Stalin
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just about choked on my cornflakes while listening to WarParty apparatchik joe biden pontificating about how wonderful the us
democracy is...
meanwhile, in the real world...
At a July 9 virtual meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), the board refused to hold a vote on two parties it had previously blocked from appearing on the ballot, the We the People Party (WtP), which is running Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Justice for All Party (JFA), which is running Dr. Cornel West.
At its last meeting, held in June, the board voted 3-2 along party lines to block We the People Party, Justice for All Party and the far-right Constitution Party of North Carolina from appearing on the ballot. This is despite the fact that all three parties claimed to have submitted signature petitions exceeding the required minimum by the June 1 deadline.
In voting to deny ballot access to the parties, the Democratic board members cited complaints and objections raised by the North Carolina Democratic Party and Clear Choice Action, a Democratic PAC.
Clear Choice was created this year by billionaires aimed at blocking third parties from appearing on the ballot in order to boost the Democratic nominee, who for now is Joe Biden. The billionaires behind Clear Choice include venture capitalist Ron Conway and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Conway has donated at least $250,000 to the organization, while Hoffman seeded the group with at least $125,000, according to Federal Election Commission forms filed earlier this year.
The billionaires’ efforts to block third parties is part of an all out war the Democratic Party has launched to block the emergence of any left-wing, anti-war, or socialist challenge to the capitalist two-party system. Terrified that workers and youth will break with capitalist politics and parties, the ruling class is doing everything in its power to prevent voters from having a choice beyond the aspiring dictator Trump and the war criminal Biden.
After complaints from the Clear Choice lawyers were heard at June’s meeting, Democrats on the board voted not only to block WtP and JFA from the ballot, but also to investigate petitioners for WtP and JFA as well as to contact signatories to ascertain if they understood what the petition they had signed represented.
comrade stalin
gaza famine is still the issue
democracy is...
meanwhile, in the real world...
At a July 9 virtual meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), the board refused to hold a vote on two parties it had previously blocked from appearing on the ballot, the We the People Party (WtP), which is running Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Justice for All Party (JFA), which is running Dr. Cornel West.
At its last meeting, held in June, the board voted 3-2 along party lines to block We the People Party, Justice for All Party and the far-right Constitution Party of North Carolina from appearing on the ballot. This is despite the fact that all three parties claimed to have submitted signature petitions exceeding the required minimum by the June 1 deadline.
In voting to deny ballot access to the parties, the Democratic board members cited complaints and objections raised by the North Carolina Democratic Party and Clear Choice Action, a Democratic PAC.
Clear Choice was created this year by billionaires aimed at blocking third parties from appearing on the ballot in order to boost the Democratic nominee, who for now is Joe Biden. The billionaires behind Clear Choice include venture capitalist Ron Conway and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Conway has donated at least $250,000 to the organization, while Hoffman seeded the group with at least $125,000, according to Federal Election Commission forms filed earlier this year.
The billionaires’ efforts to block third parties is part of an all out war the Democratic Party has launched to block the emergence of any left-wing, anti-war, or socialist challenge to the capitalist two-party system. Terrified that workers and youth will break with capitalist politics and parties, the ruling class is doing everything in its power to prevent voters from having a choice beyond the aspiring dictator Trump and the war criminal Biden.
After complaints from the Clear Choice lawyers were heard at June’s meeting, Democrats on the board voted not only to block WtP and JFA from the ballot, but also to investigate petitioners for WtP and JFA as well as to contact signatories to ascertain if they understood what the petition they had signed represented.
Democratic-controlled North Carolina election board continues to block third parties from ballot
At a meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to approve ballot access for the far-right Constitution Party, but neglected to hold a vote on We the People Party and the Justice for All Party, leaving Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West off the ballot for now.
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comrade stalin
gaza famine is still the issue
