On June 30, the North Carolina State Board of Elections refused to certify the Green Party petition, even though the county boards already examined the petition and found it had 16,000 valid signatures. The requirement is 13,865. The Board has three Democratic members and two Republican members. The vote was 3-2. The Board also said it intends to have its personnel telephone everyone who signed the petition to ask if the signer really signed the petition.
The majority of the Board also said it wants to ban paying the practice of paying petitioners, despite the fact that in 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states cannot do that. That case was Meyer v Grant. Thanks to Kevin Hayes for this news.
ban pay = more fed indictments of the state hacks
Seems like someone is looking for justification for their personnel budget.
Also —
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=130322
NC gerrymander machinations case now in SCOTUS next term
6-30-2022 SCOTUS order list p. 6
Moore v Harper, 21-1271
Issue: Whether a state’s judicial branch may nullify the regulations governing the “Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives … prescribed … by the Legislature thereof,” and replace them with regulations of the state courts’ own devising, based on vague state constitutional provisions purportedly vesting the state judiciary with power to prescribe whatever rules it deems appropriate to ensure a “fair” or “free” election.
This is extremely dirty. This is so dirty those involved ought to be criminally charged.
This ranks up there with PERSECUTION!
….How is this even allowed, a group of politicians, deciding who is allowed to run for office and be on the ballot. Who thought this would be a good idea. If it was the 3 democrat board members who voted not to allow them on the ballot, you can see an obvious motive, they don’t want to take votes away from democrat candidates in the midterms… as if Democrats are going to do good in 22’ and 24’. As a person who would’ve voted for the Green Party, this definitely hurts a lot.