Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has celebrated the Wisconsin Supreme Court throwing out a lawsuit to remove her from the ballot in the state.
“Big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice!” Stein wrote. “Wisconsin voters still have an anti-genocide, pro-worker, climate action choice this year!”
On Wednesday, the state’s Supreme Court ordered that the lawsuit brought by David Strange, deputy operations director in Wisconsin for the Democratic National Committee, had no legal standing.
“The court has considered the filings in this case. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the petition for leave to commence an original action is denied. We determine that the petitioner [Strange] is not entitled to the relief he seeks; and, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other pending motions are denied as moot.”
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