‘Maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border,’ Patrick told Fox News.
  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    120·
    9 months ago

    Sorry, Texas, your State election laws forbids it.

    Texas Political Party Nomination

    A presidential candidate nominated by a political party may be placed on the general election ballot. Political parties must certify the names of the candidates for president and vice-president and the names of the presidential electors before the later of the 71st day before the presidential election, or the first business day after the date of final adjournment of a party’s national nominating convention. A political party that is authorized or required to nominate candidates by primary election is entitled to have its nominee for president placed on the general election ballot. A political party is authorized to nominate by primary if the party’s nominee for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election received at least 2% of the total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the election; a political party is required to nominate by primary if that candidate received more than 20% of the vote. A political party that nominates candidates by convention is entitled to have its nominee for president placed on the general election ballot if the party had a nominee for statewide office at the last general election receive a number of votes equal to at least 5% of the total number of voters received by all candidates for that office.

    A political party that nominates by convention may also qualify to place a presidential candidate on the general election ballot if the party files with the secretary of state no later than the 75th day after precinct conventions a list convention participants indicating that the number of participants equals at least 1% of the total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election. If the number of convention participants is fewer than the number required, the party may qualify for ballot access at the general election by filing a petition with secretary of state containing a number of signatures that when added to the number of convention participants on the list equals at least 1% of the total number of voters received by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election.

    Petition

    An independent presidential candidate may obtain ballot access for the general election by filing with the secretary of state no later than the 2nd Monday in May an application and a petition containing the number of signatures equal to at least 1% of the total vote received in the state by all candidates for president in the most recent presidential election. The application must include the names of the presidential electors.

    Write-In

    A write-in candidate for president must file a declaration of write-in candidacy and the names of the presidential electors with the secretary of state no later than the 78th day before the election. (Tex. Elections Code Ann. §§ 146.023, 146.025, 172.002, 181.005, 181.006, 192.003, 192.032, 192.033)

    • GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      421·
      9 months ago

      Correct, he he follows through with his threat then he will lose when it goes to court.

      So all he has to do is delay his action until right before the election, so the court can’t react in time and its decision ends up coming after the election is over. At that point, because America as proven time and again that it won’t redo an election no matter how flagrantly election laws are broken, it won’t matter and he’ll have gotten away with it.

        • TheFriar@lemm.ee
          2·
          9 months ago

          Lol that would be the funniest thing, in trying to wait until just the right time so the courts can’t act in time, he announces he’s going to take him off the ballot and someone says, “I’m, lt. gov, I’m so-and-so from Texas elections division and I just wanted to let you know we proofed and printed the ballots a week ago…” and then he just silently drops the issue because there’s nothing he can do…

          I can see it happening

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
        112·
        9 months ago

        Or since he can’t do it nobody will listen and put Biden on there anyways. But let’s see what scotus says about CO first.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        1·
        9 months ago

        The good news is that these asshats tend to fuck up their strategy and only make things worse for their own stated position. Memes about “Trump is playing 5D chess” were originally about trying to explain away nutty behavior as if Trump is a strategic genius. Given the way other GOP plans have gone–from the fight over the Speaker of the House to DeSantis picking a fight with Disney–this now seems common for the entire party.

        Which wasn’t always the case. GOP strategy used to be tight. Evil, but tight.

      • TheFriar@lemm.ee
        18·
        9 months ago

        because america has proven time and again that it won’t redo an election no matter how flagrantly election led are broken

        You’re talking about how trump was FRAUDED out of his BIGGEST VICTORY IN HUMAN HISTORY in 2020, right?

    • rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      9 months ago

      republicans: “We totally believe in the rule of — hang on

      changes the law so DeSantis can run for president —

      law.”

    • Scurouno@lemmy.ca
      8·
      9 months ago

      I love how the word lieutenant is combination of the French words for “place” (lieu) and “holder” (tenant). We should just call this dude the placeholder governor from now on, just to get his panties in a bunch.