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To: Cboldt
If the number of votes obtained by the alleged ineligible candidate(s) is big enough to affect the outcome of the contest, the court has to make a finding as to eligibility.

How do you show that in a six person race?

135 posted on 02/12/2016 2:50:16 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
-- How do you show that in a six person race? --

Shift the ineligible candidate's votes among the others, and see if it affects the outcome. A do-over might be avoided if those left standing reach a settlement.

If the ineligible candidate was otherwise the winner, and 2nd and 3rd are close together, I see no way to avoid a do-over, in order to pick a winner. Same sort of calculus can play down-ballot, too.

Complicating things in a primary, there is no way for a court to know the delegate margin at the nominating convention. All any court has potential control over is the delegates selected by election in that state.

147 posted on 02/12/2016 3:08:24 PM PST by Cboldt
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