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To: Tammy8

No matter how this turns out- it is surprising to me that although the Constitution has requirements for the office of President; there seems to be no system in place to make sure a candidate meets those requirements. (pretend that this is in italics. Don’t know how to do that!)

FINALLY - A sound bite that expresses my frustration! Where is the system?


124 posted on 10/23/2008 9:11:29 AM PDT by The Californian
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To: The Californian
No matter how this turns out- it is surprising to me that although the Constitution has requirements for the office of President; there seems to be no system in place to make sure a candidate meets those requirements. (pretend that this is in italics. Don’t know how to do that!)

In some cases, exceptions are caught, for instance Eldridge Cleaver was taken off the California ballot in the 1968 Presidential election because he was under 35.

Someone at the California Secretary of State's office told me that the Party is responsible to make sure their candidates are eligible.

126 posted on 10/23/2008 9:15:40 AM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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