[Congressman Billybob]

It is not only legal, but commonplace for candidates in strong positions to seek to squaxh weaker candidates like a bug in a corner. Sometimes "non-partisan" organizations and "impartial" companies are enlisted to help the dirty work.

In 1976 I represented both Gene McCarty (independent) and George Wallace's American Party who went all the way to the US Supreme Court over the exclusion of those two candidates from the Presidential Debates. That exclusion was sought by the Republican and Democrat candidates. But the League of Women Voters and all three major networks cooperated in the scheme. It was ruled to be legal every step of the way.

Congressman Billybob

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[Congressman Billybob]

I hit the post button accidentally early. Squaxh = squash. And the candidate in addition to McCarthy was Lester Maddox.

John / Billybob