A third-party candidate’s draw in a general election, while usually very small, could help tilt a close race between the major party candidates.
The state Supreme Court, with a 5-2 Democratic majority, reversed the ruling by a Republican judge in a lower court on the candidacy of Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins.
The Democrats’ protest targets what they say are disqualifying irregularities in how the Green Party candidates for president and vice president filed affidavits that accompany paperwork to get them on the ballot.
By Emily Previti/PA Post 