I pit Kris Kobach

[Frank]

@Fiveyearlurker

What is Kobach’s play if the Democrats just refuse to nominate someone, which seems to be the likely response?

Cross-posted in part from the Elections thread:

@Frank

A bylined news article from the LA Times:

Secretary of State Kris Kobach has told county election officials to begin sending out ballots to voters overseas and in the military starting Saturday, instead of delaying the process by a week so that Democrats could appoint a nominee, a spokeswoman for his office confirmed.

Along with the ballots, voters will receive a letter cautioning them that they could be receiving new, replacement ballots later on if Democrats decide to appoint a nominee. In-state voters will not receive ballots until after Oct. 15.

OK, I guess, but is he trying to say that the current ballots won’t count if replacement ballots are sent out? After the deadline?