Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president, talks to reporters after speaking to supporters in Philadelphia at a rally during the DNC.
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Third party challengers for the general election scored a win in Pennsylvania when they were recently accepted to join Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on the ballot.
Constitution Party candidate Darrell Castle, Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson all will appear on the November presidential ballot after collecting the required number of nominating petition signatures and submitting them to the state on deadline.
The Libertarians also scored a win as candidate Edward T. Clifford III was approved to appear on the ballot for the Senate race. His Democratic challenger is Katie McGinty and Republican incumbent Pat Toomey.
In the race for Kathleen Kane’s attorney general seat, Libertarian N.A. Poe, a high school-educated comedian and pro-marijuana legalization advocate, will be on the ballot against Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican State Sen. John Rafferty. However, Philly.com reported Wednesday that the state Democrats and Republicans have filed motions to remove Poe from the ballot because he does not have a law degree, which is constitutionally required for the state attorney general.
“If Donald Trump can be the president, why can’t a high-school-educated comedian be the chief law enforcement officer of Pennsylvania?” Poe asked in an interview with the website.
