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Gradient
10-06-2007, 07:10 PM
In Texas and PA, there are laws on the book that if youi don't win the primary, you cant change your party affiliation.. in other words he can't chang eto IND. In my opinion he should then withdraw, that way all of his supporters could write him in.

BTW I nominate Ron Paul jr. for his VP
atilla
10-06-2007, 07:17 PM
in 1980 john anderson challenged the laws in court in many states and won. i really doubt ron paul will go for another round 3rd party or independent but if he did he would probably win a court challenge in the states where anderson did not run and invalidate the laws already.
Akus
10-06-2007, 07:21 PM
There is no Ron Paul Junior.
michaelwise
10-06-2007, 07:22 PM
Can Ron Paul actually run as a write in candidate?
UtahApocalypse
10-06-2007, 07:24 PM
Can Ron Paul actually run as a write in candidate?


Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, many other have had write-in votes. If you can write the name you can write it in.
Bradley in DC
10-06-2007, 07:26 PM
Hugely impressed with the sophistication of questions here, kudos. :)

There is some discussion of this question. Because we have a republican electoral college and not a direct democracy, the question is more complicated. On election day, we're not voting for president directly but for that candidates slate to represent Dr. Paul, for example, in the electoral college. Literally and legally, it is the potential electors who are the candidates on the ballot. Those individuals were not primary losers then running for the same office of another party or independent.

http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/01/12/sore-loser-laws-dont-generally-apply-to-presidential-candidates/

http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/07/20/do-sore-loser-laws-apply-to-presidential-candidates/
Bradley in DC
10-06-2007, 07:27 PM
Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, many other have had write-in votes. If you can write the name you can write it in.

Different states have different laws on the filing and counting as write-in candidates.
Gradient
10-06-2007, 07:34 PM
there is a Ron Paul Jr. his son
Chester Copperpot
10-06-2007, 07:35 PM
there is a Ron Paul Jr. his son

Again, there is no Ron Paul Jr....

DO you even know who Ron Paul is?
Gradient
10-06-2007, 07:46 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_paul#Family

Ron Paul Jr. is the kind of guy i see out there trying to support Ron's campaign
mkrfctr
10-06-2007, 07:49 PM
Again, there is no Ron Paul Jr....

DO you even know who Ron Paul is?
I think what with Ron Paul being Jeffersonian and all, Gradient is probably referring to the illegitimate child Ron had with his black slave.