Major swing state blocks Green Party candidate from presidential ballot
Jill Stein's campaign labeled the action as "undemocratic maneuvers."
The Green Party presidential candidate who received more votes than Trump's margin of victory in a swing state is being removed from the ballot by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
On Wednesday, a DNC employee filed a complaint against Jill Stein's placement on the ballot, arguing that since the Wisconsin Green Party lacks statewide offices, Stein wouldn't be able to be properly nominated as a candidate, as stated in a DNC statement shared with Planet Chronicle Digital.
"Adrienne Watson, a senior adviser to the DNC, stated that the nomination process for President and Vice President is taken seriously and every candidate should adhere to the rules. Since the Wisconsin Green Party hasn't fielded candidates for legislative or statewide office and doesn't have any current incumbent legislative or statewide office holders, it cannot nominate candidates and should not be on the ballot in November."
The campaign director of Stein responded to the complaint by stating that it is part of "undemocratic tactics."
"The DNC has organized a fishing expedition, as per their March statement, to find any angle of attack to prevent Green Party ballot access, according to Jason Call, Stein's campaign manager. We will be hiring counsel to defend our ballot line in Wisconsin."
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton was defeated by Trump in the state of Wisconsin by approximately 27,000 votes.
In 2016, Stein, the Green Party candidate, received 30,980 votes in Wisconsin, which was more than the difference between Trump and Clinton's vote counts in that state.
Similar results were mirrored in other crucial states won by Trump that cycle.
On December 1, 2016, Dave Wasserman, a senior elections analyst for the Cook Political Report, posted on Twitter that Stein's votes in three crucial swing states - Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin - were greater than Trump's margin of victory.
In Michigan, Trump won by approximately 10,000 votes, but Stein surpassed that margin with over 50,000 votes.
The Green Party is expected to virtually nominate Stein as their nominee at their annual national meeting in August.
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