Is Democracy on the ballot? Third-party suppression a problem
The Democratic Party often rightfully condemns Republicans for suppressing votes at the ballot box, but they are guilty of suppressing voters’ choices by filing frivolous lawsuits to prevent independent and third-party candidates from being on the ballot.
“The single biggest threat that helps put Trump back in the White House is third-party candidates …” said Joe Trippi in an NBC News report. The Party accurately accuses Trump of being an existential threat to our “democracy,” but it is too.
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Indiana Green Party asks for Reconsideration in Seventh Circuit
On September 3, the Indiana Green Party asked for rehearing en banc in the Seventh Circuit, in the party’s ballot access case. Indiana Green Party v Morales, 23-2756. Both the U.S. District Court and the Seventh Circuit had upheld the 2% petition requirement even though the state had presented no evidence in support of the law, and even though the party had submitted a great deal of evidence. That evidence, which is uncontested, establishes that no statewide independent petition, or petition for an unqualified party nominee, can succeed without the expenditure of approximately $500,000.
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Party for Socialism and Liberation, Green Party discuss priorities for 2024 election
The Party for Socialism and Liberation, a self-described revolutionary socialist party, was formed in 2004. Gerald Green II says he joined PSL in 2022 after he became disillusioned with the Democratic Party.
On Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Green told show host Rose Scott that PSL supports universal health care and seeks to build an anti-capitalist movement for working people.
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Legal fight over third-party ballot access reveals flaws in the two-party system
A Georgia judge’s rulings barring third parties from the presidential ballot reflect strategic efforts by both major parties to maintain control.
A Georgia judge ruled that several independent and third-party candidates failed to qualify for the 2024 presidential ballot this week. The decisions were in response to lawsuits filed by the Georgia Democratic Party challenging the four candidacies, while Republicans threw legal support behind keeping one of them — a socialist — on the ballot.
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Montana Dems sue to get Green Party Senate candidate off the ballot
The Montana Democratic Party sued the secretary of state and the state of Montana on Thursday to get the Green Party's Senate candidate removed from general election ballots.
The Democrats are asking a judge to permanently bar Republican Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen from certifying any Green Party candidate in the Senate election, including who was slated to be on the ballot, Darby resident Robert Barb.
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Wood County Green Party marks Dobbs Decision anniversary
The Wood County Green Party on Monday marked the second anniversary of the Dobbs Decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
Green Party officials conducted a protest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Main and Wooster streets. A discussion on the impact of the decision on American women took place Monday night in the Veteran's Building in City Park.
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Wood County Green Party marks Dobbs anniversary
Monday marks the second anniversary of the Dobbs Decision that overturned Roe. V Wade. The Wood County Green Party is calling for a protest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Main and Wooster in Bowling Green.
There will also be a discussion on the impact of Dobbs on American women at 7 p.m. in the Veteran’s Building in City Park, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Dems for democracy — but only if you vote for them
Politics has long been an incubator for hypocrisy, but efforts by Nevada Democrats to keep competitors off the November ballot are particularly shameless.
With polls showing that Americans aren’t enamored of the Biden administration’s failed immigration and economic policies, Democrats have opted to direct attention to Donald Trump and his supposed danger to “democracy.” Fair enough
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Leila Hazou for Senate
For Leila Hazou, seven months of war in Gaza that has drawn little more than silence from the Democratic Party with which she once identified so closely has prompted her to take an extraordinary step: running for political office.
A small business owner in Pennsylvania whose family fled Jerusalem during the Nakba, Ms Hazou is running for a seat in the US Senate as a member of the Green Party of Pennsylvania.
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Nevada Democrats sue secretary of state and Green Party to block Jill Stein from ballot
The Democratic Party is escalating its attacks on third-party candidates in an effort to block any challenge to the two-party monopoly. On June 11, the campaign of Green Party candidate for US president, Dr. Jill Stein, reported that the Nevada State Democratic Party has sued the Nevada secretary of state and the Nevada Green Party, in an autocratic bid to keep Stein off the ballot.
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