The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that state election officials must put unlikely presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) on the state’s Democratic primary ballot.
In a unanimous decision, the court found that the bipartisan presidential selection committee in charge of approving candidates for Wisconsin’s April 2 primary “had no discussion about Phillips” while stamping President Biden’s name on the ballot during a brief meeting in January.
“The two party chairmen listed the names of the candidates their respective parties sought to include on the presidential preference ballot. The chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party only included Joseph Biden’s name on the Democratic presidential preference primary ballot. Without any discussion, the selection committee unanimously adopted a motion to include on the ballot the names presented by the party presidents,” the court ruling says.
“The Selection Committee did not have any discussion about Phillips or any other Democratic presidential primary candidate. The entire meeting lasted just over five minutes.”
The Minnesota Democrat launched his primary campaign against Biden last October. AP
Wisconsin statutes require that “all candidates whose candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national media throughout the United States” be included on primary ballots.
Phillips, 55, launched his insurgent presidential campaign last October and has since made several appearances on national news shows.
He received just under 20% of the vote in last month’s New Hampshire primary, where Biden, whose name did not appear on the ballot due to a scheduling dispute between the Democratic National Committee and state officials, prevailed as his supporters mounted A text. In bell.
The court found that Wisconsin’s selection committee did not even discuss Phillips’ candidacy, as required by law. Amanda Sabga/UPI/Shutterstock
“We conclude that the Presidential Preference Selection Committee wrongfully exercised its discretion under (state law) with respect to Phillips,” the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled, concluding that there is no evidence to suggest it is too late to add the name of the Minnesota Democrat to primary ballots.
At the same meeting, the selection committee also placed former President Donald Trump and five other Republican rivals on the ballot, including four who have since suspended their campaigns.
Phillips has accused the Democratic National Committee of working to obstruct the presidential primary process by changing the Democratic primary schedule, refusing to hold debates and preventing delegates from New Hampshire from participating.
“I don’t know how to better articulate these efforts than, yeah, a threat to democracy by undermining it and suppressing it,” Phillips told The Post last month.
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