Ohio Secretary Of State Says Trump Can't Launch Third-Party Run

[liberal N proud]

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted speaks to supporters at the Ohio Republican Party celebration Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted speaks to supporters at the Ohio Republican Party celebration Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)
Business mogul Donald Trump has stood on the debate stage for the Republican Party in Ohio, and he has filed to run in the state's primary. In Secretary of State Jon Husted's office, that is enough to disqualify Trump from running as a third-party candidate, according to a Monday report from Cleveland.com.

Trump has threatened the Republican Party countless times that if they don't treat him fairly, he is going to launch an independent campaign. Now, a spokesman for the secretary of state told Cleveland.com that it won't be an option for Trump in Ohio.

According to Husted's spokesman, a candidate can only run as a third-party candidate in Ohio if they "disaffiliate" from another party in "good faith." The spokesman says that Trump is too far entangled in the GOP primary to back out as a Republican now.

"Since Donald Trump has filed a declaration of candidacy with our office as a Republican, has filed with Federal Election Commission as a Republican candidate, and voluntarily took part in the Republican presidential debates, the first of which was held in Ohio, there is no way for Mr. Trump to disaffiliate from the Republican Party 'in good faith' during this election cycle," Husted spokesman Joshua Eck told the Plain Dealer.

If Trump really were ineligible to run as a third-party candidate in the key swing state of Ohio, it would undercut his leverage with the GOP at large and seriously undermine his ability to launch a credible third-party campaign.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ohio-secretary-of-state-says-trump-cant-launch-third-party-run/ar-BBny3kL?li=BBnb7Kz

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. Hustled is full of it ...

Trump would sue and likely win, on the basis of, "what the hell does,"disaffiliate in 'good faith' mean?"

It most certainly does mean "because I don't want you to do/not do something."

[elleng]

2. Zacly what I was thinking, Man,

but Hustled has messed up SO many elections in the past, why wouldn't he try another???

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Didn't he just get spanked on a Planned Parenthood ...

Matter?

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Didn't he just get spanked on a Planned Parenthood ...

Matter?

[elleng]

5. Maybe/Maybe not,

'A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Ohio officials from taking legal action against Planned Parenthood to enforce fetal tissue disposal rules, and Republican state lawmakers proposed new regulations for such disposal.

The actions at the Ohio Statehouse and Columbus federal court comes after state Attorney General Mike DeWine's investigation into Planned Parenthood facilities.

DeWine's office found no evidence that Planned Parenthood made money from aborted fetuses, but his report released Friday instead criticized its facilities for disposing of fetal remains in landfills. He accused the organization of violating a state rule requiring that fetal tissue be disposed of in a "humane manner."

Planned Parenthood calls the report "inflammatory." The group says its three facilities that provide abortions follow Ohio law and use the same practices as hospitals and other providers, which generally contract with companies to dispose of medical waste.'

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/planned-parenthood-probe-prompts-legislation-ohio-gop-35752655

[Wounded Bear]

6. Has Trump ever done anything "in good faith?"

Haven't seen a lot of evidence of that.