(Huff Post)–“The secretaries of state for Alabama and Ohio sent letters to President Joe Biden’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties warning that the president may miss the deadline to be included on their states’ general election ballots, even though both states have allowed candidates to appear on the ballots in similar circumstances in the past. The letters warn that the Democratic Party nominating convention, scheduled to begin Aug. 19, falls after the date when each state is required by law to certify its general election ballots. In Ohio, ballots must be certified 90 days before the election, while in Alabama, the ballot certification deadline is 82 days prior.
The Ohio ballot deadline has been in effect since 2009, while the Alabama deadline has been law since 1975. Since then, however, both states have put major party nominees on the ballot even when their nominating conventions fell after the required deadlines. Most recently, the Ohio legislature passed language in 2020 granting a waiver on the ballot access deadline for Republicans. Ohio also changed the deadline in 2012 for both parties. Alabama provided provisional qualification to both Democrats and Republicans in 2020 and also changed
the deadline by statute for Republicans, who held their nominating convention from Aug. 24 to Aug. 27.
If Republicans in either state refused to provide the same provisional qualification or statutory changes their states have provided in the past, Democrats would sue to overturn their respective deadlines”
(CEO)—Not too long ago Republicans were in an uproar over Donald Trump, potentially being kept off ballots. Due to his obvious violation of the Insurrectionist clause in the Constitution. They bitched and moaned that it was undemocratic to remove him from ballots even though the language from the 14th Amendment section 3 was quite clear.
The Supreme Court however threw Trump a lifeline ruling that individual states do not have the legal authority to initiate that specific ban. Now those same Republicans who were questioning that particular section of the Constitution as anti-democratic. Claiming only the will of the people should determine whether or not to elect a certain candidate. Are now endeavoring to remove President Biden from their ballots over a bull 💩 technicality that has never before been enforced.
It’s as if hypocrisy and the rule of law don’t apply when the GOP is the governing party in question. Remember all the media attention surrounding Trump potentially being held off ballots. Yet now that it’s Biden who faces possible removal from November’s general election. The mainstream press is eerily silent on the subject. If a majority of the public understood this was transpiring Democrats would be just as outraged as Republicans were.
No wonder Republicans are always committing political corruption. Wouldn’t you if the media barely reported your wrongdoings? The double standard which the two parties are held to is alarming. It starts from the top down, with Biden receiving persistent publicized criticism. While Trump is given carte blanche to lie to the masses on a daily basis with minimal repercussions. The two men conduct themselves entirely antithetical. But the media would have you believe they are both up to no good. The false equivalency portrayed has had devastating impacts on the public’s perceptions. This is evident in the results of political opinion polling data.
Alabama and Ohio have each made prior exceptions to this ridiculous rule they are threatening to impose. It’s another example of the Republican Party relying heavily upon lying, cheating, and stealing to win elections. Exploiting an imbalance in political coverage by the traditional media sources. Of course, Republicans aren’t going to hold themselves accountable. Especially if the electorate is mostly unaware of their consistent transgressions. If knowledge is power, then the media has been complicit in right-wing corruption. Denying the public facts they deserve to hear, undermines their ability to make a knowledgeable political choice. Don’t worry though because in Alabama and Ohio, President Biden may be removed from the ballot entirely. If so there will be no need for you to make an informed decision at all, since Republicans have already chosen on your behalf.
Click the link below for the Huff Post article quoted in this column
.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-ohio-alabama-ballot_n_6616cd65e4b0999df3538d81
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