Judge Removes Green Party Candidates From Montana Ballot

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Montana Republican Party financed $100k signature gathering effort, more than 500 signatures deemed invalid
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS // AUG 7, 2020

Flathead Beacon
HELENA — A judge on Friday ordered Green Party of Montana candidates removed from the November ballot after finding the secretary of state improperly rejected requests by voters to have their signatures removed from petitions that qualified the minor party for the races.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit argued they did not know the Montana Republican Party was behind the effort to qualify Green Party candidates for the ballot.

District Judge James Reynolds said the removal requests of more than 560 people were valid and without those signatures, the Green Party representatives did not have enough signatures in enough legislative districts to appear on the ballot.

The candidates were certified for Montana’s primary ballot on March 6, but it was not disclosed until March 24 that the Montana Republican Party had financed the $100,000 signature-gathering effort.

https://flatheadbeacon.com/2020/08/07/judge-removes-green-party-candidates-montana-ballot/

[in2herbs]

1. But Kanye, with fraudulent signatures on his petition, gets to remain in race for president? nt

[kurtcagle]

2. There has to be a formal case here to remove Kanye,

but this will certainly serve to establish a precedent. No doubt the same tactics will be found to apply in the Kanye candidacy.

The GOP is trying to play whackamole now. They know they're losing the election. They know that every time they do something blatantly obvious like the post-office purge, they'll be faced with lawsuits and injunctions.

[Gothmog]

3. Major victory in Montana! Court finds that @MTGOP engaged in fraud

Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

4. Amen.

So glad to see this. Really sick of the GOP dirty tricks. I fear it will never end.

[Delmette2.0]

5. I'm happy to have a Judge recognize the underhanded

dealings from the GOP.