GOP threatened to sue over November ballot if Biden dropped out. Experts call that 'ridiculous'

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GOP threatened to sue over November ballot if Biden dropped out. Experts call that 'ridiculous'
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Even before President Joe Biden’s long-speculated withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, allies of former President Donald Trump floated the possibility of suing to block Democrats from having anyone other than Biden on the ballot in November

But election administration and legal experts said the timing of Biden’s exit on Sunday makes it unlikely that any Republican ballot access challenges will succeed, with some calling the idea “ridiculous” and “frivolous.” Democrats are on safe legal ground as they identify a new standard-bearer, they say, because the party hasn’t officially chosen its nominee. That typically occurs with a vote of delegates at the party’s convention. 

It’s ridiculous for people to talk about ‘replacing Biden.’ He hasn’t been nominated yet,” said Richard Winger, a leading expert on state ballot access laws and the longtime editor of the “Ballot Access News” newsletter.

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Does the IRS send a letter to everyone in the USA every year?

Nope. You file your taxes and send them in. They don't mail you anything unless it's necessary.

The irs literally did send almost everyone in the country a letter during covid… it’s not nearly as difficult as y’all are making it out to be.

Now go look up the error rate on those letters.

You're making the claim that there were errors, how about you back it up with the data. At this point you're just fearmongering (again).