TX: Is Petititoning an Administrative Expense? Dems Continue Fight to Keep Greens off Ballot

From the Dallas Morning News:

Democratic Party lawyers asked the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday to keep the Green Party off the ballot, saying its officers knew they were accepting illegal help from Republicans to field candidates. In its argument to the high court, the Democratic Party said an out-of-state corporation with GOP ties bankrolled a petition drive to put the Green Party on the November ballot in violation of state law. Corporations are forbidden from contributing to political parties except to pay for administrative expenses.


The Green Party contends its signature-gathering effort – spearheaded by an out-of-state GOP operative and funded with $532,000 from an undisclosed source – was an administrative expense. Last week, a district judge blocked the Green Party from the fall ballot, and the case was appealed to the Texas Supreme Court.