Timeline for What criteria does a US Presidential candidate need to meet in order to appear on the ballot?
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| Dec 6, 2012 at 6:04 | vote | accept | Tim Post | ||
| Dec 5, 2012 at 15:14 | comment | added | Michael Mrozek | @SvenClement The first part was background for "states are free to choose electors however they want, so they don't even need to have a ballot in the traditional sense", which is the actual answer. There aren't federal rules for who can be on the ballot because there isn't even a federal rule that there has to be a ballot. The only federal rule is the states choose electors somehow; currently they all use ballots, but that's because each state chooses to | |
| Dec 5, 2012 at 11:36 | comment | added | Sven Clement | This is not the answer to the question, but answers the question how electors are chosen, not how the eligibility of a candidate is decided… | |
| Dec 5, 2012 at 3:42 | history | answered | Michael Mrozek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |