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Friend --
On September 9, the Pennsylvania
Democrats (PADEMs) asked the Supreme Court to remove Presidential
Candidate Howie Hawkins from the ballot. Despite his nomination
having been fully approved by the Department of State and a lower
court decision requiring Hawkin’s to be on the ballot the PADEMs
continue to meddle in the November election.
The PADEMs lost their challenges to
the Green Party of Pennsylvania’s (GPPA) nominating papers and could
only celebrate the removal of Angela Walker from the Vice Presidential
office. Their operatives have now launched a smear campaign that
attempts to blame the Green Party for delaying the printing of mail-in
ballots. However, it is their own backdoor tactics that are
interfering with the election.
It’s not too late to fight this
attempt at voter suppression. Donate
to our legal fund to support our defense of our presidential ballot
line.
This challenge to the Pennsylvania
Greens’ ballot line comes on the heels of the GPPA’s plea to the
Governor and Secretary of State asking for relief from
signature-gathering due to COVID-19. During the global health
emergency, the Greens were expected to collect thousands of signatures
for our nominating papers. Volunteers were put on the frontline of
this pandemic while the old party candidates sailed by, having already
ensured ballot access for themselves. Along the way the Pennsylvania
State Department gave itself exception after exception of the law in
order to protect its employees. The Governor’s executive orders
allowed for relaxed requirements for the old parties while restricting
the opportunity for those outside of the political
establishment.
We cannot allow the PADEMs to use
the COVID-19 pandemic as a weapon against democracy, nor can we
permit the audacious claims against our nominating papers to stand
ground. As the PADEMs double down on their unwarranted intervention
of the voice of the people, the GPPA needs your support to prove that
their efforts are unjust. Help
by donating or sharing
this news at www.gpofpa.org/legal.
Green Party of
Pennsylvania
http://www.gpofpa.org/
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