do states have sore losers law
Less well known is this: 44 states have âsore loserâ laws of one form or another. These laws effectively block a candidate who fails to win a party primary from appearing on the general election ballot, as either an independent or as the nominee of another party. These laws deprive voters of a full array of choices.here were a mere 3,500 people at this convention. Mr. Bennett would almost certainly have won a vote in which all Utah voters had been able to participate: the stateâs sore-loser law meant that 320 party activists effectively made a decision on behalf of the three million people of Utah.