GPDE nominates candidates
for U.S. Senate, House
Newark, Del., May 12 — The Green Party of Delaware has selected Andrew Groff as its candidate for the U.S. Senate and Bernard August as its candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The two were unanimous selections during the Green Party of Delaware's annual meeting on Saturday.
Groff is vying for the seat held by Democratic Sen. Tom Carper. August is challenging U.S. Rep. Patrick Carney, also a Democrat.
Also during the annual meeting, members selected Jim Witters as state secretary and as a delegate to the National Committee for a two-year term.
Ruthann Purchase was selected for a one-year term as a delegate to the National Committee and as an alternate delegate to the Green Party of the United States' Presidential Nominating Convention in Baltimore in July.
Delegates to the Presidential Nominating Convention will be Desmond Kahn, Bernard August, Andrew Groff and Phil Troxler.
David McCorquodale, GPDE treasurer, was selected as an alternate delegate to the National Committee and as an alternate delegate to the Presidential Nominating Convention.
Party members at the annual meeting also pledged the party's four delegates to presidential candidate Jill Stein. The other Green Party candidates seeking the presidential nomination are Kent Mesplay and actress Roseanne Barr.
No. 1 Priority: Voter registration
The Green Party of Delaware is in the midst of a voter-registration drive — with a focus on reaching 625 registered Greens by May 24 — to meet the state's requirements for ballot access.
To have the names of our candidates appear on the November ballot, we need to register about 50 more new Green Party members during this "open window" when Delaware recognizes changes from one party to another and from "no party affiliation" to affiliation. And we need the help of all Delaware Greens to accomplish this task.
Please talk to your friends, relatives, co-workers, congregants, acquaintances and others about the values they share with the Green Party and how their registration as Green Party members in Delaware can help us gain ballot access.
For information about Delaware voter registration, click here. Or contact a member of the GPDE coordinating committee here.
Urgent Call For Ballot Access
Volunteers and Donations
From the Green Party of the United States
Our top priority for the next two months is to win ballot access in as many states as possible. We are currently on the ballot in 21 states and have the opportunity to be on more than 45 state ballot lines this November. But we need your help.
Click here to volunteer to petition, lobby for fair ballot access laws, and hold states accountable in court. You can also make a direct contribution to cover the costs of petition drives. Thank you for your support!
Spring 2012 Green Pages
Available for Purchase
From the Green Party of the United States
The Spring 2012 issue of Green Pages, our national newspaper, is now available!
Click here to purchase a bundle of 100 issues, or here for a bundle of 50.
The latest edition includes stories on our 2012 Presidential candidates, continued Green Party support for the Occupy movement, and an analysis of how Greens run successful campaigns and influence their communities once in office.
Click here to order the latest issue today!
Registration Open for National Convention in July
From the Green Party of the United StatesOur Annual National Meeting and Presidential Nominating Convention will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from July 12-15. We hope you will join us for four days of workshops, strategizing, networking with fellow Greens from across the country, and the nomination of our 2012 candidate for President of the United States.
Click here to register and take advantage of reduced hotel rates today!
Occupy Delaware 'Banksleep'
escalates battle against Bank of America
City responds with request to cease occupation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jennifer Wallace: 302.588.6919 or jenwallace@comcast.netApril 23, 2012
WILMINGTON, Del. — Preparing to escalate their battle against the "Too Big to Fail" banks headquartered in Wilmington, Occupy Delaware was hit by city officials with a threat to abrogate the agreement regarding their six-month encampment in Spencer Plaza. The group intends to take their sleeping bags to the sidewalk outside bank doors in Wilmington, beginning with Bank of America Monday night, April 23.
Read the full press release here.
Vote Green Party - Make The Difference
There is another way. There is an alternative. The Green Party Election Broadcast for the Local Elections and London Elections on May 3rd 2012. Help us Make The Difference. Watch the video.Produced and promoted by Martin Bleach on behalf of Jenny Jones and London Green Party candidates, all at Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
Colorado presidential preference favors Jill Stein
From Green Party Watch
Posted April 4, 2012
At the Green Party of Colorado's state meeting last weekend, members voted on who to send Presidential Nominating Delegates to represent at the Green Party's Presidential Nominating Convention in July.
Of Colorado's seven Delegates, 5 went to Jill Stein, 1 went to Roseanne Barr, and 1 went to Kent Mesplay.
New Mexico Constitution Party,
New Mexico Green Party
sue over petition deadline
March 29th, 2012From Ballot Access.org
On March 29, the Green Party and the Constitution Party jointly filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that the New Mexico deadline for petitions to qualify a party is too early. That deadline is the first Tuesday of April, which this year is April 3. Here is the complaint. The case is Constitution Party of New Mexico v Duran.
In New Mexico, newly-qualifying parties nominate by convention, not by primary, so there seems to be no election-administration reason for the deadline to be so early. In the past, the deadline for a new party to qualify in New Mexico has been in October, then September, and then July. In 1995 it was moved to April, apparently because the majority party in the legislature, the Democratic Party, was angry that in the 1994 gubernatorial election, the Green Party gubernatorial candidate had polled 10.3% and apparently caused the defeat of the Democratic Party nominee. So, in 1995, the legislature made several hostile changes to the election law relating to minor parties, including moving the petition deadline from July to April, and also doubling the number of signatures needed for non-presidential minor party nominees to get on the November ballot.
