[rfp1234]

https://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/elec02.nj.s.race/

[rfp1234]

https://www.foxnews.com/story/new-jersey-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-dems-replacing-torch-on-ballot

[fightin kentuckian]

Thank you for your help. Much appreciated.

[BobL]

That was “The Cadaver”.

[Reno89519]

I think this will be pertinent this election cycle. As a practical, if voting has not started, they will find a way to fix the ballots. It might be handled by a state secretary of state if they have the authority, by the state legislature, or by a court. I think this is only fair and everyone should remember that in the future it could be our candidate needing replacement.

The bigger challenge, bring in the attorneys, is if voting has already started. I don't see how they fairly update the ballot unless they void the votes to date and start over. Maybe that is doable in a state that starts voting in September, but for a presidential election, I think it is a non-starter.

[Alas Babylon!]

Torricelli and Lautenberg.

[TBP]

Was that subbing in Torch for Lautenberg?

[mlo]

"My buddie says that there are several states that will not allow the dims to put another candidate on their ballot for President. He says, ITS THE LAW."

It wouldn't matter if Biden chose to drop out.

[Vlad0]

Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about. Nobody is "on the ballot" yet. There are places reserved for candidatse of the major parties, and the minor parties that have qualified in the states they have qualified in.

The Parties have to formally nominate the candidates, and then transmit the name of the for formally nominated candidate to the individual States, usually the Secretary of State. The deadlines for all the states I looked at is right around September 3.

Until that happens there is no name to take off the ballot, and all the laws about taking names off the ballot do not apply.

This is really basic stuff, and it's silly that so many people are confused about it, or lying to sell clicks. (Gateway Pundit, I'm looking at you).

Both President Trump and President Biden are merely "presumptive nominees" of their respective parties at this point.

Have you ever watched a national political convention end-to-end? The major business of them is placing names into nomination, (like Niki Haley will be nominated, and maybe a few others) and then having speeches, and then having the big Roll Call Vote where the State that the future Nominee is from usually votes last to put him over the top in the count of delegates needed to be the nominee.

Then there is a big balloon drop. OK, what that Big Balloon Drop MEANS is that the Party has officially selected their nominee.

So, simple rule of thumb: No balloon drop yet, no official nominee!

Hope this helps. Feel free to send it to your "buddie"...

FRegards!

[Republican Wildcat]

Biden isn’t being “replaced” on any ballot yet as he is not yet even the nominee. Some have argued that the laws regarding other nominees would apply because the candidate had to have been in the primary to win the nomination, but that’s difficult to see how that would apply, given the winner of any individual states’ primary is not what determines who the nominee is on the ballot in the general election when it comes to the presidency - that is determined by the conventions of the parties and the winner of that is who will appear as the general election nominee in each state...not who won the state’s primary.

As far as others offices, that would vary from state to state.

There was the infamous case in New Jersey back in 2002 where Robert Toricelli was losing so they convinced him to withdraw and replaced him with the more popular Frank Lautenberg. This was against the laws of New Jersey, but their Supreme Court ruled the law could be ignored for the supposed good of the voters...