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NEW: Judge Hands Kamala ANOTHER Brutal Legal Defeat
In the political battleground of Wisconsin, the state’s Supreme Court has refused to entertain a Democrat challenge to remove Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein from the November ballots. Stein’s far-left candidacy is set to stay in a state infamous for its tight contests.
The challenge, initiated by David Strange of the Democrat National Committee, sought to strike Stein from the ballot over concerns that her presence might siphon votes from Vice President Kamala Harris, potentially tipping the scales in favor of former President and Republican Donald Trump. However, the court’s unsigned order dismissed the appeal without explanation, allowing Stein to contest in the upcoming election, where every vote is crucial given Wisconsin’s history of narrow vote margins in presidential races.
“It is ordered that the petition for leave to commence an original action is denied. We determine that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks; and, it is further ordered that all other pending motions are denied as moot,” the court stated.
Stein threw her hat into the presidential ring for the third time in November 2023, making a big announcement on X. After a stint as campaign manager for Cornel West, who shifted his political ambitions to an independent run, Stein distanced herself from West and teased a potential run of her own. Her campaign platform focuses on anti-war initiatives, advocating for a Green New Deal, universal healthcare, and a commitment to ending genocide. However, her candidacy stirred up concerns within the Democrat Party, fearing that she might pull critical left-wing support away from Harris in the upcoming general election.
https://twitter.com/wiz_political/status/1828151466030153841
In the last two presidential elections, Wisconsin has played a crucial role as a key battleground state. In 2016, the state narrowly voted for Donald Trump, marking the first time since 1984 that a Republican candidate had won Wisconsin. Trump’s victory was by a margin of just under 23,000 votes, due to the state’s role as a swing state with highly competitive races. The 2020 election saw a shift, with Joe Biden winning Wisconsin by a similarly narrow margin of around 20,000 votes.
BREAKING: Big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice! Wisconsin voters still have an anti-genocide, pro-worker, climate action choice this year!
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— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) August 26, 2024
Stein lauded the court’s decision today, remarking that the Green Party “beat back the DNC’s attack.”
“Today justice prevailed,” she said. Michael White, co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party, dismissed the complaint as a “mark of fear by the Democratic Party,” asserting that it only served to energize Stein’s supporters. “It was an inevitable conclusion because the complaint had no merit to begin with and we knew that,” he stated. Meanwhile, Democrat National Committee spokesperson Adrienne Watson described the decision as “disappointing,” arguing that the Green Party should not be on the ballot.
Steins’s first bid was in 2012, where she was on the ballot in 36 states and received around 0.36% of the popular vote. Stein ran again in 2016, appearing on the ballot in 44 states plus Washington, D.C., and secured about 1.07% of the vote.
This comes a day after the Michigan Court of Claims ruled in favor of independent candidate Cornel West in his fight to appear on the state’s ballot. The decision, announced Sunday, cleared the way for West to appear on Michigan’s 2024 general election ballot, dealing a major setback to the Michigan Democrat Party’s efforts to block his candidacy.
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