MN ballot access still an issue for Trump; Update: case dismissed
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« Reply #25 on: September 09, 2016, 02:43:01 PM »
I suggest a compromise solution:

The MN GOP can still have ballot access, but if Trump somehow wins Minnesota, his electors are required to vote for John Ewards.
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« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2016, 02:50:33 PM »
Imagine if this was Florida or Ohio. Trump would go freaking insane.
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« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2016, 03:06:01 PM »
Quote from: Dwarven Dragon on September 09, 2016, 07:29:20 AM
The state Democratic Party is actually taking the unusual process by which alternate republican electors were selected to court:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-minnesota-ballot_us_57d2301de4b00642712ce14f?section=
The Democrat Party: the party of voter suppression -- to the extreme.
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« Reply #28 on: September 09, 2016, 03:11:41 PM »
I expect that if the MN Supreme Court kicks Trump off the ballot, the SCOTUS will put him back on.  Recent decisions on ballot access and voter laws indicate a bias for maximizing voter access and choices (a position I heartily endorse, FWIW.)  They're not going to let a major party candidate be left off a state ballot due to a technicality -- which, let's face it, this is.
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« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2016, 03:20:36 PM »
Quote from: Joe Republic on September 09, 2016, 02:43:01 PM
I suggest a compromise solution:

The MN GOP can still have ballot access, but if Trump somehow wins Minnesota, his electors are required to vote for John Ewards.
Oooh! I'd be down with that!
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« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2016, 07:01:08 PM »
Case Dismissed, Trump will remain on the ballot.
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« Reply #31 on: September 12, 2016, 07:20:57 PM »

Good.  It's only fair.
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« Reply #32 on: September 12, 2016, 08:18:08 PM »
DFL sued too late; who knows what would have happened if they'd filed two weeks ago.
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« Reply #33 on: September 12, 2016, 10:39:19 PM »
Damn, but the DFLosers have been terrible since they exploited Wellstone's death for political gain.
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« Reply #34 on: September 12, 2016, 11:51:12 PM »
Quote from: Dabeav on September 12, 2016, 10:39:19 PM
Damn, but the DFLosers have been terrible since they exploited Wellstone's death for political gain.

Yeah if you mean holding every statewide office and having never lost a statewide election in ten years to be terrible...
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« Reply #35 on: September 13, 2016, 12:45:02 AM »
Quote from: L'exquisite Douleur on September 12, 2016, 11:51:12 PM
Quote from: Dabeav on September 12, 2016, 10:39:19 PM
Damn, but the DFLosers have been terrible since they exploited Wellstone's death for political gain.

Yeah if you mean holding every statewide office and having never lost a statewide election in ten years to be terrible...

More terrible as in extremely distasteful.
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« Reply #36 on: September 13, 2016, 12:55:08 AM »
It's fair. Hopefully the DFL candidates in competitive races there will be able to win on their own merits.
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« Reply #37 on: September 13, 2016, 01:14:07 AM »
Agreed. Let the republicans do the vote suppression. Dems should stay well clear of that.
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