Last November, when the names of Republican candidates running for president were submitted to Secretary of States Office, the list was much longer. The Republicans State Executive Committee submitted 11 names to be on the primary ballot. And even though there are two prominent candidates left, all 11 will appear on the March ballot.
“Both parties have to submit the names, well in advance of the actual primary usually will advance voting starting,” Jason Shepherd said, a Kennesaw State Political Science professor.
However, in a Nov. 16 email to the state Republican Party, a representative from the Secretary of State’s Office wrote that they had “identified at least two candidates who have already announced their withdrawal from the presidential race. Please advise whether the names of withdrawn candidates can be excluded.”
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