• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Good, if your campaign isn’t competent enough to even file the right bureaucratic papers you proooobably don’t have anything together enough to run a country

    • In fairness to the Greens, they actually had the right paperwork prepared and ready to file, and it was refused with the state officials saying to file incorrect paperwork instead.

      I feel this is bad in terms of (non-legal) precedent - the GOP might be able to use a similar strategy to keep the Dems off the ballot in the future in any battleground states where they control both the governorship and the state legislature.

      E.g.

      Dems: Here’s the correct paperwork. Put us on the ballot and see you on election day.

      State officials (GOP affiliated): No, wrong paperwork. Fill this out.

      Dems: You sure? We think this is right.

      State officials: Yep, you gotta do this one or no election for you.

      Dems: Fine.

      National GOP: They filled the paperwork wrong. Keep them off the ballot.

      Dems: Nope, we were told do this by the State.

      State officials (GOP affiliated): Sorry, we made a mistake. You’re off the ballot.

      Dems: Courts?

      Courts: Sorry, but you’re still off the ballot even though it’s not your fault.

    • anticolonialist@lemmy.world
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      Her campaign filed the correct forms, the elections official lied and gave them the wrong forms to resubmit. The DNC will lie and cheat if they feel threatened