[wideminded]

$10,400 for the opportunity to run for public office.

Isn’t that like a Poll Tax of sorts?

"A poll tax is a discriminatory tax that is a pre-condition of the exercise of the ability to vote." - Wikipedia

I don't know about the legal issues surrounding this, but it seems to me that if there was not some sort of fee to run for public office, many people might register on a whim, resulting in large extra costs to the state for printing ballots and voter pamphlets.

I noticed in an earlier article that Greene paid the fee at the Democrat Party office, so perhaps they got some of it.

[ziravan]

The primaries are run by the parties. That’s why the fees are paid to the parties. The fees serve 2 purposes:

1. Pay for cost of placement on ballot.

2. Minor barrier to entry that eliminates frivolous entries without being exclusive of serious candidates.