I hear you about not wanting the feds to meddle even more in our lives. But for President and VP? Those are the only nationally elected pols so you’d have chaos if every state could set its own rules. Eligibility for state and local office should be settled at the state level, of course.
“But for President and VP? Those are the only nationally elected pols so you’d have chaos if every state could set its own rules. Eligibility for state and local office should be settled at the state level, of course.”
No, incredibly dangerous. Almost as bad as disarming everyone.
We need local governments to each decide on their own vetting process of eligibility. The feds can’t be trusted to disqualify someone. Too much central power.
Similar example, the supreme court ruled on Al Gore’s ‘pregnanat chads’ in Florida [aka ‘flori-duh’]. They ruled themselves more oversight authority over vote-counting even though they ruled in favor of GW Bush. Dangerous precedent.
Imagine the supreme court ruling that only a certain computer should be used to count our votes. About the same as being in charge of eligibility questions.
“I hear you about not wanting the feds to meddle even more in our lives. But for President and VP? Those are the only nationally elected pols so you’d have chaos if every state could set its own rules.”
Every state has its own vote counting rules and ballot eligibility rules. Chaos? In a way, but look at Iran —
Mullahs of Iran can decide who is eligible to run. That gives them oligarchial power and makes the theocracy strong. We would have oligarchs if we too surrender too much eligibility authority to the Federal government.
As it was, the House Speaker can write an eligibility form, and Pelosi perverted that process for Obama.