Arizona needs help with Ballot Access
Arizona is working toward ballot status and has until March 6th to turn
in 20,449 good signatures. Petition gatherers have already collected
approximately 10,000 and need at least 16-18,000 more to provide a cushion
against contested signatures. Arizona has begun using professional signature
gatherers and needs help with funding to pay these professionals. National
Green Party has supported this process with donations requiring Arizona to match
the funds. You can donate to the Arizona Green Party by sending a check to:
P.O. Box 60173, Phoenix, AZ 85082-0173.
Richard Scott, one of the Coordinators of the Arizona drive says, "We can
make this goal but it will take cooperation and help from Greens around the
country to help raise the funds we need to get the job done. We have some
petition gatherers from out of state coming to help but that takes time and
coordination - guest gatherers must have a local with them when they petition.
Donations will help us more easily attain our goal. I project that we can get
this job completed for under $15,000 and we have approximately half that now -
so please help - send us a check now - we can do this."
Ballot drives are also underway in Utah - Feb 15 - 2000 signatures,
Hawai'i - Apr 3 - 663 signatures, North Carolina - May 16 - 69,734 signatures
(in court - we're hoping for a favorable ruling this week and Texas - May 27 -
43,991 signatures. Green Line will be covering these and all ballot access
efforts as they develop. To find out how to support Green Party Ballot Access
go to: http://www.gp.org/committees/ballot/
Green Debate a Great
Success!
On January 13th Green Party
Presidential hopefuls Jared Ball, Jesse
Johnson, Kent Mesplay, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph
Nader (undeclared candidate) and Kat Swift took to the stage in a packed
auditorium in San Francisco for the
only Presidential Debate that Mattered.
According to the
Alameda Greens website: "It was a brilliant event! 800 attendees, nearly a full
house, in one of the nicest venues in San Francisco, the historic Herbst. All the candidates appeared at
their best, and were exceptional on stage. All great spokespersons, and fine
examples of the Green movement. Bay-Area Green Michael-David Sasson said: "One of the people who went [to the Debate] and
reported back to me, vowed to change her registration back to Green, and to urge
wayward Greens to come back and recruit others to the GP. She and her friends
are all people of color... which I think is significant."
Candidates
McKinney, Swift, Mesplay
Johnson and Ball debated a wide range of
subjects, including tax policy, immigration, climate change, and the war in
Iraq. Ralph
Nader spoke after the debate, focusing on the corrosive role of corporate power
in politics.
Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan and former
Green Party candidate for Oakland City Council and KPFA anchor Aimee Allison
moderated the debate.
Pacifica Radio affiliate KPFA rebroadcast
the debate and hosted a call in show moderated by Allison, political analyst
Larry Bensky, and former San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chair Matt
Gonzalez.
Many thanks to The Green Party of Alameda
County, the San Francisco Green Party and the National Delegates Committee of
the Green Party of California for organizing such a superb event!
You can watch videos or download the
complete audio file of the debate at:
http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/president/sf_debate.php
For firsthand coverage of the debate,
including links to local media coverage, go to: http://www.acgreens.org/debate
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