On August 16, the New Jersey State Supreme Court refused to hear Ayyadurai v New Jersey State Democratic Committee. This is the lawsuit filed by independent presidential candidate Shiva Ayyadurai to get on the ballot. He has enough valid signatures but he is being barred because he was born in India, although he has lived in the United States since the age of seven.
Here is his fiing, which argues several points, including the fact that the true candidates are presidential elector candidates and they are qualified; and New Jersey precedent, in which five times in the past, New Jersey did print the names of minor party or independent candidates for president or vice-president on the ballot even though they were under age 35. There are other arguments as well.
A few years ago, Shiva ran against Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts for US Senator. His campaign touted the fact that he is a REAL Indian, not a fake one.
What is the rule on that, btw? If you are born in a foreign country, but to American citizens, you are automatically a US citizen, correct? Why would they not be allowed to run for president? Or do you literally have to be born on US soil such as embassy land? What if your mom was on vacation and had an early birth. Would that disqualify you for running for president because you were technically born on foreign land? Cenk Uygur was born to American citizens, so I think he was born as a US citizen, but people were saying he couldn’t run for president because he was born in Turkey. Which is it?