I don’t even know that I’d go that far. If we start saying people who have had run ins with the law aren’t eligible for office in general, then you can just slap your political opponents with frivolous charges to prevent them from running. This is a special case of outrageous and egregious conduct by a candidate, who quite frankly has a good chance of winning thanks to the right wing media apparatus.
Oh sure, there’s always that. I failed to make the point that because of the right/privilege distinction, it should be much more difficult to remove someone’s right to vote than to remove their privilege to run as a candidate.
Voting is a right. Being a candidate is a privilege.
I don’t even know that I’d go that far. If we start saying people who have had run ins with the law aren’t eligible for office in general, then you can just slap your political opponents with frivolous charges to prevent them from running. This is a special case of outrageous and egregious conduct by a candidate, who quite frankly has a good chance of winning thanks to the right wing media apparatus.
Oh sure, there’s always that. I failed to make the point that because of the right/privilege distinction, it should be much more difficult to remove someone’s right to vote than to remove their privilege to run as a candidate.