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🇺🇸 BALLOT ACCESS

The fight for ballot access IS the battle for democracy. The ruling parties actively restrict ballot access, in violation of the Constitution.

#CornelWest2024 was already planning to gain ballot access in 30+ states where the Green Party is NOT on the ballot.
🇺🇸 BALLOT ACCESS

Now that @CornelWest is running as an Independent, we will also work to get on the ballot in the fewer than 20 states where the Green Party is on the ballot line. It is a central focus of our campaign, to give voters a better option than the duopoly.
🇺🇸 BALLOT ACCESS

Every state has different rules, but the idea is the same: Gather and submit (in 2024) a certain number of valid signatures = get on the ballot.

It is designed by the ruling parties to be onerous. The idea is to block any opposition, which is anti-democratic.
🇺🇸 BALLOT ACCESS

Bottom line: Our goal is to get on the ballot in ALL STATES.

And we need your help!

cornelwest2024.com

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Biden has been downright Trumpian on immigration. Obama and Biden built the child cages that Trump used. As POTUS, Biden continued Trump and Miller's heinous policies, and even exceed their cruelty, particularly against Haitian migrants.

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Looking objectively at the Dem field, @RobertKennedyJr is a MUCH better general election candidate than Biden.

#RFKJr has high net favorables, independent and cross-party appeal, and would trounce any Republican.

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@marwilliamson's campaign has agreed to let me speak freely about recent media stories mischaracterizing the campaign's inner workings.

Outlets including Politico and The Daily Beast have published anonymous quotes that are categorically false.
For example, this article falsely suggests that at least 10 staffers left the campaign because of Marianne's personality.

In fact, when I joined as campaign manager, I restructured the team, equalized pay across the board, and began plans to unionize.

It was only fair to donors to run a tight budget, so I made that clear immediately.

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PROUDLY INDEPENDENT ✊🏽

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I am part of the largest voting bloc in America: Independents.

I am anti-establishment and anti-duopoly.

I believe Americans deserve better than this corrupt, oppressive 2-party system.
Democracy means MORE choices, not fewer. So I will occasionally help a progressive Democrat whose platform aligns with my values and who challenges establishment hegemony.

But my primary focus is building an alternative to the oligarch-funded, corporatist system we suffer under.
I've worked on three presidential campaigns.

In 2004 I was part of John Kerry's winning primary team. We missed the White House by 2% in Ohio.

I worked for Hillary Clinton in 2008. Obama won that primary, and the presidency.

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