Wisconsin Supreme Court allows Jill Stein to stay on state ballot as Green Party nominee

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein can remain on the state's presidential ballot, dismissing an effort from the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

A DNC employee filed the petition to keep Stein from the Wisconsin ballot last week, claiming she should not be allowed to appear on the ballot because the Wisconsin Green Party does not hold any state offices.

The court did not explain its decision, but rejected the bid by David Strange, and dismissed all other pending motions related to the effort. 

“We determine that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks,” the court said in its unsigned order. "It is further ordered that all other pending motions are denied as moot."

Stein celebrated the ruling in a statement shared with Just The News, claiming that the Democratic Party has tried to "crush democracy" by filing petitions to keep third party presidential contenders off multiple state ballots.

“This is a big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice,” Stein said. “The Democrats constantly preach about ‘saving democracy’, when in reality they’ve been doing everything they can to crush democracy by trying to remove the Green Party and others from the ballot. Today justice prevailed, we beat back the DNC’s attack, and voters in Wisconsin will still have an anti-genocide, pro-worker, climate action choice in this election.”

The ruling comes as the Democratic Party fears that third-party candidates could pull enough votes from Vice President Kamala Harris to give the election to former President Donald Trump. Stein was considered a "spoiler" candidate in 2016 in Wisconsin, by tipping the state in Trump's favor over Hillary Clinton.

In addition to the Green Party, candidates from the Libertarian and Constitution parties will also appear on the ballot in Wisconsin. 

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.