Constitution Party presidential nominee Randall Terry has been approved to appear on the North Carolina state ballot following a meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Terry was previously blocked for technical reasons.
According to a WRAL News article, the State Board of Elections voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow the Constitution Party to nominate candidates for the presidency, governorship, and down-ballot races, allowing it to place Terry on the ballot. However, the Board has not yet approved the petitions for the We The People Party associated with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Justice for All Party associated with independent candidate Dr. Cornel West, which are also being blocked.
Previous reports on the situation revealed that each presidential candidate was initially blocked from appearing for different reasons. Randall Terry faced a technical issue stemming from an outdated address used by Constitution Party of North Carolina Chair Al Pisano on petitioning papers, with Pisano saying at the time that he sought clarification from the Board but did not initially receive a response.
In the case of the Kennedy and West campaigns, both candidates are seeking to establish new political parties to aid in their ballot access efforts. Regarding Kennedy, board members expressed reservations about the approach used by petitioners and whether they effectively circumvented current law governing ballot access for independent candidates. As it relates to West, members similarly had concerns that volunteers misled signatories about the party’s purpose.
Members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections were also called to testify before the state’s House Oversight and Reform Committee last week regarding their decision to block the three presidential candidates. However, the legislative committee later announced plans to reschedule the hearing to align with the Board’s July 9 meeting, which has since been moved to July 23.
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