Post by captbudman on Aug 16, 2024 16:26:38 GMT -6
Nothing says "protecting Democracy" more than trying to remove your opposition candidates from to prevent people from voting for them. We saw their unconstitutional effort to block Trump from the ballots earlier. Now, the Democrat Party is trying to keep Jill Stein and Cornel West off the ballots. Earlier, they succeed in getting RFK off the NY ballot, while they are also trying to keep him off the Georgia, Texas, and Washington ballots.
DNC staffer files complaint seeking to bar Green Party from presidential ballot
An employee of the DNC has filed a complaint with the state Elections Commission seeking to bar the Green Party from placing a presidential candidate on the Wisconsin ballot.
The complaint alleged the Greens don’t have anyone eligible under state law to nominate a slate of 10 presidential electors. Without any electors, the complaint argues, the party is ineligible to place someone on the presidential ballot.
“We take the nomination process for President and Vice President very seriously and believe every candidate should follow the rules,” said Adrienne Watson, a senior adviser to the DNC. “Because the Wisconsin Green Party hasn’t fielded candidates for legislative or statewide office and doesn’t have any current incumbent legislative or statewide office holders, it cannot nominate candidates and should not be on the ballot in November.”
A co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party didn’t immediately respond to a message late yesterday seeking comment.
The complaint is one of several moves the Democratic National Committee has made seeking to block third-party candidates from the ballot in battleground states. The party last week filed a challenge to the nomination papers of Cornel West as he seeks to qualify for the Wisconsin ballot.
The Green Party begins meeting today to formally nominate a presidential candidate, which is expected to be Jill Stein. She received 31,072 votes when she was on the Wisconsin ballot in 2016, more than Donald Trump’s 22,748-vote winning margin over Hillary Clinton.
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An employee of the DNC has filed a complaint with the state Elections Commission seeking to bar the Green Party from placing a presidential candidate on the Wisconsin ballot.
The complaint alleged the Greens don’t have anyone eligible under state law to nominate a slate of 10 presidential electors. Without any electors, the complaint argues, the party is ineligible to place someone on the presidential ballot.
“We take the nomination process for President and Vice President very seriously and believe every candidate should follow the rules,” said Adrienne Watson, a senior adviser to the DNC. “Because the Wisconsin Green Party hasn’t fielded candidates for legislative or statewide office and doesn’t have any current incumbent legislative or statewide office holders, it cannot nominate candidates and should not be on the ballot in November.”
A co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party didn’t immediately respond to a message late yesterday seeking comment.
The complaint is one of several moves the Democratic National Committee has made seeking to block third-party candidates from the ballot in battleground states. The party last week filed a challenge to the nomination papers of Cornel West as he seeks to qualify for the Wisconsin ballot.
The Green Party begins meeting today to formally nominate a presidential candidate, which is expected to be Jill Stein. She received 31,072 votes when she was on the Wisconsin ballot in 2016, more than Donald Trump’s 22,748-vote winning margin over Hillary Clinton.
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