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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts) Sat Apr 2, 2016, 06:42 PM Apr 2016

Cruz won case that challenged his eligibility

POSTED 9:41 PM, APRIL 1, 2016
BY SARAH TISINGER
UPDATED AT 09:42PM, APRIL 1, 2016

... A Pittsburgh resident and registered Republican voter, Carmon Elliott, had argued that Cruz isn’t eligible to run for president or to appear on Pennsylvania’s April 26 primary ballot because he was born in Canada.

Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini ruled March 11 that common law precedent and statutory history maintain that an eligible candidate includes any person born to an American citizen ...

http://wqad.com/2016/04/01/cruz-won-case-that-challenged-his-eligibility-to-run-for-president/