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To: jbjd

Does the new process including vetting candidates properly? Asking them for their various papers?


2 posted on 12/19/2009 10:15:17 AM PST by bergmeid (obama. With a small o.)
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To: bergmeid

Ha ha ha! (Repeat to the sound of Santa Claus exclaiming, “Ho ho ho!”)


4 posted on 12/19/2009 10:23:50 AM PST by jbjd (http://jbjd.wordpress.com)
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To: bergmeid

Your question is not as simple as it appears on its face. First, we have to qualify what we mean by vetting the candidate. Because absent federal legislation (or a Constitutional amendment), no state has the right to determine who is qualified to run for POTUS. However, the state has the right to determine the qualifications for getting on the ballot. (Even if a candidate fails to meet this qualification, this does not mean, the Electors for the party cannot still vote for this person in December.) Plus, since the political party corporations are not public (read, governmental) agencies, they cannot be compelled to carry out what is the government function of vetting the eligibility of the candidate to appear on state ballots. (Notice, determining eligibility to get on the ballot is not the same thing as eligibility to be POTUS.)


9 posted on 12/23/2009 7:53:15 PM PST by jbjd (http://jbjd.wordpress.com)
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