The Fair Election Fund, a national election integrity watchdog group, condemned the three Democrat members on the North Carolina State Board of Elections over their decision to block the voting rights of over 17,000 North Carolinians by refusing to certify Cornel West for the ballot.
The NCSBE earlier today ruled to allow Robert Kennedy Jr on the ballot this November but again refused to formally recognize the We the People party candidate Cornel West, despite both meeting the necessary requirements and submitting validated signatures well over the threshold required.
Doug Collins, Fair Election Fund Senior Advisor and Former US Representative from Georgia, made the following statement:
It is disgraceful that the North Carolina State Board of Elections once again blocked Cornel West and the Justice for All party from the 2024 ballot. This blatant attempt to block Biden’s competition only further silences the voices of North Carolinians.
The Fair Election Fund also posted the following statement on X:
While the NCSBE just allowed RFK on the ballot, it refused to certify Justice For All – which means @CornelWest is still blocked. This is election interference to help Biden as he bleeds support from Black voters. We won’t stop until this attack on democracy is reversed.
The Fair Election Fund recently announced a $200,000 ad blitz targeting the three Democrats on the NCSBE for blocking North Carolinians’ voting rights, bringing the organization’s spending in North Carolina in recent weeks to over $375,000. The standard and mobile billboards include language that reads: The NCSBE “blocked your voting rights by blocking Biden’s competition from the ballot.” The digital ads include the words of frustrated North Carolinians who urged the NCSBE to reverse their decision and allow third party candidates to appear on the ballot.
- Daniel Barron from Fayetteville, NC is opposing the NCSBE vote, saying “Parties in Raleigh made a decision that needs to be overturned immediately. Everybody needs their voice heard.”
- Cherish Nance from NC said “enough isn’t being done.” “The decision Raleigh made to silence our voice is wrong.”
- Trey Rogers from NC said “Our voices need to be heard all the way in Raleigh. They need to overturn the decision immediately. There is no justice if there’s no justice for all.”
- Derrick Trenier, US Army veteran from NC said he is concerned that “Bureaucrats in Raleigh are not looking out for us. The decision that they made needs to be reversed because there’s no way you guys should be trying to silence our voice.”
The Fair Election Fund initially targeted the three Democrat members of the NCSBE with a TV ad campaign calling out their shady backroom deal to block the voting rights of North Carolinians.
The Fair Election Fund is a watchdog group that was formed in May and will spend over $5 million in 2024 to shine a light on fraud and abuse still occuring in our election system. The group is now calling on anyone with knowledge of illegal or unethical activity by the NCSBE, Clear Choice, and the DNC to come forward and share their story. Those who expose wrongdoing could be compensated from the Fair Election Fund’s whistleblower protection fund. Those who want to contact the Fair Election Fund regarding the NCSEB’s decision can either email info@thefairelectionfund.com or call 301-388-8733.