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(183,469 posts)Ballot access laws are weird. I am advising my county party on whether they can replace a candidate who won his primary under Texas law. There are some hard deadlines under all state laws which is why the DNC has to do a voice vote on President Biden by August 7 to get the Biden-Harris ticket onto the ballot in Ohio. In Texas we have to deal with the printing and mailing of overseas ballots and some fun things like doing blind draws for placement on the ballot.
The litigators at the Heritage Foundation think that they have a good shot of keeping a Biden replacement off the ballot in Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin or otherwise delaying things so that voters will be confused. In either case, this litigation will hurt any Biden replacement.
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/heritage-working-election-legal-challenges-case-biden-pulled-from-dnc-nomination
"We are monitoring the calls from across the country for President Biden to step aside, either now or before the election, and have concluded that the process for substitution and withdrawal is very complicated," Executive Director of The Heritage Foundations Oversight Project Mike Howell said in a statement. "We will remain vigilant that appropriate election integrity procedures are followed.".....
Heritage points out that many states including swing states such as Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin might not allow a replacement on the ballot.
Wisconsin does not allow a candidate's name to be withdrawn from the ballot except due to death. Nevada allows changes to its ballot up until 5:00pm on the fourth Friday of June in the election year it also allows special consideration for if nominees die or are determined to be mentally unable to proceed.
Georgia would allow Biden to withdraw up to 60 days before the election. If Biden withdraws afterward, his name would remain on the ballot but votes for him would be discarded.
This will be strategic type litigation where the Heritage Foundation may win by delaying and confusing things. As you know, TFG has used this type of litigation to delay his trials until after the election. Here any delay or uncertainty will work to TFG's advantage.
You are welcome to disagree with the Heritage Foundation lawyers but they are happy to do their best to delay or keep a Biden replacement off the ballot in key states.