[DoughtyOne]

Your mistake was refering to that party as Democratic. About fifteen years ago I promised myself to never refer to that party as Democratic again. I always refer to them as the Democrat Party. I refer to them as a Democrat or Democrats, but never Democratic.

[KsSunflower]

Exactly, how democratic is it to grant them relief based on their ability to pay for the reprinting, mailing, etc. of the new ballots.

Someone please explain to me how this is fair to the smaller third parties when the ability to pay for the privilege of breaking the law now comes into play.

If a third party's candidate died before the election, can they only replace him if they can pay for new ballots??

[KC Burke]

as an adjective I can use "Democratual", as in "habitual".