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Who was this candidate?
03-05-2022, 03:18 AM (This post was last modified: 03-05-2022 03:19 AM by Steve.)
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RE: Who was this candidate?
Ice pick?, I'm going to go with Trotsky

About Deb's citizenship - Congress passes a lot of stupid legislation. But he definitely was still a US citizen. Non-citizens are prohibited from running for President by Article II of the US Constitution, and Debs couldn't have run in 1920 if he was no longer a US citizen. The confusion comes from the state of Indiana barring Debs from voting after his release because his sentenced was commuted by Pres. Harding; he wasn't pardoned and a convicted felon cannot vote.

Fifty years earlier, in 1926, Congress was also inundated with requests to "restore" his citizenship, but he was still a US citizen:

https://books.google.com/books?id=yauyFz...22&f=false
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Who was this candidate? - AussieMick - 03-04-2022, 07:09 AM
RE: Who was this candidate? - RJNorton - 03-04-2022, 08:43 AM
RE: Who was this candidate? - AussieMick - 03-04-2022, 03:52 PM
RE: Who was this candidate? - AussieMick - 03-04-2022, 05:52 PM
RE: Who was this candidate? - AussieMick - 03-04-2022, 06:52 PM
RE: Who was this candidate? - Anita - 03-04-2022, 09:36 PM
RE: Who was this candidate? - Steve - 03-05-2022, 12:39 AM
RE: Who was this candidate? - AussieMick - 03-05-2022, 02:03 AM
RE: Who was this candidate? - Steve - 03-05-2022 03:18 AM
RE: Who was this candidate? - AussieMick - 03-05-2022, 03:45 AM

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