Posted on 08/23/2024 8:18:48 PM PDT by lowbridge
The Montana Democratic Party sued the secretary of state and the state of Montana on Thursday to get the Green Party's Senate candidate removed from general election ballots.
The Democrats are asking a judge to permanently bar Republican Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen from certifying any Green Party candidate in the Senate election, including who was slated to be on the ballot, Darby resident Robert Barb.
That said, there were only hours left after the lawsuit was filed for the secretary of state to certify the November ballots, so it's unclear how it was meant to play out if ballots are finalized Thursday night.
The last time Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester was up for reelection in 2018, the Montana Democrats also sued to get the Greens out of the Senate contest by alleging that the party did not garner enough valid signatures to get their candidates on the ballot. The Democrats were successful in this suit and the Green Party was kicked off the general election ballot.
This most recent suit comes in response to a last-minute shake-up in the Greens' U.S. Senate candidates: In an effort to block Barb from winning the June primary election, Helena resident Michael Downey filed to run as a Green Party candidate as well. Downey beat Barb by nearly 25 points in the primary and was on the path to being the Green Party's candidate.
But on the last day possible, Downey withdrew his name from consideration, giving the Green Party the power to select a new candidate. Barb threw his hat back in the ring and the Montana Green Party's ballot access coordinator Steve Kelly said the party was moving ahead with Barb.
Now, in their lawsuit, the Democrats are alleging that the Green Party did not go through the proper procedure
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Might be good if Trump put feelers out to see if he could attract these nobody parties to join up with him...every little bit helps..
Tester got into the US Senate because Democrat Governor at the time Brian Schweitzer cheated.
Schweitzer even admitted it publicly to a gathering of lawyers.
Thank him for Obamacare.
Our Democracy™! Not yours and certainly not the Green Party’s.
This includes excluding competition, quite apparently.
Wanna guess about the Dems' biggest fear?
My guess is that two or more of the groups that the Dems work so hard to control might just form their own political party.
The link goes straight to a transcript so you don't have to watch some talking head. RFK goes into detail about the Democrat's efforts to crush his campaign. He also goes into detail about why he joined up with Trump. I did not know why he ran in the first place but this speech goes into detail on that as well . As I sneak peak I'll tell you this much: too many Americans are too fat!
Best speech I have read in a while . Pure Gold.
They have to save ‘our Democracy’ by getting other parties candidates off the ballot!.............
MAGAdittoes!
This kind of highhanded lawfare is precisely what RK, Jr talked about today when he split with the Dims.
DEMOCRACY, baby!
Don’t forget, Trump will destroy it.
Funny how they are launching all these lawsuits against the Green Party in multiple states.
Not sure shy since Suck Machine and Stolen Valor are a “lock” to win the election.
“This kind of highhanded lawfare is precisely what RK, Jr talked about today when he split with the Dims.”
High handed lawfare is Obozo’s trademark.
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