Questions tagged [elections]
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Did the DNC essentially plead "no contest" to FEC charges in the Steele Dossier?
I'm trying to understand the exact legal implications of this "conciliation agreement" in other potential legal cases (e.g. if the DNC or Clinton were charged in some US state that has lower ...
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How is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact affected by the US Supreme Court's decision that states can't remove candidates from their ballot?
I was recently watching this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX-frlNBJY) about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. At around the 3 minute mark, the narrator states that one of the ...
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What happens when a ballot measure is incorrectly drafted, but passes anyway?
Many jurisdictions allow for legislation by referendum, where laws can be created or amended by public vote. In such cases, the text of the proposed legislation is usually printed on the ballot, so ...
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Do the accused enjoy the presumption of the least damaging intent?
(This question is inspired by current events, but I'm changing details to avoid the complications of reality!)
In the midst of a reelection campaign, Senator Johnson shot his wife's poorly behaved ...
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Candidates filing multiple nominations for the same constituency in Indian elections
As per the section 33(6) of The Representation of The People Act, 1951
Nothing in this section shall prevent any candidate from being nominated by more than one nomination paper:
Provided that not ...
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Under what circumstances could a state's presidential election results he overturned?
Suppose that clear evidence were found proving that a state's presidential election results were affected by voting fraud. (This is a hypothetical scenario, and I am not referring to any election that ...
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Elections under foreign occupation
The five-year term of Ukraine's current President is nearing its end and foreign allies are pressuring the country to conduct new elections -- despite the logistical nightmare of both campaigning and ...
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Can states refuse to put a candidate on a ballot?
Do states have the authority to refuse to list presidential candidates from major parties on their ballots? It is my understanding that the states administer Presidential elections.
Update: https://...
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Can an election be canceled if the elected candidate has saturated medias
I was reading a short story of Philip K. Dick, "What the dead men say". It is (spoil) about the voice of a dead person litteraly overtaking every available media (television, radio, ...
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A way of electing representative to the Congress of the United States
In an answer to this question, someone cites this federal law:
[2 U.S. Code § 2c][1] - Number of Congressional Districts; number of Representatives from each District
In each State entitled in the ...
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Who is the local authority to decide if a candidate eligible to be on a ballot?
Given a 14th amendment challenge in Minnesota: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/14th-amendment-challenges-grow-trumps-qualification-office-campaign/story?id=103118677
It is my understanding that the ...
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Can felons vote?
I am not familiar with USA laws, but I saw that Maine and Vermont are the only states where felons never lose their right to vote. Is this true? Does that include all elections (I.e., local, state, ...
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Does the First Amendment shield the previous president from the August 2023 D.C. Indictments?
The former president is charged with:
Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Conspiracy to Defraud the United States)
Count 2: 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k) (Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding)
Count 3: 18 U.S.C. ...
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What exactly is the DoJ doctrine on legal cases involving election candidates in close proximity to elections?
According to a Dutch article from Flemish public broadcasting (https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/06/14/speedy-trial-of-niet-waarom-ex-president-trump-er-alle-belang/) Trump's attorneys are likely to ...
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What if a previous US President was found ineligible to be President?
Purely a hypothetical question: What if a previous US President was found ineligible to be President?
Lets say we found Obama's "real" birth certificate and he was not born in the US.
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