When North Carolina Democrats head to the polls on March 5 to cast their primary votes, President Joe Biden's name will be the only Democrat chosen.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously approved the North Carolina Democratic Party's request to list Biden as the only Democrat on the primary ballot.
Under North Carolina law, state political parties must submit a list of candidates for the primary ballot within three months of the primary election.
The law states that “the list must consist of candidates whose candidacy has been commonly advocated and recognized in the national or North Carolina news media.” state.
But last month, the North Carolina Democratic Party submitted only Mr. Biden's name, even though Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Rep. Marianne Williamson are nationally recognized candidates. Phillips and Williamson joined progressive media personality Cenk Uyghur in petitioning to be added to the primary ballot. Uyghurs are not natural-born citizens and are therefore constitutionally ineligible.
The decision to exclude those candidates from the Democratic primary ballot — limiting the North Carolina Democratic Party's options to Biden — didn't work.
- phillips Said: “This year, Democrats decided the election was undesirable and deceived voters by putting only Biden's name on the ballot. This is the destruction of democracy by the people tasked with protecting it.”
- williamson Said: “Their decision to protect the party rather than the voters is a failure to protect democracy itself. The North Carolina State Board of Elections has shamed itself and the voters of North Carolina. ’s democratic crisis is systemic.”
- Uyghur language Said: “It's amazing that no one in the media, including right-wing media, is aware that the Biden team is trying to remove opponents from the primary and general election ballots. Am I allowed to run for office?”
North Carolina Democratic Party justified the request Mr. Phillips and Mr. Williamson maintained that they were not actively campaigning in the state.
The irony of this decision is that Biden and the Democratic Party's primary campaign message is that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are an existential threat to democracy because they seek to overturn the election.
And yet: Colorado and Maine have ruled Trump ineligible to vote, but state Democratic officials… First in Florida And now North Carolina is denying Democratic voters the chance to choose a Democrat other than Biden in the state's primary.
To make matters worse, the North Carolina State Board of Elections exercised its statutory authority in 2020 to invalidate the state Republican Party's submission of only Mr. Trump's name in the 2020 Republican primary.
news and observer explained:
In 2020, the board took a different decision, unanimously approving the addition of two other Republican candidates to the presidential primary ballot list, which previously featured only then-President Trump's name. Ta.
Two Republican candidates seeking additions to the 2020 board, former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr and one of President Trump's most prominent Republican critics in the state, and former Massachusetts He spoke on behalf of Governor Bill Weld and former President of the United States. Congressman Joe Walsh. Nor did anyone speak on behalf of the more obscure candidates seeking additions.
Meanwhile, the decision on Trump's constitutional fitness is also being considered In North Carolina state court after BOE rejected attempts to remove President Trump From the ballot paper.
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