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Re: Green Party's Jill Stein will remain on Wisconsin ballot after court refuses to hear challenge

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Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> https://apnews.com/article/jill-stein-wisconsin-president-ballot-2024-
> e8cb52080dc7ba32997642e962dc0b06
> 
> MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will
> remain on the ballot in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin after the
> state Supreme Court decided on Monday not to hear a Democratic challenge
> seeking to oust her.
> 
> Democrats are concerned that third-party candidates could draw votes away
> from Vice President Kamala Harris and help Republican Donald Trump win
> Wisconsin. The presence of independent and third party candidates on the
> ballot could be a deciding factor in a state where four of the last six
> presidential elections have been decided by between 5,700 votes and about
> 23,000 votes.
> 
> The court decided against hearing the challenge brought by David Strange,
> an employee of the Democratic National Committee, who sought to oust Stein
> from the ballot. The court did not explain its reasoning.
> 
> “We determine that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks,”
> the court said in its unsigned order.
> 
> Strange argued that the Green Party can’t nominate presidential electors
> in Wisconsin because the party does not have any state officeholders or
> legislative candidates authorized to nominate presidential electors.
> 
> The Green Party and Republicans countered that the party met all of its
> legal requirements and that Stein should be allowed to remain on the
> ballot.
> 
> Stein praised the decision, saying the Green Party “beat back the DNC’s
> attack.”
> 
> “Today justice prevailed,” she said in a statement.
> 
> Michael White, co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party, called the complaint
> a “mark of fear by the Democratic Party” and said the attention generated
> by it had motivated Stein backers.
> 
> “It was an inevitable conclusion because the complaint had no merit to
> begin with and we knew that,” he said.
> 
> Democratic National Committee spokesperson Adrienne Watson called the
> decision “disappointing” and said the Green Party should not be on the
> ballot.
> 
> Stein last appeared on the Wisconsin ballot 2016, when she won just over
> 31,000 votes — more than Trump’s winning margin of just under 23,000
> votes. Some Democrats have blamed her for helping Trump win the state and
> the presidency that year.
> 
> Strange had challenged a Wisconsin Elections Commission decision in
> February to grant the Green Party ballot access. The commission did so
> because a candidate from the party won more than 1% of the vote in a
> statewide race in 2022, meeting a requirement under the law. Sheryl
> McFarland got nearly 1.6% of the vote while finishing last in a four-way
> race for secretary of state.
> 
> The Wisconsin Elections Commission is scheduled to meet Tuesday to certify
> which candidates can appear on the ballot. Democrats are also challenging
> the placement of independent candidate Cornel West on the ballot. A
> Republican National Committee employee is challenging independent Shiva
> Ayyadurai’s candidacy.
> 
> The Wisconsin Supreme Court kept Green Party presidential candidate Howie
> Hawkins off the ballot in 2020 after the elections commission deadlocked
> on whether he filed proper nominating signatures.
> 
> 
Joke is on them I believe, she will draw only commies/dems.

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