Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 2024-10-27, Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <lo5fd4F2tf7U2@mid.individual.net>,
 Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
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On 2024-10-26, Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <ij5phjl9hutoiu3gsievs8f3lcnpijiobc@4ax.com>,
 The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:02:06 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
 

I have never voted in an election here in Ontario where there was not a
wide spectrum of choice, from Libertarian to Communist (generally, in
fact, two communist parties) plus occasional independents.

 
I know there used to be the Communist Party of Canada which was Moscow
leaning and the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) which was
Beijing leaning. I haven't seen either on any ballot I've voted on
since 1991.
 
Plus as you say numerous independents. We had a provincial election
last Saturday and we had 3 parties plus an independent.

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Most states have much looser rules for candidates for President then for
the House of Representatives and the Senate. I see for the state of
Washington a long list including at least 3 Marxist candidates (at least
one of those is Trotskyist). None claim to be American Communist Party.

 
Really? I would disgree. It takes a very major effort to get on the
ballot for President in most states (due to Democrat and Republican
Party pressure).  The state of Washington is unusual; it has the 2nd
longest list at 10.  States like NY have many fewer.  NY has 2 this
year - no other party was able navigate the labyrinth, much less any
indvidual.

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Well, I did a brief check and it appears that the Libertarian Party
candidate is on the ballot of 47 states (though not NY), while the Green
Party candidate is on the ballot of 38 states. That qualifies as most
IMHO. Of course, that is assuming that very few House and Senate
elections have as many as 3 candidates, let alone 4.

I thought the question was the ease at getting on the ballot, not the
number of candidates.  And of course the state of Washington will only
have two candidates on the ballot for the House elections- that's
required by their law! They have a top-two primary system where the primary
is open but only the top two advance.  If you check the primaries
there, the number of candidates ranged from 4 to 11, about the same as
the presidential election.  Most districts in my state, Maryland, have
3 candidates this year.

As far as ease for getting your name on the presidential ballot, let's
look at New York.  It requires 45,000 valid signatures, including 500
from each of at least one-half of the congressional districts.  This
year the signatures were due by May 28, before many parties even knew
their nominees! The two major parties, of course, are exempt from this
requirement since they have already proved their "legitimacy".

It cost many millions of dollars total to get on the ballot for most
of the states.  Kennedy's PAC last year was targeting spending 10-15
million for 10 of the harder states.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-ballot-access/

Chris