Posted on 11/24/2015 2:44:40 PM PST by jazusamo
A New Hampshire agency has rejected efforts to keep four presidential candidates off the ballot.
The New Hampshire Ballot Commission upheld New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner's decision to allow Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the Democratic primary ballot and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), as well as real estate mogul Donald Trump on the GOP primary ballot. Commission Chairman Bradford Cook said all decisions were unanimous.
The decision on Sanders came in response to a complaint that argued was he was ineligible to run as a Democrat because he was elected and currently serves as an Independent.
Sanders's campaign praised the decision to allow him on the Democratic ballot.
"The commission's ruling today ensures Bernie's name will be on the New Hampshire ballot, and puts this issue to bed for good," Sanders's New Hampshire state director, Julia Barnes, said in a statement.
Cook said that Andy Martin, who filed the Sanders complaint, has already sent an appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, but explained that the commission's decisions can't be appealed.
"From a statutory point of view, our decisions are final and can't be appealed," Cook said.
Former New Hampshire GOP Chairman Fergus Cullen filed a complaint against Trump, arguing that the real estate mogul isn't aligned with the Republican Party's values. But the commission quickly dismissed the challenge and voted for Trump to appear on the GOP ballot.
"The Trump thing was, no pun intended, trumped up," Cook said.
Two complaints were filed against Cruz. The first one challenged whether the GOP presidential hopeful was a "natural born citizen" -- a constitutional requirement to run for president -- citing that he was born in Calgary, Canada.
The second alleged that Cruz and Rubio didn't have at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Rubio's parents were born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1956. The commission dismissed both complaints and voted to allow those candidates to be placed on the GOP ballot.
Trump leads the GOP field in the early-voting state, ahead of his rivals by nearly 15 points , according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls. Rubio and Cruz are in second and third place, respectively.
Sanders trails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire by 4.3 points, according to the RCP average.
So, what is the bottom line on that, is he, or is he not?
I ask because I'm not sure, but it looks like a no to me.
Yet they dismissed it.
I see the rinos are panicking about trump , that liberal douchebag Fergus Cullen should go to the democratic party
There were 226 eligibility complaints filed against Obama.
Yey for Bill Gardner.
He always has the best interests of NH in mind. He is honest and fair.
As for Fungus Cullen. He’s a RINO traitor.
BUMP!
That was not my question. Did this particular entity file a suit against Obama? If not he/she as irrelevant as those 226 suits filed against Buraq Hussein Obama.
This is a state ballot commission. Their jurisdiction is over who will be on the 2016 New Hampshire Primary ballot. Obama is not runnng for office.
Andy Martin who is one of the challengers was an early 2009 challenger to Obama’s eligibility in Hawaii.
Robert Laity who challenged Cruz, Jindal, Rubio and Santorum also was a party to legal challenges against Obama.
Wow, the Internet Powerhouse himself?
Ain’t dat da truff! :-)
Ballot challenges are frequent and sometimes perfunctory, this was much ado about nothing, chance of a major candidate getting thrown off was zero.
Under New Hampshire law the Ballot Commission does not have the authority to determine eligibility. Essentially they can only determine if the forms were filled out correctly and the filing fee paid.
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