U.S. District Court Judge Terrance Boyle has set a hearing in Ortiz v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:24cv-420, for Tuesday, July 30, at 2 p.m. in Elizabeth City. This is the case filed by three North Carolina voters who want to vote for the Justice for All Party, which is not on the ballot due to an action by the State Board, even though the county boards say the petition has enough valid signatures.
This Quinnipiac presidential poll shows that when some minor party and independent candidates are included, Donald Trump has a larger margin over Kamala Harris than when they are excluded.
On July 22, some North Carolina voters who want to vote for Cornel West for President filed a federal lawsuit over the North Carolina Election Board’s denial of ballot access to West’s Party, Justice for All. Ortiz v North Carolina Board of Elections, 5:24cv-420.
The case is very similar to the 2022 North Carolina Green Party case, in which the court ordered the Board to certify the Green Party. The new case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Terrance Boyle, a Reagan appointee.
According to this story, J. D. Vance voted for independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin in November 2016. He said this in 2021 in an interview with Time Magazine.
McMullin was on the ballot in 2016 in Kentucky. In Ohio he was a declared write-in candidate and he was credited with 12,574 votes. It is not clear which state Vance lived in at the time.
The mention of his 2016 vote is under “Vance’s Political Turn” in the first paragraph.
This NPR/PBS Newshour Poll shows that when only Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are mentioned, Trump leads by one point. But when the poll includes Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Jill Stein, Chase Oliver, and Cornel West, Trump and Harris are tied.
