That doesn’t matter. In Alaska, Lisa Murkowski lost her bid against Joe Miller in the Republican primary, then ran as an independent write in vote - and won. I think this is what this statute says. Had she won the R primary, then she would have been prohibited from running as an I or Reform Party candidate.
Okay, then explain to me why a state should find it necessary to limit folks who otherwise qualified to be placed on the ballot?
I don’t care if they beat the filing deadline. if they do, let them on.
Unless there’s a valid reason for them to be there, they aren’t going to be elected anyway.
If some dingbat files, who cares? They’ll get ten votes.
My question is, if Trump went for the write in vote, could he win? What if he had the right platform to market that idea?