GraceRandolph Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 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. Posting on X, Jason Call, the campaign manager for Stein, reported that the Democrats filed their lawsuit less than "24 hours" after the Green Party submitted some 29,500 signatures, nearly three times the 10,000 signatures required, to appear on the ballot. In a follow-up post, Call reported that the Democrats are "alleging that we did not have the required distribution among the 4 [Nevada] congressional districts—meaning that a minimum of 2,500 valid signatures must have come from each." Call added that the Democrats "are also going through the signature sheets and seeking to strike signatures for various reasons. Mostly they are trying to tie up our resources so we can't put them elsewhere. It's a Wal-Mart approach to overwhelming the competition." Ballot access laws for third parties are different in every state. While the Democratic and Republican parties automatically appear on the ballot, third-party candidates are required to spend thousands (and sometimes millions) of dollars and countless hours to obtain tens of thousands of signatures to gain ballot access. Nearly every state requires the collection of a substantial number of petition signatures, and many also require specific minimum signature amounts from the various congressional districts in the state. Every state requires that the signatures be collected within a specific window of time, which can vary greatly, from a year or more to only a few weeks. In addition, most states mandate the naming of presidential electors from every congressional district. Full article: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/06/12/jxvj-j12.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleuwaffle Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Democracy is a facade. It's fake. The green party never stood a chance period, but they're not even being subtle about hiding the plutocratic system nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Trees Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Not very democratic now is it? I'm so surprised that the capital D Democratic party would do something like this. Not like they rigged their primaries. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navyofbadgals Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 That's why the argument of not voting for fascism simply doesn't hold up. Many of the things people were scared of with a Republican administration are happening as we speak with a Dem president also maybe if they were busy actually listening to voters rather than solely rich lobby groups they wouldn't be scared of some 3rd party 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted June 13 ATRL Moderator Share Posted June 13 Just a reminder not to post the entirety of an article in the OP. We don't want to infringe on a journalist's hard work. Please include just an excerpt and then direct people to the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 1 minute ago, supaspaz said: Just a reminder not to post the entirety of an article in the OP. We don't want to infringe on a journalist's hard work. Please include just an excerpt and then direct people to the rest. I didn't post the entire article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19SLAYty9 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Good. She's a Russian asset. Should be in jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 4 minutes ago, 19SLAYty9 said: Good. She's a Russian asset. Should be in jail. Any definitive proof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7thStranger Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 She's a total scam artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Communion Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 32 minutes ago, 19SLAYty9 said: Good. She's a Russian asset. Should be in jail. So you're saying to... "lock her up"? I thought only Trump said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceRandolph Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 4 minutes ago, The7thStranger said: She's a total scam artist. If she's a scam artist then what are Biden and Trump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7thStranger Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 1 minute ago, GraceRandolph said: If she's a scam artist then what are Biden and Trump? Show me in my post the exact location I mentioned Biden or Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discosean Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Jill Stein is a stupid *****. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroSuitBritney Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 DNC, the party of democracy everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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