The Massachusetts Secretary of State held a lottery to determine the order of candidates on the presidential primary ballot on December 20. Yet election officials still haven’t finished checking the ballot access petition of Rocky De La Fuente, who is expecting to qualify by submitting 2,500 signatures of Republican and independent voters. The petition deadline was December 20. So it appears that anyone who qualified by petition is automatically listed on the bottom of the ballot. De La Fuente appears to be the only candidate who submitted a petition. All others got on the ballot because the Secretary of State felt they were mentioned in news media.
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They should have to do the lottery over since Rocky’s signatures had not been turned in yet.
@ Andy: I’m sure Rocky will speak up, if he wants it done over. He’s not shy.
Somehow the confusion set in and close to 40 Presidential candidates were stopped at the gate.
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do we generally agree with a lottery system for the order of candidates?
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How about this, his son Ricardo De La Fuentes claims residency in both CA and TX to get on the ballot for congress in both places.
The secretary may actually have been following statute.
See Massachusetts General Laws Title VIII, Chapter 53, Section 70E.
It appears that it divides candidates into three groups:
(1) SOC determined to be advocated or recognized in national news media;
(2) Petition candidates;
(3) Named by party chair.
in spots like this, they probably should have had Rocky in the lottery, with the understanding that if he didn’t make the ballot, the people behind him in the lottery move up a spot (so if the result was Trump/De La Fuente/Weld/Walsh and Rocky didn’t make it, Weld/Walsh move up a spot)
I think the norm for the whole running for federal office has been “live in the state by the general election day”, or at least it’s something like that when William Byrk kept running for office in other states. Ricky De La Fuente’s chances of winning/advancing in a Congressional primary are much higher in Texas than California for several reasons (number of candidates, lack of an incumbent in the TX primary, last name in a low-interest primary)
It’s a curious fact that it is considerably easier getting on the ballot for President, than for lesser offices. Consequently, there is a glut of candidates for President, and a dearth of candidates for state legislatures everywhere.
@WZ,
In some cases, the DNC may have had an influence. There is a maximum filing fee, unless grandfathered in by a certain date. Conceivably the DNC could refuse to seat delegates from a renegade state.
also some states have stricter rules on campaign finance and disclosures that they can’t apply to people filing for federal office… and the whole visibility aspect.
The next place to be listed after first is last. If I were in Rocky’s position I’d take what I got.
Chris Powell
you are correct as to order. There should be a one out of four change that Rocky could take first place. However last place is better than being in second or third place.