The presidential campaign of Dr. Cornel West announced Tuesday that it would contest the disqualification of West and his running mate, Dr. Melina Abdullah, from appearing on the Michigan state ballot in court. The disqualification stemmed from procedural concerns raised in an earlier challenge.
In a press release, the campaign called the challenge baseless, dismissing it as a tactic initiated by the Democratic National Committee and the Michigan Democratic Party to distract voters and suppress opposition to the Biden administration’s policies, particularly regarding the situation in Gaza. The campaign further noted that it has received “overwhelming support” from Michigan voters thus far and is prepared to contest the challenge in court.
Campaign spokesperson Edwin DeJesus said in the release, “The West/Abdullah campaign is actively intervening in this case to vigorously contest these baseless accusations. We are confident that a thorough examination in court will expose these legal maneuvers as unfounded attempts to curb the growing progressive movement. The campaign remains committed to defending its position and continuing the fight for a political revolution that addresses the rights and needs of all people.”
Michigan election officials stated last Friday that West and Abdullah would not appear on the state ballot due to issues with the notarization of their paperwork. Challenges were initially filed by Rosa Holliday, with former DNC member Mark Brewer acting as her attorney, to the affidavits of identity submitted by both candidates earlier this year. According to a letter from the state’s Director of Elections, the forms submitted by the West campaign had several errors, including unfilled blanks, a failure to specify the act being notarized, the omission of the notary’s official title, and the placement of the notary public’s stamp on a separate sheet of paper that was not attached to the notary public’s certificate.
Another candidate (like Jilly Stein & Cruz of the Duginite PSL) who gives lip service about Palestinians but when the 54 year Assad’s coup regime along with Russian military and Iran backed militia’s were killing, bombing, dumping chemical weapons and using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinian refugee camps ( & Syrians) like Yarmouk, all he could talk about was asking the US Congress and the prez to protect Syrian Christians.