A lawsuit from the Montana Democratic Party against the Montana Secretary of State, Christi Jacobsen, was heard in front of a judge in a Lewis and Clark County courtroom on the morning of Friday, August 30,. The lawsuit is an attempt to have the Green Party candidate in the United States Senate race, Michael Barb, removed from the ballot. The Democrat Party fears that a Green Party candidate may siphon votes from Senator Tester in an incredibly close race against Tim Sheehy. With Tester realizing his path to victory requires him to split tickets with President Trump, and thus must appeal to moderate and conservative voters, it is a legitimate fear that he could lose the votes of more liberal Montanans to a third-party candidate such as Barb. The Green Party platform emphasizes raising the federal minimum wage, drastically cutting defense spending and ending foreign wars, and ending the use of fossil fuels.
On Tuesday, September 3, Judge Mike McMahon denied the Democratic Party’s motion, thus allowing Robert Barb to stay on the ballots for the upcoming Senate election.
The Montana Democratic Party alleged that the Montana Green Party had not read more
