I heard about that strange and stupid rule after the Fall of America in Nov. 2012. I hope someone with influence is fighting this or at the least trying to publicize it far and wide.
I recall hearing much the same thing.
All the more reason why there should be a third party,
and leave the old Rebulican GOPe saddled with the old 1882 court decision.
Right now , the best change is to have the Repubbies fade away by court order,
since they can't persue either the truth, or justice in elections . !
The Republican Party has been castrated, and found to be spineless recently, and unlikely to change by legal intimidation.