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Democrats Resorting to Lawfare To Keep Independent Candidates Off the Ballot

This will undermine voter confidence in the 2024 election by limiting voters’ ability to exercise choice.

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Cornel West speaks on July 15, 2023, at Los Angeles. AP/Damian Dovarganes, file
RYAN SILVERSTEIN
RYAN SILVERSTEIN

This summer saw a slew of court cases over the issue of ballot access. Now the litigation is threatening to undermine voters’ confidence in this fall’s election.

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RYAN SILVERSTEIN
RYAN SILVERSTEIN

Mr. Silverstein is a J.D. candidate at Villanova University and a fellow with Villanova’s McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy. His work has previously appeared in the New York Daily News, Post & Courier, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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