The @NCSBE voted this morning to certify the petition to add the @NorthCarolinaGP (Green Party) to the Nov. midterm ballot, but it will still take a court order to add @MatthewPHoh and @MichaelDTrudeau. While this is a small win for #ncpol it doesn't change several facts 🧵1/17
It doesn't change the fact that as a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit seeking ballot access for the Green Party, I must still go to a federal courthouse in downtown Raleigh, next Monday Aug 8th in order to defend my rights as a disenfranchised voter 2/17 apnews.com/article/2022-m…
It doesn’t change the fact the @DNC attempted to disenfranchise NC voters like me by hiring operatives to call, text and visit voters in our homes in an attempt to compel them to remove their signature from the petition to add the Green Party to the ballot in NC 3/17
It doesn't change the fact that the @DNC or @GOP have never come to my house to ask me about #Medicare for All , housing issues, climate change, etc, But they will show up in order to coerce me into removing my name from a petition to give a third-party ballot access 4/17
It doesn’t change the fact that those same Democratic operatives misrepresented themselves as the NCSBE or in some instances as the Green Party in order to mislead voters into removing their name from the ballots 5/17
It doesn’t change the fact that the level of scrutiny that the #GreenParty received was in no way on par with other parties attempting to gain ballot access in NC 6/17
It doesn’t change the fact that for the entire month of July Green Party candidates @MatthewPHoh and @MichaelDTrudeau had to spend their money on legal fees instead of their campaigns, and lost a month of campaigning efforts in the process 7/17
It doesn’t change the fact that the level of conspiracy that the Democratic Party enacted to disenfranchise voters shows that they care nothing about real issues that affect voters, but instead care only about keeping power 8/17
It doesn't change the fact that political groups and nonprofits aligned with the #DemocraticParty have spent nearly $44 million on advertising campaigns across five states’ #Republican primaries to boost the profile of far-right candidates 9/17 opensecrets.org/news/2022/07/d…
It doesn't change the fact that the Dems are so frightened that they might lose what little power they have, that they are willing to disenfranchise voters and bolster their opposition instead of changing their platform issues to address the real needs of voters 10/17
It doesn't change the fact that the two-party system is a corrupt duopoly that has failed North Carolina #voters at every turn and continues to force voters into a dilemma, every two to four years, of voting for a lesser evil 11/17
It doesn't change the fact that NC voters deserve better than a two-party system that continues to disenfranchise voters and allows corporations to destroy the environment, exploit workers by not raising the minimum wage and by making it harder to organize in the workplace 13/17
It doesn't change the fact that @DNC and the @GOP have been in power for nearly 200 years & have allowed reproductive rights to be destroyed, the climate crisis to continue unabated and affordable housing to dwindle away to nothing 13/17
It doesn't change the fact that politicians on "both sides of the aisle" are in the pockets of corporate lobbyists and are complicit in the hollowing out of the middle class, where the cost of living has skyrocketed, wages have stagnated, and debt keeps accumulating 14/17
It doesn't change the fact that we must break up the political duopoly by giving ballot access to third party candidates and enact #RankedChoiceVoting voting in NC to give people a greater choice and a stronger voice in politics 15/17
It doesn't change the fact that we need candidates on the ballot like @MatthewPHoh who believe that housing is a human right, that healthcare is a human right, that access to abortion is a human right, and that LGBTQ+ rights are human rights 16/17
And it doesn't change the fact that regardless of all this, I support the Green Party’s efforts for the 2022 midterm election, because when voters have more choices at the ballot box we have a better democracy 17/17
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