The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to restore Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s name on presidential ballots in November after supporters filled out the wrong forms. File Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore
Sept. 20 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency request to place Green Party candidate Jill Stein on the presidential ballot in Nevada. The Supreme Court voted 5-2, upholding a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court to deny Stein from appearing on the ballot after her supporters used the wrong form given to them by the Secretary of State to gather signatures to get on the ballot.
The error made the signatures unofficial, leaving her short of the required signatures to appear on the ballot.
The Nevada Green Party had argued that since it was a form given to them by the state, the signatures should be allowed and Stein placed on the ballot. Attorney Jay Sekulow, who represented former President Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial, argued for the Green Party.
The Nevada Democratic Party, however, said the older forms required a looser verification standard and could not be accepted or even corrected at this late date.
The Green Party had initially won in Nevada’s district court but that decision was overturned by the Supreme Court.
“If the Green Party had reviewed the petition before using it, it would have discovered the incorrect circulator affidavit as the Green Party was clearly aware of the legal requirements for the affidavit considering it had used the correct affidavit in the original petition,” the Nevada Supreme Court said in its earlier decision, according to CBS News.