Posted on 09/17/2020 10:34:36 AM PDT by RandFan
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Green Party cannot appear on the states ballots this cycle, handing Democrats a win as they try to consolidate support in the key swing state.
The court ruled in a 5-2 decision that the Green Party did not follow proper procedure for getting on the ballot, overturning a Republican judges decision in a lower court ruling.
The Green Party earlier this year swapped out Elizabeth Faye Scroggin for Howie Hawkins as its presidential candidate. But the high court ruled that it failed to properly get Scroggin on the ballot, so subsequent efforts to substitute Hawkins were a nullity. It ruled a similar substitution effort to get Angela Walker on the ballot as the partys vice presidential nominee was invalid.
In sum, the Commonwealth Court erred in dismissing Objectors petition to set aside Scroggins nomination, and Hawkins substitution, as the Green Partys candidate for President of the United States, the court ruled, citing irregularities in the way the Green Party was supposed to file affidavits for the presidential candidate.
That defect was fatal to Scroggins nomination and, therefore, to Hawkins substitution. Accordingly, the Secretary of the Commonwealth is directed to remove Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker from the general election ballot as the Green Partys nominees for President and Vice President.
The courts two Republican justices agreed the petitions for Hawkins and Walker were not filed properly but that the Green Party could try to fix the errors retroactively.
The ruling marks a victory for former Vice President Joe Biden and Democrats who feared that third-party contenders could win over some liberal voters in tight battles up and down the ballot that are anticipated to be decided by thin margins.
The Keystone State is anticipated to be particularly competitive in the White House race between Biden and President Trump. Trump won the state in 2016 by just over 44,000 votes, when Green Party candidate Jill Stein took nearly 50,000 votes.
Bidens campaign has focused heavily on winning Pennsylvania, touting the former vice presidents Scranton roots. The RealClearPolitics polling average shows him with a 4.3 percent lead over Trump in the state.
They just handed Sleepy Joe & the Ho about 50,000 Jill Stein votes...
DJT won PA by only about 44,000 votes in 2016...
DJT is up against all the powers and levers of the corrupt DS in this election...
I would think that the DIMS and DS players are trying this legal ploy in other key states as well...
If it’s that close, they deserve what they get.
On to Federal Court.
Not in time Id wager, Did they really extend mail voting until 3 days after Election Day regardless of postdates?
Yup. I hiden biden has a complete senile meltdown this week they are stuck with invalid ballots.
Another angle. There will be plenty of pissed-off Green Party voters who will vote for Trump out of spite or not vote at all.
It won't apply to the Marxists (democrats). Bet on that.
Now the Democrats are stuck with Biden in Pennsylvania.
Green party voters hate both parties.
I agree. Are Greens locked on the plantation just like blacks?
Why vote for the party that just tossed your candidate with a partisan political dirty trick?
I sincerely hope that is the case. There is no way under the sun that the Democrats can legitimately win. Hence, if the Democrats do come out on top, it will mean that they stole it. It must be resisted.
So what is the Pennsylvania court gonna do when the Dems try to replace Biden on their ballot? Bet they will allow that just like their neighbors did to replace Toricelli over in NJ.
Judicial fascists.
The same corrupt Demonrat court that STOLE 4 House seats from the GOP in 2018 via an illegal scheme to gerrymander the districts for their buddies.
“The Green Party earlier this year swapped out Elizabeth Faye Scroggin for Howie Hawkins as its presidential candidate. But the high court ruled that it failed to properly get Scroggin on the ballot, so subsequent efforts to substitute Hawkins were a nullity. It ruled a similar substitution effort to get Angela Walker on the ballot as the partys vice presidential nominee was invalid.”
I hope the PA SC remembers it’s ruling when the DNC attempts the switcheroo when Biden starts babbling incoherently in the presidential debates. Cuz, IMHO, the Democrats have a plan ready to swing into action to pull Old Joe if something happens that they can’t hush up or clean up.
WI Supremes said no the Greens as well. One GOP Justice joined the rats, saying he didn’t want to disrupt the election by printing new mail ballots that included the Greens.
Not good but not a huge deal. Most people in a swing state who want to vote Green are not likely to decide to hold their nose for Biden just cause Green isn’t there, these are people who consciously want to waste their vote. He’ll net a small number of votes though.
Good point.
Jorgenson is pro-mask and pro-riot, I don’t see her taking a lot of votes from Trump.
Here’s an uncool little tidbit
Yeah, I saw this-—but them “allowing” on campus voting at a campus that is 1/2 remote or far more doesn’t equal student turnout.
No wonder Bloomberg will spend 100 million in Florida and not over in PA...
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