MT-SEN: Judge orders Green Party dropped from ballot

[RandySF]

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[NCTraveler]

1. Very touchy one for me. Seems like a good decision on face value.

Seems like the signatures were invalidated on solid grounds.

Greens have become a tool for Dark out of state money and Republican shenanigans in their efforts to damage the Democratic Party.

Greens knowingly take all the help they can get from Republicans.

Fuck Republicans.

[RandySF]

3. Our Revolution is doing the same in Michigan

Republicans tied to Betsy DeVos created a “progressive” dark money group to attack gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer. In The meantime, Abdul El-Sayed’s supporters either applaud or feign ignorance.

[Brother Buzz]

2. The Green Party did not submit enough valid signatures to qualify

Judge orders Montana Green Party removed from November ballot

A Helena judge is ordering the Montana Green Party removed from the ballot this fall, saying the group did not submit enough valid signatures to qualify.

Helena District Court Judge James Reynolds on Monday signed an order directing the Secretary of State to take the Montana Green Party off the ballot after he invalidated signatures gathered through a petition process.

Earlier this year, on the last day possible, the Montana Green Party qualified to run candidates in this year's midterms by submitting enough signatures gathered by people around the state. A handful of Green Party candidates filed, including two seeking to oust Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, who is running for his third term. One Green Party candidate is a longtime party member and advanced past the primary, the other had previously been on the state Republican Party's payroll.

A Green Party candidate could have potentially pulled more liberal votes away from Tester, whose race against Republican state Auditor Matt Rosendale is expected to be close.

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https://helenair.com/news/government-and-politics/judge-orders-montana-green-party-removed-from-november-ballot/article_145ad8f9-8fe7-5891-a2bc-304cdb6ed50d.html

[mfcorey1]

4. They will appeal to the supreme court and get reinstated.