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To: upchuck
Who has the responsibility for vetting candidates in this way for political office?

Prmarily, it's the responsibility of the party organization which nominates its candidate. That's why the DNC is a defendant in Berg's suit.

If the party organization attempts to place a constitutionally ineligible candidate on the ballot in each state, the view of many is that the secretaries of state of the various states (or whatever state official or state agency has authority to conduct elections) have responsibility to correct the error of the party organization. Remember that a presidential election is actually 51 separate elections - one in each state and one in DC.

44 posted on 10/30/2008 11:01:13 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93
51 separate elections

I thought it was 57 :)

Seriously, thanks for the info.

47 posted on 10/30/2008 11:09:04 PM PDT by upchuck (Law of Logical Argument: Anything's possible if you don't know what you're talking about. => nObama))
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