Sentences with phrase «sore loser laws»

The problem with sore loser laws is that they apply to candidates voters directly vote for.

It is true that Roque De La Fuente competed in the Democratic Primary, but the Reform Party electors did not, thus Sore Loser Laws should not apply.

These states are using unconstitutional sore loser laws to deny him ballot access.

Sore loser laws would block a candidate from appearing in both the primaries and the general election in two states (Texas and South Dakota).

Additionally, there are no existing stipulations that prohibit a candidate from being elected despite having unsuccessfully run for a party's nomination, which would normally apply due to Alabama's sore loser law.

Not exact matches

Alabama Secretary of State explicitly noted that while «sore loser» laws would specifically prevent Strange as the primary loser from appearing on the ballot as printed independent, they don't affect write - ins.

If Ritz were to lose the primary, our sources tell us, she will just run again for Superintendent of Public Instruction since it is a nominating convention and she would not be prohibited from running again for another office under Indiana's «sore loser» law which bans candidates from running for an office in the general election which they lost in the primary.

The logical reason that «sore loser» laws have not been applied to presidential candidates is that Article II of the U.S. Constitution, and the state election codes of all 50 states, make it clear that presidential electors, not presidential candidates, are the true candidates in November.