Minnesota Dems sue to get Donald Trump off the ballot

[ButterflyBlood]

Source: CBS News

Minnesota Democrats filed a lawsuit Thursday to try and get Donald Trump’s name removed from the state’s ballots, according to multiple reports.

They argue that the state’s Republican Party failed to nominate 10 alternate electors for the state’s 10 electoral college votes at their state convention in May.

State law says that electors and alternate electors must be nominated at an official state convention.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-dems-sue-to-get-donald-trump-off-the-ballot/

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Love my state's Dems!

[ffr]

1. Flush!

[progressoid]

2. Oh shit. That would be hilarious if it worked!

[jonno99]

4. Seems like a lot of wasted effort. It's not like he could actually win MN.

[ButterflyBlood]

6. It'll depress Republican turnout and help us downballot

Which is the intent.

[geardaddy]

9. It would be key in the CD-2 race especially

and potentially in CD-8

[Brickbat]

10. Very much the 8th.

[Thor_MN]

20. The benefits are downballot and making them spend money to defend their defective application

They did not follow the laws, they should be forced to beg to get Trump and Pence on the ballot. I have no doubts that they will be on the ballot, because it's the right thing to do, but the GO should be fined heavily and warned that similar screw ups in the future mean no candidates.

If they manage to keep them off the ballot, it should translate into down ticket pick ups.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Republicans used to talk about 'Rule of Law'.

[OhZone]

5. Only applies to the Clintons. Oh well. nt

[TryLogic]

7. I hope it works.

[turbinetree]

8. Love them also

[Francis Booth]

11. Couldn't his acolytes just write him in?

[geek tragedy]

12. I have to disagree with this, law should favor letting voters decide

unless it's crystal, crystal clear.

[blm]

13. Good to follow law, but, I think the optics aren't helpful. As if Dems rely on technicalities

to succeed.

I guess I care about how things SOUND to everyday Americans. This can so easily be spun against Dem party as a whole. In NC we're stuck fighting hard for every vote.

[SwankyXomb]

14. The R's wouldn't waste one second if the positions were reversed.

[blm]

19. Of course they wouldn't. And why I'm not a Republican and never will be.

One of 100s of reasons.

[brooklynite]

15. You'd be just as supportive if the Republicans pulled a stunt like this?

[ButterflyBlood]

16. I'd be pretty embarrassed if we fucked things up this bad to lose ballot access

The only reason why this is an issue is because the Republican State Convention simply forgot to appoint a slate of alternates for electors and no one noticed it until it was too close to the deadline to simply reconvene the convention and appoint some

[Bradical79]

18. Right or wrong, I'd hope to be bailed out

with a favorible court ruling, but I'd be more angry about such a dumb mistake being made.

[Jopin Klobe]

17. Gotta ... scrape ... this ...

... dog crap ... off ... my ... shoe ...

[GoDawgs]

21. Trump boasts he's the'law & order' candidate. Delicious irony w/epic fail cherry on top