But that's not a ballot for President of the United States, it's a ballot for the Republican nomination. Any legal challenges about citizenship are technically premature for the nomination.
In other words, if Cruz gets the nomination, those with standing to sue are the Democrat nominee and nominees/candidates from minor parties.
I think you meant "Any legal challenges about citizenship are technically premature for the general election". If the question is the nomination, the challenge is not premature during the nomination process. It is a moot challenge if the unqualified candidate gathers little or no support, and it is a moot challenge when brought by the winner.
The way I see it, the best argument in both primary and general election contests looks at ballot integrity, as a function of the government (state election offices) not facilitating fraud on the public.
I don’t think it’s premature because the assumption is that a person be qualified. Damages are lost delegates and money spent on advertising against an unqualified candidate, which can be in the millions.
I thought the only people with standing in regard to this particular issue are the electoral college members.
The New Hampshire ballot commission today rejected efforts to kick Canada-born Sen. Ted Cruz off the primary ballot based on his birth outside the United States.
That clears a key legal and political obstacle as the Texas Republican seeks the GOP nomination for president. But it’s not a clear win on the question of eligibility.
Rather, the panel found that with the law of eligibility so murky, it can’t second-guess the senator’s own claims that he passes constitutional muster. Neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor any other authority has explicitly ruled that someone like Cruz — born on foreign soil, with one American parent – can or cannot be president.
“It would be really nice if somebody would get this issue of law decided who has authority to decide constitutional issues, so every four years we don’t have this come up again,†said Manchester attorney Brad Cook, a Republican who chairs the 5-member New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission. Three people challenged Cruz’s eligibility after Secretary of State William Gardner accepted Cruz’s application for a spot on the Feb. 9 GOP primary ballot.