By Sascha Cordner
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Tallahassee, FL – Former Republican state senator Nancy Argenziano can no longer run for Congress as a Democrat in 2012 as she had previously planned. As Sascha Cordner reports, it's all part of the state's new elections law.
Under the law, a candidate has a 365-day window to register if they want to run as a member of another political party. Argenziano changed her voting registration just 5 days before the June 4th deadline, but she registered as a member of the Independent Party...by accident.
"I thought it was independent of a party, not that independent was a party. And, there's three different types of independent parties when you look at the areas you need to check. So, according to them, I am not qualified to switch and run as a Democrat, which of course, makes it harder because people aren't really ready to vote for Independent."
Despite the law, Argenziano says she will still prevail in running as a Democrat because she thinks it's unconstitutional. She plans to challenge Republican Congressman Steve Southerland who represents District 2 in North Florida.