Questions tagged [presidential-election]
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What if Trump is ruled ineligible to be POTUS after his name is on the Republican Primary ballot?
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot appear on the Republican Primary ballot because he engaged in insurrection, contrary to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment (with the order stayed "until January 4, 2024, subject to any…
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USA write-in ballots
Disclosure: I do not live in the USA and so am only picking up bits of American news from various places.
What I'm picking up on is that one of the larger things in the United States is a legal argument whether Donald Trump can be listed on state…
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The 12th Amendment: what if the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are from the same state?
The first clause of the first sentence of Amendment 12 of the U.S. Constitution is a puzzling construction.
The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be…
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Is it against campaign-finance law if a PAC or super-PAC pays a VIP to endorse a political candidate?
My motivation for the question are Donald Trumps recent accusations that Kamela Harris campaign paid some VIPs (Bruce Springsteen, Ophrah Winfrey, Beyonce) to publically endorse her in the US presidential election.
Most of the money spend in the US…
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Can US states forbid someone from running for a party's presidential candidacy?
I understand there is at least a legal argument, based on the US Constitution, to prohibit a would-be presidential candidate from entering the presidential race.
(This is not the subject of this question.)
This question is about the ability of…
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The 24th amendment to the American constitution provides a right to vote for electors, could this limit state legislative power to name electors?
One idea some have suggested is to make the legislators of a state name electors in at least some instances. It was not possible in 2020, but it could hypothetically be made at some other point. Same with the primary elections.
But the 24th…
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If Congress were to nullify electoral college votes under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, who would become president on Jan 20?
Evan A. Davis and David M. Schulte, both law clerks for Justice Potter Stewart at the Supreme Court of the United States, wrote an op-ed urging Congress to nullify electoral college votes for Trump under the insurrection clause. While unlikely to…
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According to the New York prosecution, how did Trump unlawfully influence the election?
According to the Wikipedia article on The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump (emphasis mine):
The Manhattan District Attorney (DA), Alvin Bragg, accused Trump of falsifying these business records with the intent to commit other…
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Will of the people vs. the "insurrection" section 3 of the 14th amendment
On December 19, 2023, The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that "President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three [of the 14th amendment]".
The legal question and this ruling have been the subject of intense…
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Disenfranchised Voter
Would voters from states that don't allow illegal aliens to vote in federal elections be able to file a class action lawsuit and sue a state if it were to allow illegal aliens to vote in federal elections?
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How do we know who the electors are voting for when the names of the candidates are not unique nationwide?
I've been looking at certificates of electoral votes for presidential elections in the US, and I've noticed that in many cases there is a lack of specificity. Altough some of them state the state where the candidates reside (and I've seen at least…
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