Its not a stretch to say tying to keep a candidate off the ballot unlawfully in undemocratic.... I posted here Putin just did the same, but Russia doesn't have the recourse we do eh..Seems he did it twice https://apnews.com/article/russia-presidential-election-putin-ukraine-candidate-3267d751005003ba3a0aaf3c9faa6517 Nadezhdin is the second antiwar hopeful to be denied a spot on the ballot.