▲ 629 ▼ California Lt. Governor: ‘Explore Every Legal Option’ To Remove Trump From Ballot (www.forbes.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 166 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] _thrax@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) How will they count if he’s ineligible? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago It is a primary. A party can nominate whoever they want. It has no bearing on whether who they nominated actually is eligible to be sworn in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I think they mean the secretary of state may release a total of write-ins, but to my knowledge they make no effort to distinguish write-in names if there aren't enough to swing it. So technically, they count write-ins. Just not in the winner's column. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* Some 3rd parties have ran ineligible candidates. If they actually won, the electors wouldn't actually cast their votes for them, but the votes are counted and tallied AFAIK. Given these are parties that make the Green Party and Libertarian parties look like first parties, they've just been ignored. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3ger_Calero Notably, Colorado is one of the states that wouldn't let Calero on the ballot because he was ineligible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago It is a primary. A party can nominate whoever they want. It has no bearing on whether who they nominated actually is eligible to be sworn in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago I think they mean the secretary of state may release a total of write-ins, but to my knowledge they make no effort to distinguish write-in names if there aren't enough to swing it. So technically, they count write-ins. Just not in the winner's column. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* Some 3rd parties have ran ineligible candidates. If they actually won, the electors wouldn't actually cast their votes for them, but the votes are counted and tallied AFAIK. Given these are parties that make the Green Party and Libertarian parties look like first parties, they've just been ignored. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3ger_Calero Notably, Colorado is one of the states that wouldn't let Calero on the ballot because he was ineligible. permalink fedilink source parent