{"id":1997858,"date":"2023-08-11T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-judge-rejects-challenge-from-democrats-to-keep-third-party-off-2024-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:46:01","slug":"arizona-judge-rejects-challenge-from-democrats-to-keep-third-party-off-2024-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-judge-rejects-challenge-from-democrats-to-keep-third-party-off-2024-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona judge denies Democrats&#8217; challenge to exclude third party from 2024 ballot."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-judge-rejects-challenge-from-democrats-to-keep-third-party-off-2024-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1997858&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Arizona\u200d Judge Rejects Democratic Party&#8217;s Lawsuit Against No \u200cLabels Party<\/h2>\n<p>An Arizona judge \u200dhas dismissed \u2062the Democratic Party&#8217;s lawsuit against the recently established No Labels\u2064 Party, \u200dcausing concern among Democrats who fear\u2062 it may bolster former President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2062 chances of\u2062 returning to the\u2063 White House.<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa \u200cCounty Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper stated in her decision on \u2064Monday \u200bthat Secretary of State Adrian Fontes had officially recognized \u200cNo Labels as a political \u2062party earlier this year. Judge\u2062 Cooper rejected the \u200dDemocrats&#8217; claims\u2064 of \u2064deficiencies in No Labels&#8217; paperwork but left open the possibility for\u200c the Democrats to refile the lawsuit with new arguments.<\/p>\n<p>No\u200d Labels describes itself as \u200ba\u2064 centrist party and \u2062aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-no-labels-may-have-no-cash-and-no-plan\/\" title=\"No Labels: No Money, No Strategy\">gain ballot access<\/a>\u2064 in multiple states. \u200bThey plan \u200bto run a bipartisan &#8220;unity ticket&#8221; for president if the two major parties nominate candidates who are excessively divisive.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/arizona-sheriff-testifies-that-border-related-crime-is-at-an-all-time-high-5457194\">Arizona\u2063 Sheriff \u200bTestifies That Border-Related Crime Is at an All-Time\u2064 High<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span>8\/10\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/peralta-delivers-winning-hit-against-old-team-dodgers-top-dbacks-2-0-as-arizona-drops-8th-straight-5456035\">Peralta Delivers Winning Hit\u200b Against \u2062Old Team, \u200dDodgers Top Dbacks 2\u20130 as Arizona Drops 8th Straight<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span>8\/10\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Opponents of No Labels, including Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans,\u200b worry that \u2063a candidate\u2063 from the party \u2062may not be able to \u200cwin but could potentially tip\u200c the scales in favor of Trump or a Trump-like Republican.<\/p>\n<p>No Labels has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-labels-no-cash-third-party-ballot-access-group-raised-zero-dollars-in-first-six-months-of-2023\/\" title=\"Third-party ballot access group raised no funds in first half of 2023.\">gained ballot access<\/a> in several states, including Alaska, Colorado, and \u2064Oregon.\u2063 However, \u200cthe stakes are\u2063 particularly high\u2064 in Arizona, a battleground state that President\u200b Joe Biden won in 2020 by a slim margin of just\u200b over 10,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In their case, Democrats argued that the\u200b signed petition to place No Labels \u200don the Arizona ballot used\u2064 misleading \u2064phrasing. \u200dThey \u2062claimed that the petition should have stated that &#8220;the \u2064signers thereof be recognized as a new\u2062 political\u200c party&#8221; \u200cinstead of &#8220;the assigners of the attached petitions.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-lawsuit-days-ahead-of-electoral-college-vote\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Lawsuit Days Ahead of Electoral College Vote\">judge ruled<\/a> that there is no statutory\u2062 requirement for the exact wording used in the \u2064affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Following \u200dJudge Cooper&#8217;s ruling, No Labels leaders Benjamin Chavis\u200b Jr. and Jay \u200bNixon \u200cexpressed their satisfaction, \u200dstating, &#8220;This is an \u2064important win for American democracy and a testament to the power of over \u200d41,000 Arizona voters who signed to give No\u200c Labels ballot access in \u200bArizona.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the Democrats initially filed their \u200clawsuit\u2063 against No Labels,\u200d they criticized the party for\u200c not adhering\u200b to \u2063the rules for political party\u200c recognition and \u2064accused them of \u200battempting\u2064 to be placed\u2062 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-judge-rejects-challenge-from-democrats-to-keep-third-party-off-2024-ballot\/\" title=\"Arizona judge denies Democrats' challenge to exclude third party from 2024 ballot.\">ballot \u2062alongside\u2062 legitimate political parties<\/a>. They\u200c demanded transparency\u200d regarding the organization&#8217;s donors and\u200b questioned \u200btheir motives.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Democratic Party has\u200d also filed a complaint with the secretary of state&#8217;s office, seeking to force No Labels \u200dto\u2063 disclose its donors or risk losing its status as a political party.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic \u200dstrategist\u2062 James Carville expressed skepticism about No Labels, highlighting their lack of transparency \u2062regarding\u2062 funding and their\u2064 refusal to take\u2062 a\u200d position on any issues. \u2064Despite this, he acknowledged their \u200cappeal as a fresh alternative for the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Arizona judge dismissed the Democratic Party&#8217;s lawsuit against the No Labels Party. Democrats worry that this new party could support Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign. 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