On September 30, John Anthony Castro, the Republican presidential candidate who has filed numerous lawsuits to keep former President Donald Trump off various Republican presidential primary ballots, filed this brief in the Eleventh Circuit in his Florida case, Castro v Trump, 23-12111.
Castro defends his standing and says he will surely be on the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary ballot. New Hampshire lets anyone on a presidential primary ballot with no petition, and the filing fee is only $1,000.
How does one get placed on the NH ballot?
Fill out a declaration of candidacy and hand over $1,000. Every presidential election year, New Hampshire has the most crowded presidential primary ballots of any state.
WHAT PERCENT OF NH BUDGET IN PREZ ELECTION YEARS COMES FROM NH PREZ CANDIDATES ???
ONE MORE REASON TO ABOLISH THE EC AND THE STATE PREZ BALLOT ACCESS SCAMS ???
Infinitesimal small. And no.
In 2016, when both parties had open nominations for president, there were 27 Democrats and 26 Republicans in the New Hampshire presidential primary. That would have garnered $53,000.
The state budget for 2016 was about $5.8 billion.
So presidential candidates’ ballot access fees for the primaries brought in less than 0.001% of the state budget.
Like I said.