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awesomerwb1

(4,269 posts) Thu Sep 23, 2021, 10:40 AM Sep 2021

How much vetting (or "vetting") do Dem candidates for office go through? [View all]

Besides what I would imagine would be a criminal background check, can anyone just say "I'm going to run for district XXXXXXXX etc and I have 10,000 supporters". Just curious to know how the whole process works from A to Z.

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How much vetting (or "vetting") do Dem candidates for office go through? [View all] awesomerwb1 Sep 2021 OP

There is no vetting to run for office. bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #1

There's no vetting for running for office, but parties can limit who can run on their ballot StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #2

All they have to do in Texas is sign an oath of affliation LeftInTX Sep 2021 #5

So..... awesomerwb1 Sep 2021 #3

There are primaries, they have to win the primary bottomofthehill Sep 2021 #4

True awesomerwb1 Sep 2021 #6