In a letter to Ohio’s Democratic Party chair, Secretary of State Frank LaRose warns that the Democratic National Convention will take place after a state deadline to declare a candidate.
Didnt we just decide that a state can’t decide to keep someone off the ballot? Or is that only if they do something trivial, like an insurrection, instead of something serious, like late paperwork.
I think the big issue is when the DNC set their schedule they didn’t check state deadlines…
Maybe I was wrong about NH, I thought the DNC couldn’t possibly stupid enough they didn’t know they were asking NH state Dems to break election law.
But if they’re not even checking when they have to notify states of their delegates to get on the ballot?
They’re apparently this stupid and should be nowhere near anything important.
Hell, the current chair is there because of his lobbyist work and donor connections. That’s what determines level of power in the DNC, how much money you bring in. All that money and not a clue how to effectively run a party.
States decide the procedures for getting onto the ballot.
The SCOTUS ruling is that states cannot apply the 14th amendment to keep someone off of the ballot, which is a separate issue from whether the party/candidate followed the proper process for getting onto the ballot in the first place.
Didnt we just decide that a state can’t decide to keep someone off the ballot? Or is that only if they do something trivial, like an insurrection, instead of something serious, like late paperwork.
There’s centuries of precedent that states can decide who’s on the ballot, except when it comes to insurrection, apparently.
I think the big issue is when the DNC set their schedule they didn’t check state deadlines…
Maybe I was wrong about NH, I thought the DNC couldn’t possibly stupid enough they didn’t know they were asking NH state Dems to break election law.
But if they’re not even checking when they have to notify states of their delegates to get on the ballot?
They’re apparently this stupid and should be nowhere near anything important.
Hell, the current chair is there because of his lobbyist work and donor connections. That’s what determines level of power in the DNC, how much money you bring in. All that money and not a clue how to effectively run a party.
This is unfortunately seemingly like the most likely argument, and it pisses me off.
States decide the procedures for getting onto the ballot.
The SCOTUS ruling is that states cannot apply the 14th amendment to keep someone off of the ballot, which is a separate issue from whether the party/candidate followed the proper process for getting onto the ballot in the first place.