2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIndictment and a Late Replacement Nominee
Most states, if not all, allow political parties to substitute nominees after certification.
by Don E. Siegelman
Oakdale, La.
Mr. Siegelman was governor of Alabama 1999-2003.
'Regarding Karl Roves What If Clinton Gets Indicted? (op-ed, May 19): However right his prognostications, Mr. Rove is off the mark in his proposition that if Hillary Clinton is indicted after she is nominated and certified t could then be virtually impossible for [Democrats] to win the presidency outright, especially since six early-deadline states [including] Alabama . . . compel electors to support the popular-vote winner.
Mr. Roves proposition is off base. Most states, if not all, allow political parties to substitute nominees after certification. Even with statutory deadlines for certification, if ballots havent been printed, the right to cast an informed and an effective ballot requires that the certified-substitute nominees name appear on the ballot. Even after the ballots are printed, political parties may substitute a nominee, and states have an obligation to instruct voters on how to cast a ballot for that nominee.
As a practical matter, even if Mrs. Clinton is indicted after she is certified, Democrats may still certify a substitute nominee whose name may appear on the ballot, and if its too late for the candidates name to appear on the ballot, secretaries of state have an obligation to inform voters how to cast a vote for such a nominee.
The Democratic Party rules creating superdelegates are likely to be tested to the breaking point as the Sanders, Clinton and superdelegates collide in Philadelphia this July.
On the other hand, if the presumptive Republican Party nominee takes Republican members of the House and Senate down with him, perhaps Mr. Rove will wish to add some superdelegates to the RNC for 2020.'
http://www.wsj.com/articles/indictment-and-a-late-replacement-nominee-1464987362
grasswire
(50,130 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)but if there's another who could gain Senator Sanders more, I'm for that.
I do hope Governor O'Malley obtains a position he wants. He likes environmental matters, and I personally would like to see him leading the totally messed up Department of Veterans Affairs.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)He has some followers and I do not fall for his story.
elleng
(130,974 posts)'Mr. Rove is off the mark in his proposition.'
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)To happen and Hillary will still have her delegates which she has not released. Rove is encouraging descent.