• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    11 months ago

    I mean, that is the job of the Secretary of State office. They determine who or what is qualified for the ballot.

    In my state, they kicked off one of the candidates for Governor in 2022 because he didn’t meet residency requirements.

    https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/06/nicholas-nick-kristof-oregon-governor-candidate-qualification-ruling/

    He sued, it went through the courts, surprise! He wasn’t qualified due to residency requirements.

    FTA:

    "Among her reasons for deciding Kristof did not meet residency requirements, Scroggin cited his decision to vote as a New York resident in 2020 and his possession of a New York driver’s license in 2020. Both factors, she wrote, indicated Kristof “viewed New York as the place where you intended to permanently return when you were away.”

    “In order to satisfy the three-year residency requirement, you must have been a resident in Oregon for the entire three-year period beginning in November 2019,” Scroggin wrote. “But the objective facts, including your decision to vote in New York, convincingly suggest that you resided in New York at least from November 2019 to December 2020.”"