This week court hearings begin on whether the candidacies of several third party candidates in Georgia should be allowed to stay on the November ballot. Lawsuits filed by the Democratic National Committee and the state Democratic Party allege that candidates including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornell West, Jill Stein and Claudia De la Cruz should be disqualified for a myriad of reasons – saying that some of the candidates didn’t hold “proper” conventions while others failed to pay fees or file petitions on time. Democrat leaders appear to see third party candidates as a potential threat to siphon off votes from Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia, which figures to be a close race yet again. The effort to boot names from the ballot just months before election day has these third party candidates DRIFTING…
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The City of Atlanta and the Georgia Democratic Party made a strong push to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, but fell short once again when it was announced that Boston, Denver and Philadelphia are the three finalists. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens blasted the decision, accusing the DNC of “abandoning Atlanta, abandoning the South, and once again abandoning Black voters.” The snub has Georgia Dems SINKING…
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