Harris Has No Legal Issues Getting On the Ballot

The election authorities of at least 48 states, both Republicans and Democrats, say there are no obstacles that would prevent Vice President Kamala Harris from getting on election ballots if she becomes the official Democratic presidential nominee, as expected.

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The findings of a CNN survey of all 50 states undercut the claims of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said both before and after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday that there are legal “impediments” in some states to a party switching presidential candidates as the Democrats did. There was not a single state election authority that told CNN Harris would face a ballot issue as the official nominee; election authorities in two states, Florida and Montana, did not respond to requests for comment, but a review of the states’ ballot access rules suggests Harris is not likely to face an issue there either.

Ed Morrissey

As I have maintained all along, there would be no issue with Biden withdrawing from the race. There could have been some legal issues had Biden refused to withdraw and the DNC changed its rules to nominate someone else instead. (And even then, I doubt that Republicans would have standing to challenge the move; Democrat primary voters would.) Every state holds the major-party slots for the official nomination now, which means whoever gets the vote will be on the ballots.

Frankly, there are far better arguments to make against Harris than engaging in pointless lawfare anyway. 

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