Posted on 08/08/2015 9:43:36 PM PDT by z taxman
According to “sore loser” laws in the state of Ohio, any candidate who has chosen their party essentially can’t, at the last minute, run on a third-party ticket in the state.
With Ohio being a crucial swing state, that’s a massive hurdle for team Trump to overcome, should they wish to run a third-party candidacy in the future.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and his spokesman, Joshua Eck, have already decided that due to the fact Trump “voluntarily participated” in the Republican primary debate in the state of Ohio, he’s already declared himself a Republican in the eyes of Ohio law and “chosen a party for this election cycle.”
Legal experts said that mounting a third-party run is a daunting, close-to-impossible, expensive challenge, according to USA Today.
Trump, should he proceed with his third-party option, would likely have to challenge laws like Ohio’s “sore loser” law in court, mount massive grassroots campaigns in all 50 states to get on the ballot and spend even more of his own money in a process that political experts believe would hand the election to Democrats on a silver platter.
But then again, this is Donald Trump — a candidate who has single-handedly changed the campaign in a matter of a few months.
His fierce anti-establishment platform has garnered unprecedented support from what his campaign calls a “silent majority,” so it’s really not a surprise that he’s insistent on using his third-party threat as leverage — that’s what deal-makers do.
What are your thoughts? Sound off on Facebook and Twitter if you think Trump would be foolish to run on a third-party ticket or if you think he should continue to use it for leverage against the establishment.
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SNIFF. Note also here he is suspected of being a retread, by 2ndDivisionVet.
This says 3rd party - what about a write in vote like Lisa Murkowski pulled off in Alaska? To me, a third party means the Reform Party, the Constitutional Party, the Green Party, etc.
Nope. They'll just vote for the Democrat wing of the Uniparty in the general election.
“last minute” ? I doubt that wording is in the law, but if it is then the law means nothing. He would just have run at the “next to the last minute”
More states should follow suit.
(One hopes that this keeps Dems Hillary and pal Donald out of the third-party-election gaming business.)
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I think this is it
Ohio Revised Code
3513.052 (B) The secretary of state or a board of elections shall not accept for filing a declaration of candidacy and petition, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition of a person seeking to become a candidate if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for:
(1) Any federal, state, or county office, if the declaration of candidacy, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or nominating petition is for a state or county office;
(2) Any municipal or township office, or for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for member of a governing board of an educational service center, if the declaration of candidacy, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or nominating petition is for a municipal or township office, or for member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for member of a governing board of an educational service center.
http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3513.052
That couldn’t have anything with Kasich running would it???
By the way, is he trying to get on the ballot in all 50 states? Hmmm, i wonder why not?
I’m suspected of being pissant apparently lol. I am not but if you want to try to crucify me based on one Freepers innane suspicions, by all means have at me.
No, they'll tacitly endorce the dim in the race. See Bret Schundler's treatment in NJ's gubernatorial race in the early '00's.
Why run third party when when you are leading the Republican party? He’s just trying to protect himself agains’t the ongoing assassination attempt.
“Why should I leave, you leave.”
“If” this is the case, then why did FOX go out of it’s way to try and get a pledge from Donald not to run 3rd party?
I agree - I don’t think he would run if the candidate was Cruz, or even Walker or Fiorina or Carson and a few others. Ron Paul, Perry on the other hand...
If this new "law" was just passed or signed.
Kasich came to my mind first, too, then GOPe/RNC.
Has Trump even filed papers yet in Ohio? That is a plain reading of the law. If he hasn’t yet, then plain reading says he may file papers as a member of the Green Goddess Dressing Party if he hasn’t already filed.
I have a hard time seeing any GOP POTUS nominee besides Trump winning Ohio. All the others supported TPA and/or open borders/amnesty. The beltway GOP corportists have given away the critical blue collar demo before the POTUS election battle was even joined.
The Dems will roll out their standard GOP are the party of the big business stereotypes and a vanilla nominee like Walker or Bush won’t be able to stop it. We’ve seen this movie before. It has a bad ending for conservatives.
When is the definition of a the last minute. The primaries have not even begun yet and won't until February 2016. When is the Ohio primary?
If I read this correctly, and I’m not saying that I am - it says a person who has been nominated. I wish they would write things in common, every day language, and less with the legal wording.
This is just one more tactic the Republican use to defeat any reasoned competition.
As Trump has said, treat him reasonably and he’ll have no reason to go third party.
If the party plays games, it should not then be able to refuse to allow someone to go third party. No state should block that either if it’s done for cause.
He should have the right to take whatever action he desires to participate in the election process, as long as it is something considered reasoned.
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