It’s an interesting chart but kind of hard to interpret - Baldwin voted with trump 23 percent of the time - slightly less than Dianne Feinstein and chuck Schumer. Manchin votes with trump 61% of the time ( Susan Colins voted with trump 78% of the time). Still there’s a clear gap between the most mavericky Republicans (Rand Paul, surprisingly, at 74%) and Manchin .
IANAL either. But there are always constraints to getting on the ballot. E.g., recognized parties always there. Independent candidates require petitions… So I think you could limit getting on the ballot in this way. Nothing to stop a write-in campaign though (she says, smiling dreamily at the thought).
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That’s a good rule in general cough
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Lucky Stripes.
“The law prohibits Republican primary candidates who lose from switching to a minor party.”
Fixed that for 'em.
I, too, ANAL, but I would think that the Constitution Party could win a suit claiming that the state law places an unconstitutional restriction on the party’s choice of a candidate.
I am dubious, however, that Blankenship would fund such a suit or that the party could raise the money.
I was so worried about this. Have been losing sleep over it.
Sorry, but I totally disagree.
As you point out, it appears justice was not blind in his case. Yet, even though he got special treatment, he was stilll convicted.
How many without his money or connections do you think get convicted?
For example, I know too many (one is too many) folks who when younger were convicted of cannabis possession who are now the kind of folks you want to vote for.
Then, of course, there’s the idea that once one pays their debt to society, they should start with a clean slate.
My point is that a criminal conviction doesn’t necessarily mean one is a criminal at all, and certainly doesn’t automatically mean you will be a criminal for the rest of your life.
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FIFY
And Hear! Hear!