so IOW Cruz had a chance and plenty of time to send in ringers to run on the “ballot” as Trump supporters..
and the Trump voters would not have known they were cheated on of their Constitutional rights by the so called Constitutional expert...
I don't know. Neither do you either.
It all really depends how one views Cruz already really, if you think about it.
If one already believes Cruz is a lying snake, then then the scenario you posit is certainly possible. Like with Hillary. We can say with a certain degree of accuracy that she's most likely lying any time she opens her mouth. That's because we have already established that she's an habitual liar.
The same applies to Cruz (or anyone). Once a pattern of falsehood is discovered one can safely assume devious behavior in other circumstances when all the facts are not clearly known. So the question really is: is the moniker Trump has generated (and made stick) to Ted Cruz accurate ("Lyin' Ted").
I personally have not seen enough evidence to convince me he's a liar like Hillary (or Obama). I haven't seen any at all actually. Others (like presumably yourself) disagree. I'm guessing you have.
Fine. I have no desire to rehash all the claims of deception attributed to the man over the recent months. It's tiresome. Because to be quite frank, to me, they ALL, not just this time but every claim of deception on his part, all of them seem to rest on the very moniker Trump created, "Lyin Ted", as "evidence".
In other words it's circular logic, a self-fulfilling prophecy, because when every claim ("lying" in Iowa, cheating on his wife, cheating on his tax forms, etc) is investigated individually and on its merits, without bias or the preconceived notion of "Lyin Ted", they all lack actual evidence.
I realize this isn't going to convince you (probably) but it's where I'm at with the man.
LOL. Trump had the same time and chance, but he's a loser.