On February 13, a subcommittee of the Iowa State Government Committee passed HSB 697. It limits challenges to the ballot position of federal candidates. It says, “Objections to the eligibility of a candidate for a federal office shall not be sustained unless the objection is limited to the legal insufficiency of the nominating petition or certificate of nomination, or to the residency, age, or citizenship reqauirements as described in the Constitution of the United States.”
The bill is sponsored by Representative Jane Bloomingdale (R-Northwood) and was suggested by Secretary of State Paul Pate, a Republican. It would make it impossible for anyone to challenge the ballot position of a federal candidate on insurrection grounds.
I like this bill.
“Objections to the eligibility of a candidate for a federal office shall not be sustained unless the objection is limited to the legal insufficiency of the nominating petition or certificate of nomination” means there is plenty of wiggle room to keep Libertarians and Greens off the ballot. But then Greens and Libertarians didn’t take part in the “insurrection”
BILL THUS VIOLATES 14-3 AMDT AND USA LAW– 18 USC 2383
It should and must pass!