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Originally Posted by panerd
How easy will it be at that point to get on all 50 state's ballots?
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The Republican Convention will finish by July 21st, by which time the deadlines for getting on the ballot (for independents) will have passed in the following states:
Texas
North Carolina
Illinois
Indiana
New Mexico
Nevada
Georgia
Delaware
Florida
Oklahoma
South Carolina
In addition, the following states have deadlines within a week following the close of the convention:
Michigan
Washington
Missouri
And these states have deadlines on August 1st or 2nd:
Arkansas
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Nebraska
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
West Virginia
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Wisconsin
All of which is a complicated way of saying that it would effectively (though not technically) be impossible to walk away from the convention and qualify in enough states to win the general election.
However, if you wanted to spite the party, you could absolutely qualify in enough states to be an effective spoiler.