, a primary and a general, and the state board projects that replacing Jackson could cost at total of $5.15 million. That’s just a projection, and it assumes that the 2nd Congressional District will hold the special elections on their own days. State law will likely allow for the primary, but not the general, to be held alongside already-scheduled votes for state and local offices.
Jackson technically hasn’t officially won re-election yet, as the state won’t certify election results until Dec. 2. And officials are unsure of whether that will affect how Gov. Pat Quinn handles Jackson’s resignation, an official with the state elections board said. What’s laughable is that the crook Jackson handily defeated Republican lawyer Brian Woodworth with 63 percent of the vote, according to the still-unofficial results. Quinn, a Democrat, must set a special-election date within five days, under Illinois law. The election must be held in the 115 days after that. Jackson may have cost taxpayers extra by resigning so suddenly. In an effort to save money, the 2nd District does have the option of holding its special election on Illinois’ consolidated election schedule at the same time as lesser races throughout the state. But that doesn’t seem possible under Illinois’s statutory special-election timeline.
Of course, Democrats never have a problem making changes to election laws if needed. Illinois primaries will happen Feb. 26, but the April 9 general-election date falls outside of the 115-day special-election range requirement. Counting Thursday as day 1, March 21 is the earliest the 2nd District special election could be held. The option had Junior decided to think of those in his district was to wait until Dec. 15 to resign, then Quinn could have then scheduled the general special election for April 9, along with Illinois’ other general elections. The cost of the special elections will be borne by the counties in Jackson’s district, as well as by the state. Holding a statewide special election to replace governor Rod ‘Blago’ Blagojevich cost the state between $90 million and $100 million, according to estimates, the state elections board said. So in these days of growing budget shortages, millions of dollars must now be spent because of Junior.
This is how it always is with Democrats whenever they’re caught with the hands in the cookie jar. They claim to be innocent and that accusations being made against them are based solely on their race, or their gender or their faith or even their sexual preference all in their attempt to hold onto their position. But usually, in the end, their guilt is established beyond a shadow of a doubt and all of the name-calling done in the attempt to profess their innocence, by slandering their accusers, results in nothing more than poisoning the entire system just a little bit more. But that’s of very interest to them, if it matters at all to them. Democrats are essentially the dregs of our society who have managed to sufficiently con, through the dispensing of gifts, specific voting blocks and thus gain for themselves positions of political power. But far from being interested in their constituents, they, like Jackson, are far more interested in lining their own pockets.
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