On January 7, the Wisconsin government committee on presidential primary nominations announced the names of 14 Democrats and one Republican who will appear automatically on the presidential primary ballots. Anyone not listed must petition to be on a presidential primary ballot. The petition requires 8,000 signatures, with at least 1,000 from each U.S. House district. The period for collecting signatures runs from January 7 to January 28. The primaries are in April. Any registered voter may sign.
The only name on the Republican Party ballot, without the need for a petition, is President Donald Trump. The fourteen Democrats are: Mike Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, and Andrew Yang.
The law says the committee must choose “all candidates whose candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national news media throughout the
United States.” The committee, in my opinion, did not follow the law when it excluded all Republicans except President Trump. See section 8.12 of the Wisconsin election law.
Yet more VOID FOR VAGUENESS.
WILL THE HACKS DO THE SAME *TEST* FOR ALL FED/STATE/LOCAL OFFICE CANDIDATES ???
“The committee shall have sole discretion to determine that a candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national news media throughout the United States”
Wisconsin could avoid this problem by eliminating partisan nominations.