Okay, I did some research. This law applies to someone who doesn’t win their primary in a particular party election, and then wants to run as an independent in the general election. So, technically, if Trump doesn’t win the votes to be the nominee in the R party, he could run as a write in, because he wasn’t up against one other opponent in the other party. Say, for instance, Trump doesn’t win the early voting in states, and Bush emerges as the nominee (God forbid) then Trump could run as an independent.
Perhaps you are right, but they are stating he has now declared even before primaries begin. That doesn’t seem reasoned.
Perhaps the language does address after the nominee is chosen.
If so, I think Trump would be a big loser to try third party unless the Republican party used egregious actions to deprive him of the nomination.
Yeah I think they’re preventing a person from running for multiple offices at a time or for the same office under multiple parties (you would then appear on the ballot twice for the same office)
They always leave a little wiggle room.