Green Party sues to block 'sham' candidates
Steve May’s street people are taking some flack from the Green Party. From azcentral.com:
The Arizona Green Party is asking a federal judge to block 11 candidates from being listed on the Nov. 2 ballot, alleging that they are “shams” and not standard bearers for the Greens.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, also asks the court to declare as unconstitutional the state law that allowed these candidates to qualify as write-in candidates with as little as one vote.
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The Green Party argues that the law that allowed the 11 candidates to qualify under the Green Party label violates the party’s First Amendment rights “by forcing them to associate with candidates who have not been selected by the (party) and who do not represent the (party’s) values and platform.”
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