BTW - didn’t every state let Obama on their ballot?I guess you missed the part where Roger Calero was on the Ballot in New Jersey and New York for the Presidency despite the fact that he was born in Nicaragua to Nicaraguan parents?
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=50998
They let an actual FOREIGNER on the ballot, and you think they are CHECKING anyone's credentials?
Again, you are using the fallacy of "argumentum ad populum". What you don't get, is just because everyone thinks a certain way, does not mean they are CORRECT.
Everyone knew he was ineligible - the SWP has a long history of running entire tickets that were ineligible. And not just New York.
“Since they weren’t going to be elected anyways, the Socialist Workers Party didn’t care that they nominated a ticket entirely ineligible to be elected. Why? Because Róger Calero is both foreign born and also not a US citizen; and Arrin Hawkins is too young. To avoid ballot access problems for the SWP, as the constitutional ineligibility may also render them unable to be listed on the ballot in some states, the 2000 SWP ticket of James Harris for President and Margaret Trowe for Vice President are being used in states that will not permit the Calero-Hawkins slate to be listed. It is not the first time the SWP pulled this stunt. In 1972, the SWP nominated a Presidential candidate — Linda Jenness — who was also too young to qualify for the office (so the party used a replacement nominee in some states to achieve ballot status). They regularly do likewise in US Senate and Congressional races by nominating candidates too young to be eligible to serve. “
http://web.archive.org/web/20070730141140/http://www.politics1.com/swp04.htm
Some states don’t appear to have eligibility requirements to get on a ballot, some do. They still would not be able to actually take office if they won.