“Some arcane law”? LOL...
These are the rules all of the candidates, campaigns and parties are supposed to be bound by.
These rules abound all across America, in a million forms, and they are enforced rigidly against everyone but the Republicans and the Democrats, believe me. Not only that, but the rules for everybody else are overwhelmingly much tougher for those who are not the parties in power.
What the Libertarians need to do is actually win a contested election instead of looking for legal loopholes.
See post # 80 this thread.
“These rules abound all across America, in a million forms, and they are enforced rigidly against everyone but the Republicans and the Democrats, believe me. Not only that, but the rules for everybody else are overwhelmingly much tougher for those who are not the parties in power.”
Exactly.
Here is the status of Constitution Party (Baldwin) ballot access across the country.
http://www.constitutionparty.com/ba_stats.php
Notice that we missed the deadline in North Carolina & Oklahoma. Not sure why, but maybe it was lack of signatures. So if the “technicality” of deadlines isn’t important, can we continue collecting signatures and get on the ballot after all?
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The silence is deafening.