On September 10, U.S. District Court Judge William C. Griesbach, a Bush Jr. appointee, issued an order in Marshall v Wisconsin Election Commission, e.d., 1:24cv-1095. He refused to put Shiva Ayyadurai on the ballot as an independent candidate, even though the petition had enough valid signatures. The reason is that Ayyadurai was born in India.
The four-page order says the case is frivolous on its face. Yet the issues are not frivolous, and were the subject of extensive briefing in Trump v Anderson. It does not follow logically that just because a presidential candidate does not meet the constitutional qualifications, that he or she cannot run for President. This is true partly because the presidential electors are the true candidates in November. It is also true because the Twentieth Amendment specifically provides for procedures when presidential electors in December choose a president who doesn’t meet the qualifications. It also ignores the fact that in the past, Wisconsin did print the name of a vice-presidential nominee on the ballot even though he was age 33.
Ayyadurai plans to appeal, although there is no possibility that he can be on the ballot this year.