Barring him from a primary is one thing - those are wholly controlled by the state - barring him from the general, without a conviction, is in direct violation of federal law.
Before this whole primary nonsense, you had to belong to the party AND be an active member to select a candidate who would run for the party in the “only” election. That’s why the DNC keeps breaking their own internal rules about who gets to run (like Bernie in the last primary) because these are private orgs and they can pick and choose their candidate and ignore the primaries altogether. It makes the party distrustful but hey, it works doesn’t it?
The general elections are the ones guarded by federal and constitutional protections.
“ The general elections are the ones guarded by federal and constitutional protections.”
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I’m pretty sure primary elections fall under constitutional law also. My concern is that by making it a caucus, the Colorado Republicans have given the Roberts court an excuse (IT’S MUTE) to not look at this now allowing other states to engage in further mischief in 2024.