Posted on 07/10/2024 7:59:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Should President Joe Biden decide to exit the presidential race, Wisconsin law creates another impediment to Democrats replacing him.
Death is the only allowable reason for a candidate to drop out.
According to the state’s ballot access procedures, “Any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot cannot withdraw their name from the ballot after filing. The name of that person shall appear upon the ballot except in case of death of the person.”
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, has identified states, such as Wisconsin, where Democrats could face legal challenges if they try to replace Biden.
“We are monitoring the calls from across the country for President Biden to step aside, either now or before the election, and have concluded that the process for substitution and withdrawal is very complicated,” Heritage Foundation Oversight Project Executive Director Mike Howell said in a statement.
Even without this provision in Wisconsin’s election law, removing Biden from the ballot would prove difficult to accomplish.
Should President Joe Biden decide to exit the presidential race, Wisconsin law creates another impediment to Democrats replacing him.
Death is the only allowable reason for a candidate to drop out.
According to the state’s ballot access procedures, “Any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot cannot withdraw their name from the ballot after filing. The name of that person shall appear upon the ballot except in case of death of the person.”
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, has identified states, such as Wisconsin, where Democrats could face legal challenges if they try to replace Biden.
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Democrats do death very well.
LOL
However, I think they won’t go that route because the law means nothing to them. They’ll just have that provision of the law declared unconstitutional, or have the legislature repeal that provision. Easy peasy.
Biden is not yet even the nominee to be placed on the ballot yet, so “replacement” does not yet apply in this sense.
They’ll take out Biden, and blame it on MAGA.
Exactly, this is just to save Biden. There is no nominee yet so the premise is BS.
That’s right. He’s not even the nominee yet.
Isn’t their convention real late this year?
Pesky laws don’t apply to democrats. A tame judge will rule it void.
Wellstone funeral / rally
Edgar the Bug: Your proposal is acceptable.
The newly enlightened Wisconsin Supreme Court will take care of the problem.
a judge will just throw that out and let the democrats put whoever they wish on the ballot. Just like the judges threw out all existing election laws in 2020.
They’ll switch out that ‘election law’ in two seconds to accommodate a democrat... Count on it.
Do you remember when Democrat Senator Paul Wellstone from Minnesota, died in a plane crash on October 25, 2002 just days before he was expected to be re-elected? The RATS held a highly publicized memorial service that turned into a pep rally. I remember watching it on TV.
Congressional GOP members attending the service had reason to be offended. Jesse Ventura was Governor of the State at the time and originally said he would appoint a Democrat to complete Wellstone's current term to January 3, 2003. He attended the memorial service and walked out saying he was "disgusted" and threatened to appoint an ordinary citizen to serve. In the end, he appointed "state planning commissioner Dean Barkley" to serve the final two months. In the 2002 election, Republican Norm Coleman, Jr. defeated Walter Mondale, who the RATS had dragged in just days before the election took place. When Coleman ran for re-election in 2008, RAT Al Franken beat him by 312 votes. Can you say voter fraud?
As they say next door in Minnesota, “OK then”.
RATS are good at changing the rules to suit their needs. Then when the rule they just changed, comes back to bite one of theirs in the ass, they claim the rule is unfair, and want to change it again.
Hotel California
The Eagles
On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be heaven or this could be hell
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year)
You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
She got the Mercedes-Benz, uh
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they danced in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So I called up the captain
“Please bring me my wine”
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969”
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They’re livin’ it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, “We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device”
And in the master’s chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can’t kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
“Relax,” said the night man
“We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave”
Clinton has history to help with this; more recently Obama does as well. If they are desperate, maybe Joe Scarborough.
Looks like Hillary’s had a couple ... or seven
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