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Exclusive: CNN survey finds 48 states say Harris can get on ballot instead of Biden, rejecting claim switch breaks state laws
CNN ^ | 7/27/2024 | Daniel Dale

Posted on 07/27/2024 12:35:00 PM PDT by edwinland

Washington CNN — The election authorities of at least 48 states, both Republicans and Democrats, say there are no obstacles that would prevent Vice President Kamala Harris from getting on election ballots if she becomes the official Democratic presidential nominee, as expected.

The findings of a CNN survey of all 50 states undercut the claims of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said both before and after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday that there are legal “impediments” in some states to a party switching presidential candidates as the Democrats did. There was not a single state election authority that told CNN Harris would face a ballot issue as the official nominee; election authorities in two states, Florida and Montana, did not respond to requests for comment, but a review of the states’ ballot access rules suggests Harris is not likely to face an issue there either.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ballot; biden; dementiajoe; harris; replacingbiden
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Johnson's claim was a pointless distraction. Biden was not "on" a single general election ballot because he was not yet the nominee.

Now can we please focus on showing independents what Harris would do to our country?

1 posted on 07/27/2024 12:35:00 PM PDT by edwinland
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To: edwinland

Think back now to the Bill Dewin signed to accommodate the dementiacrats late primary.


2 posted on 07/27/2024 12:42:16 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: edwinland

I agree. There is too much noise. We are stepping all over ourselves with stupid distractions.


3 posted on 07/27/2024 12:42:47 PM PDT by nbenyo
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To: edwinland

The real debate is inside the Democratic Party. The DNC chose Kamala Harris as their candidate, ignoring the will of their people in the primaries.


4 posted on 07/27/2024 12:44:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nbenyo
I agree. There is too much noise. We are stepping all over ourselves with stupid distractions.

Exactly.

5 posted on 07/27/2024 12:45:13 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Biden's Given His Farewell Address, So When Is He Leaving?)
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To: edwinland

The dems haven’t even had their convention yet. How could there be a problem putting the eventual nominee’s name on ballots that should not have been printed yet? Besides, the dems may decide they need to pull another switcheroo if they decide that Cackles might not be able to save Our Democracy™.


6 posted on 07/27/2024 12:52:39 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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7 posted on 07/27/2024 12:53:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: edwinland

How about Wisconsin and Nevada? I they have deadlines.


8 posted on 07/27/2024 12:55:17 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: edwinland

Fine. How about the powers that be start pointing out what a horrible and flawed person and politician Heels Up is. Tue drooling of the media is downright sickening!


9 posted on 07/27/2024 12:58:08 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: edwinland

Not sure exactly true. The Dems have until Aug 7th to make their nominee. They were always going to put a non-nominated candidate on the ballot. It now just happens to be Coupala.


10 posted on 07/27/2024 12:59:53 PM PDT by Mustangman
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Ask the states if Trump was serious injured in Butler and dropped out . Would they allow someone else on the ballot.


11 posted on 07/27/2024 1:05:00 PM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: edwinland

And since when have state laws mattered to Rat Party Headquarters?


12 posted on 07/27/2024 1:05:22 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

They have deadlines but the incumbant President in office is automatically free from this deadline. But Klammy is not the incumbant President.


13 posted on 07/27/2024 1:18:12 PM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: edwinland

What about all that democracy drivel?


14 posted on 07/27/2024 1:22:30 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: edwinland

Correct.


15 posted on 07/27/2024 1:26:06 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: edwinland

Well, if CNN said it, it must be so.


16 posted on 07/27/2024 1:27:27 PM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: edwinland

What do the 49th and 50th state have to say?


17 posted on 07/27/2024 1:27:44 PM PDT by SteveinSATX (Anti-liberalism 24/7)
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I understand what you are saying, however.........have the DNC tell that to a judge.

In WA State, the Presidential Primary was done much earlier this year. The March 12th results were among Democrats: Joe Biden 83.47%. Not word about Kamala. See https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20240312/president-democratic-party.html

Now in WA State we have a “faithless elector” law that has jail time and fines for those that do not vote in accordance with the primary. https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/supreme-court-says-state-can-punish-wa-faithless-electors/

Can the DNC (and it has in the past with Sanders versus Clinton) do whatever it wants damn the voters? Yes. Is it legal in all states? NOPE.

Will Kamala’s name be put on the November WA State ballot? Absolutely, unless the court intercedes in this absolutely blue state (not likely, as they will find some twisted reason to put her on the ballot).

So the CNN survey was badly flawed and “false news.”

18 posted on 07/27/2024 1:32:12 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: vpintheak
Tue drooling of the media is downright sickening!

What's even more sickening is that too many of us are still funding that media with our TV subscriptions.

19 posted on 07/27/2024 1:37:26 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: edwinland

Count me in with those who say we are wasting time and effort on these distractions. We’ll need to beat Harris in November, period.


20 posted on 07/27/2024 1:38:58 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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