BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit against the NC State Board of Elections' corrupt, lawless, and partisan decision to keep the Green Party off the ballot - even though we submitted over 2000 verified signatures more than required by law.
This case will determine whether the political establishment can abuse its power to stop another party from participating in elections, simply because they don’t want to compete with candidates who stand for working people, our planet, peace, and real democracy.
All 3 Democrats on @NCSBE voted to keep @NorthCarolinaGP off the ballot. This was after the @dscc targeted people who signed NCGP's petition to try to remove their names. In many cases, signers were contacted by unknown operatives who falsely claimed to represent the Green Party.
The State Board of Elections @NCSBE not only violated state law, but also violated the constitutional rights of our campaign, @NorthCarolinaGP candidates and voters, and tens of thousands of NC residents who signed Green Party petitions.
@NCSBE@NorthCarolinaGP “We filed this case to protect the right of all North Carolina voters to vote in a free and fair election – not the Democrats’ attempt to win by suppressing voter choice." -Lead Attorney Oliver Hall of @voterchoice
This case illustrates a larger fight for democracy against the establishment. Keeping the Green Party & its candidates off the ballot, in spite of having far exceeded the threshold to qualify, puts voter choice & democracy in peril; this injustice must be rectified in the courts.
I'll be holding a press conference Friday on our lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
To see our press release, contact our press team, and read our full legal complaint filed today, go to matthewhohforsenate.org/lawsuit/ #ncpol#ncsen
Join us for a virtual campaign rally TONIGHT and help us get powered up to fight back against the Democratic Party establishment's corrupt scheme to try to keep us off the ballot!
We're fighting for democracy against the North Carolina election board AND the elites of the Democratic Establishment, including the DSCC and Elias Law Group: THE top DNC/Clinton law firm.
Everyone can help us fight for real democracy against the corrupt establishment's coordinated campaign to try to keep us off the ballot and silence our voices for people, planet, and peace.
The NC State Board of Elections’ decision to deny the Green Party our rightfully earned place on the ballot is a corrupt, lawless & blatantly partisan attack on democracy - a slap in the face to everyone who believes in democracy.
Please RT our statement! matthewhohforsenate.org/hoh-blasts-nc-…
The Green Party needed 13865 verified signatures of NC voters. We submitted 22500+ signatures & 15953 were verified by County BoEs. But even tho the Green Party had 2K+ verified signatures more than needed, all 3 Democrats on the SBOE voted to deny the Green Party a ballot line.
At the @NCSBE meeting, the @NorthCarolinaGP's lawyer Oliver Hall of @voterchoice asked if there was any evidence why the NCGP's 15,953 verified signatures should not be certified.
SBOE Chair Damon Circosta, 1 of 3 Democrats on the 5-member board, refused to answer the question...
The Democratic Party has launched a massive, deceptive & well-funded voter intimidation campaign to bully NC voters to remove their names from our ballot access petition - an outrageous attack on democracy from those who claim to defend it. Please retweet! matthewhohforsenate.org/hoh-slams-demo…
We’ve been hearing from folks across NC they’re being bombarded with calls, texts & even people coming to their houses demanding to remove their signature from the @NorthCarolinaGP petition. We have recordings of these callers falsely representing themselves as the Green Party!
This attack on democracy highlights the Democratic Party’s hypocrisy on voter suppression - and countless other issues where their actions belie their rhetoric.
The hardest thing I’ve ever seen the Democrats fight for is to keep a disabled Marine combat veteran off the ballot.