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To: pissant
Actually, in NO STATE that I am aware of, do the “Electors” appear on the ballot.
A State controls what goes on ballots, in that State.
They CAN keep Obama’s name off the ballot, if Obama does not follow simple rules.
3 posted on 04/21/2010 11:13:31 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Kansas58

As other states have done previously for unqualified presidential candidates.


6 posted on 04/21/2010 11:15:00 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Kansas58
"A State controls what goes on ballots, in that State.

Yep. This isn't even a close call. It's well settled law that states control their own ballot access, not the feds. The states couldn't impose additional requirements for presidential eligibility, but they're certainly entitled to verify Constitutionally mandated eligibility criteria.

9 posted on 04/21/2010 11:17:43 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Kansas58

The electors appear on the ballot in North Dakota, along with the notification that they are committed to voting for Caligula, Nero, etc.


10 posted on 04/21/2010 11:19:00 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Kansas58

Yep if they don’t qualify on the ballot they can’t recieve electorals votes either and can not be counted if someone fills in the name. Only qualified candidates can be counted as fill ins.


13 posted on 04/21/2010 11:25:30 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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I would think the Secretary of State can require whatever documentation he thinks appropriate or the legislature specifies in the state election laws.


23 posted on 04/21/2010 11:51:42 AM PDT by freespirited (I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. --Robert Frost)
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To: Kansas58
Actually, in NO STATE that I am aware of, do the “Electors” appear on the ballot.

You may be correct, but it was not always so. I remember voting for Gerald Ford's electors, using an old fashioned, put an "X" in the box, paper ballot, in a volunteer fire department's station. That ballot had the names of those electors. But of course it is a small state and only had 4 or 5 electoral votes (has 5 now).

51 posted on 04/22/2010 7:35:40 AM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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