• Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I think the trick is going to be, based on the other guy who got disqualified for 1/6, is that someone actually has to challenge the nomination. It’s not something that happens automatically.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-removes-local-official-engaging-jan-insurrection/story?id=89463597

    “The decision came in a lawsuit brought by a group of New Mexico residents represented by the government accountability group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and other lawyers.”

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        1 year ago

        Yes, any state could do this. No state will decide who goes on their ballots until after the primaries though. They can “declare” things all they want, but nothing is actionable until the ballots are finalized (and then the suing starts).

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        1 year ago

        Yes, and if he becomes the nominee, that will have to be done. But in the end it won’t matter unless enough states successfully do it to deprive him of 270 electoral college votes.