on February 19, a Cook County Circuit Court will hear a challenge to the ballot position of Ted Cruz, for the Illinois Republican presidential primary ballot. See this story.
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Edited By Richard Winger
on February 19, a Cook County Circuit Court will hear a challenge to the ballot position of Ted Cruz, for the Illinois Republican presidential primary ballot. See this story.
We actually vote for presidential electors, not the party nominees, so I don’t see how there would be any legal standing here. Unfortunately, most states prohibit the names of the presidential electors from appearing on the ballots and instead put the party nominees there as placeholders for the presidential elector slate. This needs to change. It is technically up to CONGRESS to determine presidential eligibility AFTER the election. Abolish the primaries and have the various state parties determine their convention delegates by either their own convention or caucus.