Bernie Sanders is nothing but a heckler

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624. Absent a ballot access law on tax returns, it is hard to keep a candidate off the ballot

I saw that the GOP purged some candidates but under Democratic Party rules, this is almost impossible to do and still comply with state law. In my district, we had a Larouchie as the candidate for our congressional district in 2010 and 2012 because the district was not competitive. The most that the party could do was to ban her from the VAN and data files and exclude her from the conventions. This lady still sneaked into the 2012 convention but was kicked out a couple of times. I turned her into security once myself. Under current party rules, it is very difficult to exclude a candidate from the ballot. LaRouchies are not Democrats but under party rules it is hard to exclude someone. The GOP has different rules and there are ways to purge candidates in some states under GOP rules.

Several blue states are going to adopt ballot access laws that will require a candidate to file tax returns. I personally do not believe that Sanders will file or release his taxes and so this should take care of 2020.