Side tangent but it’s actually kind of an issue picking who is allowed to remove major party candidates from ballots.
538 mentioned some state where the parties pick a candidate and whatever they say goes, so it’s difficult to sue Trump off the ballot…but legitimately, what happens if a party nominates a 23 year old who is not constitutionally eligible to be president? What if the 23 year old wins?
So it makes sense to have since administrative structure where applications are received and evaluated, but shouldn’t those administrators be under the purview of an elected official? And won’t that elected official be biased for their own party? Is relying on next-election consequences the only way to reign in those elected officials?
Side tangent but it’s actually kind of an issue picking who is allowed to remove major party candidates from ballots.
538 mentioned some state where the parties pick a candidate and whatever they say goes, so it’s difficult to sue Trump off the ballot…but legitimately, what happens if a party nominates a 23 year old who is not constitutionally eligible to be president? What if the 23 year old wins?
So it makes sense to have since administrative structure where applications are received and evaluated, but shouldn’t those administrators be under the purview of an elected official? And won’t that elected official be biased for their own party? Is relying on next-election consequences the only way to reign in those elected officials?