When they ballot stack, we ballot stack back.

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[+] [S] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    And how do we decide which candidates actually want to run for office and which aren't serious? We normalize this kind of thinking and it'll be a few months before government officials are saying anyone who isn't a registered Republican isn't a serious candidate.

    Fwiw, I was pissed when I wrote my first comment and more of an asshole about this than was necessary, but that's because this whole idea of restricting who can run for office is fucking terrifying.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    In this and a lot of other cases where you've got this kind of underhanded ballot stacking, there's a lot of crap that just doesn't pass the sniff test. You've got same name just like here, that's happened a few times already, a candidate that has had no previous political history that just up and decided to run in a high profile election last minute, and literally like in this case and the case in Arizona in 2010 by Republicans, the paper work to run wasn't even filed by candidate themselves but by some political consultant from another party.

    Plenty of signs of ballot stacking shenanigan bullshit in these kinds of rare-ish occasions and who's even talking about restricting who can run for office here? No one. I certainly didn't. I did say make ballot stacking illegal but never suggested that we restrict who can run for office based on party affiliation.

    Republican's probably wouldn't even entertain that idea, they'd just get rid of voting completely and do a military coup with Kegseth.

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