In other words, some circumstances determined that candidate Nader was unqualified for the NM ballot.
Just like some circumstances may make Obama unqualified.
That is not what I am saying. STate laws determine who is put on their ballots.
Could Zero have been challenged at the state level prior to the primaries or general election before the ballots were set up? Probably.
This is entirely different since he was alread ON the ballots.