May 21, 2020      1:56 PM

Veteran GOP elections expert: After DNI confirmation, it is not legal to replace Rep. John Ratcliffe on the ballot this fall

For the answers to key questions about what happens next, some Republicans turned to veteran GOP elections attorney Eric Opiela, who said Ratcliffe’s name needs to stay on the ballot at this point on the elections calendar

Editor’s note: The full legal memo circulated among some Republicans is available to our subscribers at the end of this story – SB

Now that he has been confirmed by the US Senate as Director of National Intelligence, it has been conventional wisdom that Rep John Ratcliffe, R-Heath, would be replaced on the ballot and that new Republican would be chosen by a local committee of GOP party bosses to face the Democrat in the race this fall.

But according to a memo that’s been circulated among some Republicans and obtained by Quorum Report, that may not be so easy.

Some Republicans in the district wanted the answer to two key questions:

By Scott Braddock

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