[EL] presidential primary ballot access is easy

[Jeff Hauser]

The idea that campaigns need to be identifying, district by district,
potential delegates in fall 2011 for a late summer 2012  convention in
states where they can't plausibly be expected to have an operation in 2011
is essentially a ballot access problem bc it undermines the value of the
ballot by disconnecting it from the chance of winning the delegate battle.

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>wrote:

> In fairness, Rick Santorum's main ballot access troubles aren't
> technically ballot access; it is that he didn't find enough delegate
> candidates in Illinois and Ohio.  Of course we know about Virginia, and
> that is a ballot access problem.
>
> Santorum is also on in DC, but all he had to do to get on was pay a filing
> fee, or collect 298 signatures of registered Republicans.
>
> Even though the Virginia presidential primary turnout in Virginia was
> under 5% of the eligible electorate, no bill is even pending in the
> Virginia legislature to ease ballot access in presidential primaries
> (although there is a bill to permit write-ins in primaries, if the party
> approves).  Virginia voters ought to be complaining to their state
> legislators.
>
>
> Richard Winger
> 415-922-9779
> PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
>
> --- On *Thu, 3/8/12, Jeff Hauser <jeffhauser at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Jeff Hauser <jeffhauser at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: presidential primary ballot access is easy
> To: richardwinger at yahoo.com
> Cc: law-election at uci.edu
> Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 1:56 PM
>
>
> Just a follow-up from last October; predictably, ballot access problems
> remain for Santorum.
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/rick-santorums-delegate-woes-trying-hard-in-some-states-in-others-not-so-much/2012/03/08/gIQAM3IgzR_blog.html
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=richardwinger@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> No state will require Herman Cain, or any other Republican who is in the
> debates, to submit more than 3,000 signatures, except that Indiana requires
> 4,500 and Virginia requires 10,000.  Ballot access in presidential
> primaries, for candidates who are discussed in the news media, is automatic
> in about half the states, and in other states it is automatic for
> candidates who qualify for primary season matching funds or who pay a
> filing fee.
>
> Severe ballot access laws are reserved for outsiders, like independent
> candidates, minor parties, and presidential primary candidates in the major
> parties who aren't discussed in the news media and who don't qualify for
> primary season matching funds.
>
> Richard Winger
> 415-922-9779
> PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
>
> --- On *Thu, 10/20/11, Jeff Hauser <jeffhauser at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jeffhauser@gmail.com>
> >* wrote:
>
>
> From: Jeff Hauser <jeffhauser at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jeffhauser@gmail.com>
> >
> Subject: Re: [EL] the wiliness of Herman Cain
> To: richardwinger at yahoo.com <http://mc/compose?to=richardwinger@yahoo.com>
> Cc: law-election at uci.edu <http://mc/compose?to=law-election@uci.edu>
> Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 3:52 PM
>
> Is there a good summary of the calendar of the GOP ballot access and
> whether cain has a real chance to get on all 50 GOP primary ballots?
> Because I wouldn't assume he will accomplish that.
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=richardwinger@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> I am starting to think Herman Cain has the same aptitude for presidential
> politics that Ronald Reagan had.
>
> Cain has sometimes taken extreme stands, but then he finds a way to back
> away.  The value of this is that when he initially takes the extreme stand,
> that makes an emotional connection with the voters who share that emotion.
>
> For example, abortion.  Political Wire earlier today had a description of
> something he said somewhere recently, an interview or a speech.  He said he
> is totally pro-life, "no exceptions" for pregnancy caused by rape or
> incest.  But then in the next breath he says that it doesn't follow
> logically that his values should be enshrined in law and enforced on
> everyone else.
>
> Gays in the military...first he was adamantly opposed to repealing Don't
> Ask Don't Tell.  But then later he says this is a settled issue and we
> should forget about it.
>
> On illegal immigrations, first he says he is so opposed to illegal
> immigrants, he wants an electrified fence.  But later he backs away.
>
> In each case, his initial extreme stand, in my opinion, makes an favorable
> emotional impact on voters who like to hear that, even though that voter
> knows inside that the extreme stand is not really sensible or viable.  So
> the voter now "likes" Herman Cain, because there has been a shared emotion.
>
> Ronald Reagan did that also.  In his years as a spokesperson for General
> Electric, he was very, very anti-government.  When he got into office as
> Governor, of course he doubled the California state income tax, signed a
> bill liberalizing abortion, etc.  As president he was also pragmatic.
>
> Another trait Reagan and Cain have in common is their sunny
> good-naturedness.  One would not see either one of them attacking a fellow
> Republican the way Romney and Perry have been attacking each other.
>
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