CCD and More Voter Choice Win One for Dr. Cornel West in Wisconsin

It all came down to a staple.

A single staple.

According to the Democrats who challenged Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West's right to be on Wisconsin's 2024 general election ballot, he had complied with Wisconsin law in every way -- except for one small thing.

As an Independent candidate, Dr. West was required to submit an affidavit of candidacy.

Which he did.

And it was required to be notarized.

Which it was.

But there was some technical deficiency in the notarization -- the notary hadn't properly affixed a seal, or dotted an "I" or crossed a "T" -- and so Dr. West notarized a new page, completely and correctly this time, and submitted it together with the first page of his affidavit.

But he didn't staple the two pages together.

And so Democrats -- the party whose presidential ticket claims to be running to "save democracy" -- challenged Dr. West's nomination papers, claiming he failed to comply with Wisconsin law.

CCD represented Dr. West at the hearing before the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

As the attorney for the Democrats admitted, Dr. West had fully and completely complied with Wisconsin law, and was otherwise entitled to appear on the 2024 general election ballot, except, according to the attorney, his affidavit was missing a staple.

To its credit, all but one member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejected this argument and voted to place Dr. West on the ballot.

See the Associated Press coverage here.