[RC one]

I’m not sure they have the authority to rule on what a NBC is or isn’t. It’s rarely been an issue that has required clarification. That it has been an issue for three elections in a row now is a sign of the times and evidences the need for article II, section 1, paragraph 5 in 2016 just as much as in 1787.

[Cboldt]

NBC has never been an issue, really. All the candidates either were or pretended to be born in the USA. Cruz is asserting he was born in Canada. First time this fact pattern has ever appeared (how can it possibly be settled?).

Eldridge Cleaver was denied ballot access in California on age grounds, by the Secretary of State. There may be other "kook/unqualified" filings that election commissions handled. Under the radar stuff.

Cruz's candidacy is not under the radar.