“I will be asking the attorney general’s office for their input,” Secretary of State David Scanlan told the Globe. “And ultimately whatever is decided is probably going to require some judicial input.”
A debate among constitutional scholars over former president Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 presidential race has reverberated through the public consciousness in recent weeks and reached the ears of New Hampshire’s top election official.
Secretary of State David Scanlan, who will oversee the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in just five months, said he’s received several letters lately that urge him to take action based on a legal theory that claims the Constitution empowers him to block Trump from the ballot.
Scanlan, a Republican, said he’s listening and will seek legal advice to ensure that his team thoroughly understands the arguments at play.
They can write in whoever’s name they want, assuming they’re literate.
He’d still be ineligible to hold office.
That’s really what seems to be the point here, isn’t it?
Did you ever think American would be a country that wants to elect someone who is in prison?
Isn’t that for corrupt countries? Why do you think this would be happening in America? Doesn’t that raise some eyebrows?
Or is everyone so focussed on making sure Trump isn’t on the ballot that they’ve pushed aside those kinds of thoughts?
Should be the person who wins the election, right? You can’t just take someone’s name off. Especially the leader of the opposing party.
If you honestly think Trump tried to overthrow the government, that’s a lot more serious than just an indictment and being removed from the ballot.
That’s treason and probably an execution if we are being serious about this. And if that’s not the answer here, how much do we really think this was an attempted coup?
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