New Jersey Democratic Party Challenges Independent Presidential Candidate Shiva Ayyadurai

On August 1, the New Jersey Democratic Party asked the New Jersey Secretary of State to remove Shiva Ayyadurai from the ballot.  He is an independent presidential candidate with the ballot label “Dr. Shiva.”  He was not born in the United States.  See this story.

As already noted, New Jersey has traditionally not enforced presidential qualifications, and has printed the names of six minor party and independent presidential or vice-presidential candidates who were under age 35, or who were not born in the United States.


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New Jersey Democratic Party Challenges Independent Presidential Candidate Shiva Ayyadurai — 7 Comments

  1. Aren’t folks in NJ actually voting for his presidential electors and his name is just being used as a placeholder for them? Richard, do any states still print the prez electors on their ballots?

  2. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/01/supreme-court-immunity-congress-schumer-no-kings-act/74640621007/

    In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act
    Mary Clare Jalonick
    Associated Press
    Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced legislation Thursday reaffirming that presidents do not have immunity for criminal actions, an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last month.
    Schumer’s No Kings Act would attempt to invalidate the decision by declaring that presidents are not immune from criminal law and clarifying that Congress, not the Supreme Court, determines to whom federal criminal law is applied.

    TOO LITTLE — TOO LATE ???

  3. According to the Democrats, Indian antisemite Kamala Harris should be on the ballot, but Indian antisemite Shiva Ayyadurai should not.

    What are the differences?
    Kamala was born in the US – or well in California, anyway – to two non-American parents, a not yet naturalized Indian mother and a not yet naturalized Jamaican father from a slave-owning family.
    Shiva was born in India to two non-American parents, both Indian and not yet naturalized.

    So neither of them are eligible for the presidency or vice presidency, since neither of them are natural born citizens. But for some reason the Democratic Party only objects to the one who is not in their party appearing on the New Jersey ballot…

    Wouldn’t it be funny if the SoS bars both of them from the ballot thanks to the Democrats’ efforts.

  4. WOW! John McCain III was born in the Republic of Panama to two US Citizen that were not wed. Thy had a sham wedding in a bar in TJ, Baja California. The requirement was wed at the office of civil registry and that did not happen. McCain was never a citizen of the United States.

    At least Dr. SHIVA was naturalized.

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