California wants to exclude Donald Trump from the 2020 ballot and has joined the unconstitutional pact to require all electors to vote for the popular vote winner. Together, these acts make it near impossible for any Republican to win. I wrote about it today at The Federalist.
I agree with you about qualifications for federal office, but the California bill you write about, SB 27, which I oppose, only relates to presidential primary ballot access. So the California bill does not interact with the national popular vote plan, as your article suggests. It is true that the tax return bills in other states do impact the general election ballot, so your point is valid for the other states.
Also the California bill does not bar Trump from being a write-in candidate in the 2020 presidential primary, and California permits write-ins in presidential primaries.
Those are important differences, thanks for commenting. Restricting someone to write-in votes isn’t the same as removing him from the ballot, but it’s a pretty heavy disadvantage. The result would be the same in many instances, though of course write-ins have won races in the past.
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