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New Breed Leader

(622 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 11:16 PM Sep 2020

WI SCOTUS decision to add Green Party on POTUS ticket

An imminent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on whether the Green Party presidential ticket has qualified to appear on the state ballot has upended election preparations and raised the prospect of a last-minute addition that could benefit President Trump in a state he won by a hair in 2016.

The pending court case comes after the Wisconsin Elections Commission declined on Aug. 20 to put presidential contender Howie Hawkins and his Green Party running mate, Angela Walker, on the Nov. 3 ballot because their signature petitions featured two different addresses for Walker. State election officials argued against letting the ticket on the ballot, saying the campaign failed to meet the requirements.

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WI SCOTUS decision to add Green Party on POTUS ticket (Original Post) New Breed Leader Sep 2020 OP
Let's hope that doesn't happen..we really need to win WI Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1
At this point Supreme Court needs to hurry up and make a decision. LisaL Sep 2020 #4
Ahh, the grrreen party, again. demosincebirth Sep 2020 #2
As if we didnt have enough to worry about. New Breed Leader Sep 2020 #3
The Green Party in the US exists to Help Republicans Win JI7 Sep 2020 #5
Watch them invalidate the 300k mailed ballots as a result. Eid Ma Clack Shaw Sep 2020 #6
They will have to send new ballots out if the court decides to add Greens. LisaL Sep 2020 #7

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
4. At this point Supreme Court needs to hurry up and make a decision.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 07:35 AM
Sep 2020

While they are in holding, the ballots are not being mailed out. They have a deadline of September 17th to mail the ballots out. If they need to re-print the ballots there is no way they make the deadline.
And then there is also West who is suing to get on the ballot.
This is going to prevent of people getting their absentee ballots on-time.

Eid Ma Clack Shaw

(490 posts)
6. Watch them invalidate the 300k mailed ballots as a result.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 07:48 AM
Sep 2020

I think Wisconsin is now safe Trump; not because he has a majority of supporters there, but because it is a corrupt conservative mafia state. Write it off and focus elsewhere - polls are meaningless when you have swindlers making the laws.

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
7. They will have to send new ballots out if the court decides to add Greens.
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 07:50 AM
Sep 2020

Of course they won't make Sept 17th deadline. But in my state ballots won't even go out until October 6th.

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