News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 100% voter turnout. Parent comment

Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by chrisseaton on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:57PM (#11719187)
I don't know much about US politics but I don't think they are determining who is on the ballot are they? They're determining who can claim to be the official Republican Party but I don't think there's any reasonable grounds to say that that's wrong.

Ted Cruz can still be on the ballot if he wants to can't he? As an independent? How could the Republican Party stop him?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Vote.org is a non-profit that wants to get the U.S. to 10... by maxerickson on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:06PM (#11719225)
There's "sore loser" laws in some states that would be a problem, and he would have to collect thousands of signatures in most states where he wants to be on the ballot.

It's a complicated morass of rules that would cost a lot of money:

https://ballotpedia.org/Filing_deadlines_and_signature_requi...

In contrast, the parties essentially have a reserved nationwide slot that they fill after many months of media circus.

[ Parent | on HN ]