Green Party presidential candidate won’t be on Nev. ballot
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — A federal judge has denied a request by the Nevada Green Party and its presidential candidate, Jill Stein, to gain access to the state’s Nov. 8 general election ballot.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey said in a ruling dated Thursday that the Green Party waited until less than two weeks before the deadline to start collecting signatures to qualify to place candidates on Nevada’s 2016 ballot.
When the party’s June 3 petition came up 647 signatures short after the verification process was completed, the complaint was filed seeking to overturn a decision by Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske rejecting ballot access.