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Are there any states in good position to pass laws for presidential candidates (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 OP
Couldn't be done SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #1
Any good size blue state -- New York, California, Illinois, I suppose but ... hedda_foil Oct 2018 #2
Clearly unconstitutional. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #3
The California legislature passed that law. former9thward Oct 2018 #4

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)
1. Couldn't be done
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 06:36 PM
Oct 2018

Constitution lays out requirement to be President; 35 years old, natural born citizen. That’s it.

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
2. Any good size blue state -- New York, California, Illinois, I suppose but ...
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 06:39 PM
Oct 2018

Trump would likely ignore them even if it kept his name off the ballot there. It would depend, of course, on whether he could be convinced that he needed to do it in order to elect Congressional and state Republicans, who probably wouldn't vote at all if Trump wasn't on the ballot.

It's a great idea, but it would have to be a state like Florida or Texas where Tiny the Toad had a lot of skin in the game, so to speak.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
3. Clearly unconstitutional.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:09 PM
Oct 2018

Perhaps parties can do it for primary access. But I’m not a lawyer. I just play one on DU.

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