The bipartisan political group No Labels is reminding state Democratic Party officials what President Joe Biden has said, and asking them not to interfere with its work.
“We urge you to tell the leaders in the Democratic National Committee to stand down and halt all actions to restrict voter choices in this or any other election and to tell your state and national leadership that you will not participate in them,” the three leaders wrote.
They added, “We urge you to tell your state and national leadership that you will not participate in actions that threaten the very principles of liberty and freedom that are the bedrock of our democracy.”
“He has a democratic right to do, there’s no reason not to do that,” President Biden said in response, before adding that doing so would only help to elect the Republican presidential nominee.
DNC
No Labels intends to launch its own candidates—a bipartisan “Unity ticket”—in the presidential election next year if the race turns into a rewatch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump.The open letter said the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is “sharing guidance with state and local party chairs encouraging them to denounce No Labels.”
“The DNC takes issue with our effort to get on state voting ballots so we can potentially offer up a Unity presidential ticket and to provide the additional choices millions of Americans so clearly want,” the letter says.
“We’re not naïve, and we don’t expect the Democratic National Committee or the Republican National Committee to welcome competition that threatens their power and influence,” the No Labels letter says. “But as lifelong Democrats, we do expect the leaders of our party—which has always championed ballot access and voting rights—to refrain from blatantly antidemocratic behavior.”
Poll
No Labels plans to hold a nominating convention in Dallas, Texas, in April 2024.The survey found that 63 percent of respondents were “open to supporting a moderate independent presidential candidate” if alternative choices were President Biden and President Trump.
Seventy-two percent said they didn’t want President Biden to run for a second term, while 63 percent did not prefer President Trump.
“Voters in these states are sending a simple and powerful message: They want more choices in 2024 and they don’t like anyone working to limit their choices,” said No Labels chief strategist Ryan Clancy in a statement accompanying the survey.
The survey also found that 73 percent believed that “actively working to block the listing of more choices on the ballot for president represents vote choice suppression.”
