A Democratic National Committee employee has filed a complaint alleging that the Green Party is not eligible to participate in the presidential election in Wisconsin.
David Strange, deputy director of operations for the DNC in Wisconsin, argues in his complaint that the Green Party cannot nominate presidential electors because it does not have a state-level official who could be considered as a nominating candidate.
The complaint also states that the Green Party could have launched a write-in campaign for House candidates in Wisconsin’s primary election on Tuesday, but failed to do so, leading to the complaint.
“Because the Wisconsin Green Party has not nominated candidates for legislative or statewide office and does not currently have any incumbents in legislative or statewide offices, it cannot nominate candidates and should not be on the ballot in November,” Adrienne Watson, senior counsel to the DNC, said in a statement.
The Green Party’s status on the ballot has been challenged in the past. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected their request for ballot eligibility in a 4-3 ruling nearly two months before the 2020 election. Democrats feared at the time that Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins could harm then-candidate Joe Biden in the swing state.
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This isn’t the first time Democrats have attacked a third-party candidate in this election, either. In a case brought by the Democratic-aligned group Clear Choice Action, independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was denied a spot on the New York ballot on Monday after Judge Christina Ryba ruled that he had registered to vote in the state using a “fake address.” Democrats are trying to remove him from ballots in other states as well.
The DNC’s complaint comes as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are locked in a neck-and-neck race for the presidency. When third-party candidates are included in the Wisconsin race, Harris leads Trump by 1.8 percentage points, 46.3% to 44.5%. RealClearPoliticsIn a two-way race in the swing state, Harris is only ahead by 1.2 percentage points, 48.9% to 47.7%.
