MVCF Seeks Ballot Access for the Green Party
of Nevada in the United States Supreme Court Scoring Wins
for Minor Parties and Independents
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- More Voter Choice Fund
(MVCF) is proud to announce two historic wins with yesterday's
ruling in New Hampshire and last
week's rulings in Georgia after
having been actively involved in legal battles to secure ballot
access for Green Party candidates across three key states:
Georgia, Nevada, and New
Hampshire. MVCF has kept up its perfect winning record with
more victories protecting voter choice, including in North Carolina for both Justice for All Party
and We The People Party, and in Wisconsin for Cornel
West and Melina
Abdullah.
Yesterday in New Hampshire,
MVCF attorney Oliver Hall prevailed
in a 5 to 1 ruling regarding allegations that the New Hampshire
Green Party failed to gather the requisite number of signatures and
meet the distribution requirements across the state's two
congressional districts.
Last week, MVCF also successfully defended the Unified Green
Party of Georgia (UGPGA) in two
separate legal actions.
- First Case: Three individuals filed a lawsuit
against Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger in Fulton County Superior Court, attempting to
block the certification of the UGPGA and prevent its candidates
from appearing on the November 2024
ballot. MVCF represented UGPGA, intervening and successfully
arguing that the party met all state law requirements. On
September 11, 2024, Superior
Court Judge Thomas A. Cox, Jr. ruled
in favor of UGPGA, dismissing the plaintiffs' challenge.
- Second Case: The same three individuals also filed
an administrative complaint against UGPGA and the 16 voters serving
as electors for UGPGA's presidential and vice-presidential
nominees, Dr. Jill Stein and
Butch Ware. MVCF defended UGPGA and
its electors, securing a favorable ruling on September 12, 2024 from Administrative Law
Judge Michael Malihi. That same day,
Secretary Raffensperger adopted the judge's decision, confirming
that Stein and Ware would remain on the ballot.
"Democrats have dedicated millions of dollars to their effort to
suppress voter choice in the 2024 presidential election, but
fortunately MVCF stepped up to provide critical resources to beat
back their anti-democratic tactics. We don't have the Democrats'
funding but we do have a perfect record of defeating them and
ensuring that voters -- not lawyers -- choose our elected
representatives," said Hall.
In Nevada, MVCF is seeking
emergency relief from the Supreme Court of the United States after the Nevada Supreme
Court removed the Stein/Ware ticket from the November 2024 ballot, even though both the
Secretary of State had placed the Green Party's candidates on the
ballot, and the district court in Nevada had rejected the Nevada Democratic
Party's challenge to the Green Party's petitions. The Nevada
Supreme Court ruled that the Green Party's nomination petitions
were invalid because they used an incorrect petition affidavit form
even though the form was provided to the Greens by the Nevada Secretary of State's office with a
direction to use it.
MVCF, the Center for Competitive Democracy, and the American
Center for Law & Justice are co-representing the Nevada Green
Party and together filed an emergency application for relief with
Justice Elena Kagan on September 13, 2024. Justice Kagan ordered Nevada's Secretary of State, Francisco Aguilar, and the Nevada Democratic
Party to respond by September 17,
2024. Opposition briefs were filed by both, and MVCF
submitted a Reply brief on September
18. MVCF Board Chair, Theresa
Amato, who assisted in drafting the papers, stated, "This
could be the first ballot access case brought by a minor party to
be heard by the Supreme Court in three decades. We were pleased
Justice Kagan requested a briefing
from the Respondents."
"MVCF remains committed to representing minor parties and
independent candidates in access to the ballot litigation.
Candidates deserve a fair chance to compete, and voters deserve to
have choices on their ballots," said Amato.
For more information or to support our efforts, please
visit https://morevoterchoicefund.org/.
About MVCF:
The More Voter Choice Fund is a nonpartisan organization
facilitating a more fair and inclusive democracy. We advocate
for healthy political competition and diverse representation.
Media Contact:
Lindsay
Stevens
2132009638
lindsay@lindsaystevenspr.com
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