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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not consider the lawsuit filed by Democrats who tried to block the Green Party’s presidential candidate Jill Stone from the ballots in Wisconsin.
The unsigned order issued Monday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court allows Stein to appear on the Nov. 5 ballot in a state known for its razor-thin election results.
Last week, the Democratic National Committee filed a Petition for Original Action, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up the case.
The petition stated that Stein and Butch WareThe Green Party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates are not allowed to appear on the ballot in Wisconsin in November because the Green Party lacks the statewide officeholders or candidates for state legislatures required to nominate presidential electors.
The petition asked the Supreme Court to order the Wisconsin State Election Commission to disqualify the Green Party from the presidential election no later than August 27, the day on which the commission is scheduled to meet to confirm candidates for the November election.
But in a brief order issued the day before the WEC was scheduled to meet, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to take up the case.
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“I don’t think the Democrats should have even brought this up,” Peter Karassaid a Wisconsin Green Party election official on Monday afternoon. “They have effectively prevented voters from voting for the president they envision as their preferred candidate and from voting according to their conscience.”
But Adrienne WatsonA DNC spokesman called the verdict “disappointing.”
“The Wisconsin Green Party’s violation of the law is crystal clear,” Watson said in a statement. “The WGP has not met either of Wisconsin’s two simple requirements for nominating candidates and therefore should not be on the ballot in November.”
Stein last appeared on the Wisconsin ballot in 2016, receiving about 31,000 votes.
This year, former President Donald Trump hit Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin with around 24,000 votes. In 2020 President Joe Biden In Wisconsin, Trump won by an even smaller margin of less than 21,000 votes.
Editor’s note: This story is being updated.
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Jill Stein to appear on Wisconsin ballot after state Supreme Court rejects challenge was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.
