NC and VA GOP may demand candidates swear off 3rd party run for ballot access

[SteveRogers]

That rule should be valid nationwide, not only for North Carolina and Virginia, regardless of Trump.

Lol, it's not like such a declaration would be enforceable later on if the candidate changes their mind and runs 3rd party anyway.

[SteveRogers]

Sore loser restrictions are pure common sense. I would have thought more states already had them.

Most states do have either sore loser laws or simultaneous filing deadlines for most elections, but very few state sore loser laws apply to presidential elections, partly because when you vote in the presidential general election you're not really voting for a candidate but rather a slate of electors.

[SteveRogers]

Sore loser laws are a legislature's way of saying that they are fully aware of the inherent flaws in a first-past-the-post electoral system but refuse to fix them anyway.