Wisconsin’s left-wing Supreme Court rejected on Monday attempts by Democrats to throw Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off the ballot this fall.
David Strange, individually and as Deputy Operations Director-Wisconsin for the Democrat National Committee, filed a petition to have Stein removed from the ballot.
Democrats worry that Stein could take away enough votes from Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to end up winning the crucial swing state, which could propel him to the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the election.
The court said that it would not take up the case because “the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks.”
“This is a big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice,” Stein said in a statement. “The Democrats constantly preach about ‘saving democracy,’ when in reality they’ve been doing everything they can to crush democracy by trying to remove the Green Party and others from the ballot.”
The lawsuit to have Stein removed from the ballot centered around allegations that the party was not eligible to be on the ballot because the Green Party had no candidates for state office and did not have any officeholders in the state who could nominate presidential electors.
Twice-failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost the state of Wisconsin to Trump by 22,748 votes in 2016. During that election, Stein won 31,072 votes in the state.
Stein later added on social media: “Big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice! Wisconsin voters still have an anti-genocide, pro-worker, climate action choice this year!”
