Cboldt, which opponent is it? I haven’t heard this news yet. TIA.
I’m going to have to dig through my posting history to find that. It was an odd name. It may be that teh case was filed in a NH state court, which makes sense now that I think about it, That would be the first place to go (state court) to get an order against a state official as it pertains to ballot access. The state court can’t dismiss on standing. It has other ways to duck the question, but standing exists.
Cruz argued that only the Electoral College has the authority to judge whether someone is eligible to be president and, on appeal, the U.S. Congress.Regardless of Canadian birth, Ted Cruz survives ballot challenge - November 24, 2015
That's the election commission avoiding the issue on grounds of it's murky whether a naturalized citizen is a NBC. Real bright minds there, eh?
Judges aren't any brighter, or any more intellectually honest. I predict "punt." Nobody wants to be the one that rings the bell(ei).
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I'm just relying on peripheral memory: Boyajian, Olewine (From Puerto Rico! Open to challenge himself).
I'll search my posting history to see what hits, if anything. Google to the rescue -- no hit on either of those, in my posting history. I'll keep searching. Those names are the more likely ones, I just didn't use them in any of my posts.
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