{"id":2354327,"date":"2024-10-13T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-party-presidential-candidate-files-suit-over-ohio-decision-not-to-count-votes-for-her-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T20:02:20","slug":"green-party-presidential-candidate-files-suit-over-ohio-decision-not-to-count-votes-for-her-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-party-presidential-candidate-files-suit-over-ohio-decision-not-to-count-votes-for-her-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Party presidential candidate files suit over Ohio decision not to count votes for her &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fgreen-party-presidential-candidate-files-suit-over-ohio-decision-not-to-count-votes-for-her-washington-examiner%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=2354327&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--><p>Green Party presidential \u2063candidate Jill Stein has filed a federal lawsuit \u200bin response to the Ohio election officials&#8217; decision not\u200d to count votes for her. This issue arose after her running mate was designated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-pm-sold-out-fish-in-brexit-trade-deal-fishermen-say\/\" title=\"British PM sold out fish in Brexit trade deal, fishermen say\">national party<\/a> \u2063beyond the state&#8217;s \u200badministrative \u200cdeadline. The lawsuit, lodged\u200b in U.S.\u2062 district court in\u200d Columbus, includes Stein, her running mate, and \u200cthree\u200c Ohio \u2062voters, \u2063claiming that the officials&#8217; decision \u200dviolates their \u2063constitutional \u2063rights, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-boebert-and-rep-biggs-vow-to-stand-up-against-democrat-overreach-defend-second-amendment-at-cpac\/\" title=\"Rep. Boebert and Rep. Biggs vow to stand up against Democrat overreach, defend Second Amendment at CPAC\">including free speech<\/a>, association, and equal protection, as\u2064 well as the voting rights\u2062 of Ohio voters.\u200c Stein is running as an independent in Ohio, \u200bas the \u200bGreen Party \u2062lost \u200bits state recognition in previous years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Green Party presidential candidate files suit over Ohio decision not to count votes for her<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1813243\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Green Party presidential candidate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jill-Stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jill Stein<\/a>&nbsp;has filed a lawsuit in federal court over the decision of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a> election officials not to count votes for her after her running mate was named by the national party after a state administrative deadline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/2024\/10\/presidential-candidate-jill-stein-files-federal-lawsuit-challenging-ohio-ballot-disqualification.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleveland.com reports<\/a>&nbsp;that the lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. district court in Columbus by Stein, the person named as her running mate on the state ballot and three Ohio voters. It alleges that the decision infringes on their constitutional rights to free speech, association, and equal protection and the voting rights of the Ohio-based plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>Stein filed as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a> in Ohio because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Green-Party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Green Party<\/a> lost state recognition several years ago. She listed Anita Rios &mdash; the Green Party&rsquo;s 2014 nominee for Ohio governor &mdash; as her running mate as a placeholder until the Green Party nominated Butch Ware to run with Stein at their national convention in August.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Secretary of State&rsquo;s Office granted a request to remove Rios from the ballot but said Ware&rsquo;s name couldn&rsquo;t be added because the state deadline to replace an independent vice presidential candidate on the 2024 ballot had passed. Office spokespman Dan Lusheck told Cleveland.com that Stein&rsquo;s name will still appear on state ballots, which were already being sent to overseas and military voters, but votes for her would not count.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit asserts that the withdrawal letter was written and delivered by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">local party official<\/a> without the knowledge or consent of Rios. The plaintiffs are asking the federal court to issue a preliminary injunction and restraining order to ensure that any votes for Stein and Rios are counted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong> <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asked to comment on the lawsuit, Lusheck said in an email that &ldquo;Our previous view of this issue still stands,&rdquo; Cleveland.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>As the Green Party&rsquo;s presidential nominee in 2016, Stein got 46,271 votes in Ohio, or 0.84% of the statewide vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1813243\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1813243\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Stein sues Ohio over votes not counted for her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2354329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jill-stein.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32902,37612,4333,35293,32570],"class_list":["post-2354327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-green-party","tag-legal-challenge","tag-ohio","tag-presidential-candidate","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jill-stein.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}