So can a person just leapfrog over the primary process then? I mean, if a person can't have their name on a primary ballot, how in the world are they allowed to have their name appear on the ballot for the general?
Same way someone who loses a state’s primary can still be on the ballot if they win their party’s nomination.
All I’m saying is that this whole thing will be re-fought, and the specifics of this judgment may or may not influence that, depending on how it’s presented.
That is, if the judgment simply says that Obama failed to contest his removal from the ballot, then that means nothing for the next round. If the judgment says Obama should be removed because he is ineligible, then it would weigh heavily against Obama in the next challenge.
In some states, if there is only one candidate who files and qualifies to be in a party’s primary, no primary election is held.
If everyone kept off the primary are also banned from the ballots for the general, we will have a problem in VA, since Newt wasn’t allowed on the primary ballot.
I hope his deems Obama I eligible for both.