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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: corbe on August 13, 2019, 05:07:34 pm

Title: Republican plans to cancel Trump primaries in some states see pushback
Post by: corbe on August 13, 2019, 05:07:34 pm

Republican plans to cancel Trump primaries in some states see pushback

Trump all but assured of wins, but proposals mute voices of voters, some say

By David Sherfinski   - The Washington Times - Sunday, August 11, 2019

As California Democrats try to keep President Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot next year, Republicans in other states are pondering plans to cancel or modify their own 2020 presidential nominating contests and essentially affirm the party’s support for Mr. Trump before voters head to the polls.

A new California law requiring candidates to disclose five years of tax returns has raised fresh legal and constitutional questions on ballot access, while nascent proposals to scale back Republican nominating contests in states such as South Carolina and Nevada have drawn criticism from William F. Weld, the most prominent Republican challenging Mr. Trump in 2020.

Shawn Steel, a Republican National Committee member from California, called his state’s law a “political farce” and predicted it would be struck down “by Christmas, if not sooner.”

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/11/republican-plans-cancel-trump-primaries-get-push-b/ (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/11/republican-plans-cancel-trump-primaries-get-push-b/)