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What if Trump is ruled ineligible to be POTUS after his name is on the Republican Primary ballot?
Timing matters. In the state of Washington, for example, RCW 29A.36.180 addresses disqualified candidates (in non-partisan elections). The law addresses two possibilities, when there is a primary, and ...
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USA write-in ballots
If the U.S. Supreme Court does rule that states can bar him from being
listed on the ballot as a printed name, what happens if enough of his
supporters decided to list him as as a write-in name on ...
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USA write-in ballots
Merely having an invalid write-in does not spoil the ballot in general; it spoils only that vote. If the ballot is ranked-choice, further votes are counted, and if there are other votes on the ballot (...
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Can US states forbid someone from running for a party's presidential candidacy?
Can US states forbid someone from candidating to a party presidential
candidature?
Yes.
A candidate can be excluded from a state primary ballot for not being qualified to hold the office that the ...
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Will of the people vs. the "insurrection" section 3 of the 14th amendment
Is the Colorado court ruling (and a potential Supreme Court ruling)
which takes Trump off the ballot judicial overreach, depriving the
people of the core of their democratic power?
As in any dispute ...
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Will of the people vs. the "insurrection" section 3 of the 14th amendment
The argument that the voters should decide, and not the courts, has an immediate and fundamental appeal, not only to conservatives. It springs from both the democratic core of the people being the ...
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Disenfranchised Voter
Would voters from states that don't allow illegal aliens to vote in
federal elections be able to file a class action lawsuit and sue a
state if it were to allow illegal aliens to vote in federal ...
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What if Trump is ruled ineligible to be POTUS after his name is on the Republican Primary ballot?
As background, Colorado's process for nominating Presidential candidates has been quite fluid in recent history. Often, there is a Presidential primary months before partisan primaries for other ...
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The 24th amendment to the American constitution provides a right to vote for electors, could this limit state legislative power to name electors?
The amendment does not provide a right to vote
It says what it says: that “in any … election”, any citizen can vote even if they haven’t paid their taxes.
It does not require that elections be held (...
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Will of the people vs. the "insurrection" section 3 of the 14th amendment
You ask:
Is the Colorado court ruling (and a potential Supreme Court ruling) which takes Trump off the ballot judicial overreach, depriving the people of the core of their democratic power?
The ...
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