At first, I thought “Conner” was a troll when reading his/her/its comments.
Then I decided to post the story and ping thinking people who know waaaay more about this process at the local level to weigh in.
It may not matter if it is illegal for local apparatchiks to remove Trump from the ballot (prescinding from the physical logistics of such removal). The strategy is to deny a means for casting a vote for Trump at the ballot box on Election Day (when and where most Republicans vote).
It’ll get tied up in courts way past Jan 20, 2025 and then it won’t matter.
In theory, a problem with this approach is that Trump’s name will still be on mail-in ballots.
But that may be the REAL strategy - force Trump supporters (like cattle to the slaughter) to use the mail-in process.
Conner is a typically lib: knows for a fact he’s smarter than all of us, but actually doesn’t know s***. When SCOTUS throws out the SCOS ruling, the pending cases across the country will be dismissed. A Maine trial-level judge will issue a writ of mandate directing the SOS to put him on the ballot. On Election Day in every state trial level judges are on stand by to make orders. Any local election official who acts co ready to law will have their actions summarily and all but instantly reversed. When SCOTUS rules, there will not be any protracted legal proceedings on this issue anywhere in the country
“It may not matter if it is illegal for local apparatchiks to remove Trump from the ballot (prescinding from the physical logistics of such removal). The strategy is to deny a means for casting a vote for Trump at the ballot box on Election Day (when and where most Republicans vote).
It’ll get tied up in courts way past Jan 20, 2025 and then it won’t matter.”
It depends on the timing and whether Republicans are alert enough to fight this. I assume Trump is the official Republican nominee for president on 2024. I believe some states start printing mail in ballots by September 2024. Republicans should start noticing any irregularities and start filing lawsuits. I don’t see any way that ballots can be printed without the republican nominee for president on the ballot being allowed if Republicans are vigilant. At worst, everybody has to write in their vote for president.
Well, if that’s the real strategy it has already failed.
Both ME and CO have resigned themselves to put Trump on the ballot.
As Shipwreckedcrew noted in his legal blog, the Supes are now going to kill all these cases “without leaving their fingerprints on it,” namely by allowing the appeals, various dates to go on and on past the election when the issue is moot.
When Trump wins, either they all drop the cases or he pardons himself. But the delay of the appeal of the state ruling effectively ended all these cases, no matter what anyone else does. That’s why Kollyfornia today said Trump stays on the ballot.
They DO NOT CARE WHAT IS LEGAL!!! Their attitude is, “I’m doing this. Try to stop me.” They know we are mired in process and legality. When adjudication is urgent it is only years away. I’ve worked with people like this. They have no boundaries, no morals and no conscience. NONE! None at all. They are ideologues and every action they take is justified in their minds in support of their ideology.