Supreme Court leaves Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off the ballot in Nevada

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The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada’s Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state.

The court’s order Friday, without any noted dissents, allows ballot preparation and printing to proceed in Nevada without Stein and other Green Party candidates included.

The outcome is a victory for Democrats who had challenged the Greens’ inclusion on the ballot in a state with a history of extremely close statewide races. In 2020, President Joe Biden outpaced former President Donald Trump by fewer than 35,000 votes in the state.

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No, you cant, most states including nevada do not allow write in votes.

Most states do and it sounds like you should worry about local more then federal if that's the case.

the State of Nevada does not allow individuals to write in a candidate’s name for any office. (NRS 293.270 (2))

https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/sos-information/office-facts/faqs-all-division/elections

Per the Republican caucus they didn't allow write-ins in Nevada. Looking at your post, those people will not help you. You should be looking for an actual candidate in your state that has a chance.

Jill Stein is not the one. She is a Putin simp. Her goal is to disrupt the Democrats chance to win. I know it sucks (I live in NC) but you need local winners for a third party. Eventually that will lead to a national third party.

Republican caucus? This is nevada state law, not party convention rules. Im talking about democracy and freedom to vote for people. You can make arguments supporting voting for your candidate or why people shouldnt vote for another. But trying to win an election by outright forbidding the ability to vote for an opponent is, sitting eerily well with people.

Sounds like the secretary of the state fucked you. Not sure when they banned write-ins ( Every state should have it.)

I still stand by my main point, third parties need to put an effort in local elections to change the laws. You never hear about them during mid-terms. They only want the presidency and that will never happen.

Ill give you a hint, theyre banned by the same people for the same reason third parties get banned from participating in democracy.

Jill Stein filled out the wrong paper work and never corrected it. It makes her seem incompetent.

Dems, rightfully, challenged that she miss the deadline and had the wrong paperwork. See Florida for why these is right. They routinely have candidates of the same name to confuse people. Always targeted at the Democratic party. They don't want to win, they just want to make sure Democrats lose.

Jill Stein is looking for special treatment. She wants to be apart of everything but not do the minimal requirements. Is the system rigged? Yes, look at Bernie Sanders for example. He came up through the local system as an independent. Built a base and then went national where he is still an independent. He switched to Democrat for the president bid and got fucked over. However, he built a viable third party in Vermont and he is still and independent today. Stein is the new Tulsi Gabbard but with less support.

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