Comments on: Why Chris Dodd Didn’t Qualify for Virginia Primary

By: Stine

Stine — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:04:22 +0000

Good point, John.

Ralph Nader once said running for president isn’t about getting on the ballot once, but 51 times, with each state having different laws.

By: John Taylor Bowles

John Taylor Bowles — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:34:21 +0000

At first, I thought Dodd should be exempt from the ballot and get the same treatment like the third party candidates would get; but, I’ve changed my mind now. I don’t think he should get special treatment; but, his dilemma is a good example to use about how even a mainstream candidate can get screwed up because of all the different state ballot access laws. Whenever a candidate is denied ballot access because of a technicality it is an infringement on the choices the voter has. Candidates should not have to run a ballot access gauntlet in the USA in order to run. There comes a point when it starts to look unfair and ridiculous and rigged!

By: will bates

will bates — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:55:20 +0000

ALL CANDIDATES SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT.EVEN THE BAD ONES

By: Timm Knibbs

Timm Knibbs — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:39:38 +0000

I am sure that he will not push for exceptions so that candidates can get on the ballot to challenge for his Senate seat.
Dodd is becoming a joke. He moved to Iowa so that he could solidify his one percent and then did not qualify for the primary in some of the biggest states.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:29:09 +0000

This is why it is important to hire competent people for ballot access drives.

By: John Taylor Bowles

John Taylor Bowles — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:47:35 +0000

This is a good example of something coming back and hitting the mainstream candidates in the face.

By: Fred C.

Fred C. — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:30:49 +0000

I believe in open ballots with lots of candidates. Even so, I come down with a touch of schadenfreude whenever a major party candidate becomes a victim of the same circumstances that minor-party candidates are forced to contend with year after year.

I hope the SBE doesn’t bend the rules for him, and that it jades him into using his position to push for reform (as unlikely as that may be).

By: Demo Rep

Demo Rep — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:02:30 +0000

Gee. Some MORON staff folks for Dodd — like for ALL candidates who can NOT possibly understand ALL of the UNEQUAL ballot access laws in ALL 50 States — that are continuously changing due to nonstop EVIL machinations by the ruling gerrymander MORONS and related election bureaucrats.