{"id":55548,"date":"2024-07-03T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55548"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:26:59","slug":"election-interference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55548","title":{"rendered":"Election Interference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/07\/02\/exclusive-election-integrity-north-carolina-rfk-cornel-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about who is allowed on the election ballot in North Carolina The North Carolina State Board of Elections has rejected ballot access to third-party candidates, RFK Jr. and Cornel West.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The North Carolina State Board of Elections ruled 3-2 on Wednesday to temporarily keep Kennedy and West off the ballot until it further reviews the decision sometime ahead of the November election. The board chairman justified the decision, saying that the committee needed time to \u201clook at petition-gathers who have been problematic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/north-carolina-denies-ballot-access-rfk-jr-cornel-west-rcna159260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NBC News. The Fair Election Fund, founded in May to target abuses of the election system, is planning to allocate a portion of its $5 million whistleblower protection program to investigate the board\u2019s decision, a watchdog dog official told the Caller.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The investigation will begin by asking whistleblowers with knowledge of \u201cillegal or unethical activity\u201d by the state board the Democratic National Committee, or any groups aligned with President Joe Biden to share their story with Fair Election Fund through its <a href=\"https:\/\/thefairelectionfund.com\/share-your-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hotline<\/a>, an official told the Caller. The official did not give the Caller an estimate on how long the investigation will last, but said updates would be provided.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. and Cornel West are most likely to take votes away from President Biden. Any thinking conservative who has read RFK Jr.&#8217;s positions on anything other than vaccines is not likely to vote for him. Even his positions on vaccines would probably not attract many conservative voters. Cornel West is also not likely to attract conservative voters. Keeping RFK Jr. and Cornel West off the ballot is simply another effort by the Democrats to turn North Carolina purple.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>While ballot access remains in limbo in North Carolina, Kennedy is set to appear on the ballot in several states, including Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, California and Hawaii, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2024\/where-are-third-party-candidates-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Politico.<\/a> West will also appear on some states\u2019 ballots including Colorado, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cThe Board\u2019s partisan decision, despite the submission of the requisite number of petition signatures on time, undermines the foundational principles of our electoral system,\u201d West spokesperson Edwin DeJesus told the Caller, adding anti-democratic tactics.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, The Daily Caller posted an article about who is allowed on the election ballot in North Carolina The North Carolina State Board of Elections has rejected ballot access to third-party candidates, RFK Jr. and Cornel West. 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