Sore-loser law
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In United States politics, a sore-loser law is a law which states that the loser in a primary election can't then run as an independent in the general election.[1] These laws do not apply to presidential candidates. Many states accomplish the same requirement by having simultaneous registration dates for the primary and the general election; in fact only the states of Connecticut, Iowa, New York and Vermont don't have either a sore-loser law or simultaneous registration deadlines.[2]
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- ^ Washingtontimes.com
- ^ ""Sore loser laws" designed to foster major-party rule and prevent dissent". RangeVoting.org. http://rangevoting.org/BallAccess.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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