Kent Mesplay on NBC San Diego
March 27, 2012From Green Party Watch
Green Party presidential candidate Kent Mesplay, appearing on NBC San Diego's "Politically Speaking", describes ballot access barriers for third parties, and suggests that Roseanne Barr and himself ought to consider working more closely to secure presidential delegates.
Jill Stein & Rosa Clemente speakers
at Pioneer Valley Green Rainbow Convention
From Green Party Watch
Presidential Candidate Jill Stein & 2008 Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente are two of the featured speakers at the Pioneer Valley Green Rainbow Party Convention this Sunday in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Dr. Stein has recently been endorsed by Noam Chomsky and will be discussing, amongst various topics, her "Green New Deal" that is the cornerstone of her 2012 campaign. According to her website, Stein favors a number of financial reforms and the creation of jobs through a clean energy economy. These include breaking up banks that are "too big to fail" and ending taxpayer-funded bailouts.
For more information, click here.
More than 1,000 rally in
Wilmington for Trayvon Martin
Community members use demonstration for
soul-searching and a call for local activism
From
delawareonline.com
Written by ESTEBAN PARRA
WILMINGTON -- More than 1,000 people rallied in Rodney Square on Tuesday to raise awareness about the death of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer.
But the rally also spawned a thirst for more activism and unity in the community.
"It will bring organizations together so that we can work together," said M.J. Smiley, a Wilmington grandmother who attended the "Hoodie March," named for the slain teen's attire. "That's the purpose of any type of rally or any type of get-together with this many people."
Attendees chanted "Trayvon" and waved bags of Skittles and ice tea in the air as they called for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the 17-year-old in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26. Martin was carrying Skittles and ice tea that he purchased from a convenience store at the time.
Roseanne Barr addresses Green Party
10 Key Values in YouTube video
From Green Party Watch
Posted in Presidential Campaign
March 27, 2012
by Gregg Jocoy
In an emailed message, the Roseanne Barr for President campaign made us aware of an 8 minute video posted to YouTube explaining how Ms. Barr views the Green Party's Ten Key Values.
Jill Stein on Building the Green Party Movement
From Green Party WatchJill Stein has been campaigning all week on the east coast, and there are some great photos of her recent events at her website here.
This video was shot at a fundraiser in Brooklyn, NY:
'Roseanne For President' Campaign Hits the Valley
The Mayflower Club in North Hollywood is the first place in the country that hosted all three Green Party candidates running for president.By Mike Szymanski, March 24, 2012
Roseanne Barr spoke rather seriously to a group of Green Party supporters at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood on Friday night about her run for President of the United States.
This "Rally in the Valley" was the first Green Party group in the country that hosted all three of the leading contenders running for president in the Green Party. The 75 people in attendance (including some paparazzi) also heard from other Green Party candidates for congressional seats.
The comedienne explained that her candidacy was no joke, and she discussed a platform that included legalizing marijuana, supporting gay marriage and forgiving student loans.
"I will not let the idiots go unanswered," she said, with an occasional quip. She talked about her modest beginnings, as a "smart fat girl growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah."
"I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth," she said. "I didn't even have a plastic spork."
Read the full report
here.
Green Party Offers Alternative to Election Season Cynicism
From uprisingradio.orgMarch 22, 2012
Many Americans have found little political gratification in either of the two major political parties this election, and 30% of voters simply identify as independent. So-called "third parties" that are independent of the two major parties, struggle to capture enough attention, particularly from the media. Among them is the Green Party, whose Presidential candidates for the 2012 elections include Jill Stein, a trained physician, and Rosanne Barr, actor and political activist. Prominent local political figure and staunch progressive, Marcy Winograd, recently switched from the Democratic to the Green Party. Winograd ran multiple times for a Congressional Seat in California's 36th district. Spurred by the President's signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, Winograd explained, "if I could not ask someone to join the Democratic Party, I could not in good conscience stay in the party, even as an insurgent writing resolutions and platform planks to end our wars for oil."
Read more or listen to the segment
here.
Roseanne schedules public appearance
Roseanne Barr's first public campaign appearance this Friday
From Green Party Watch
In a press release issued Wednesday, the Roseanne Barr for President campaign announced plans for Barr's first public campaign appearance. The appearance will help promote LA area Greens and Green congressional candidates Michael Powelson, David Steinman and Anthony Vierya.
Read more here.
Jill Stein visiting New York
Jill Stein to tour Upstate New York 3/21 - 3/24
From Green Party WatchJill Stein to tour Upstate New York 3/21 - 3/24 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will tour upstate New York this week, starting in Fredonia on Wednesday 3/22 before making her way to Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Schenectady and Troy.
Read more here.
Green Party presidential candidates back the 99 percent
Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for U.S. President, has been working closely with the
Occupy movement.
You can find more about Jill at these sites:
JillStein.org
Jill Stein on Facebook
On Day 1 of Occupy Wall Street, Sept. 17, 2011, Roseanne Barrbecame the first public figure to stand with the occupiers in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, delivering a speech before the very first General Assembly.
You can learn more about Roseanne's candidacy here:
Roseanne for POTUS
Roseanne on Facebook
Kent Mesplay's presidential candidacy carries the theme "Green Power to the People."
Mesplay, a Green Party leader and a Native American, says this:
"I want to make it clear that this apparent competition is not about 'Green Deal or no Deal.' Federal leadership is needed to direct our society away from exploitation, reckless speculation and resource depletion, toward the generational ethics of sustainable, less wasteful, low-consumption living."
Find out more about Kent and his campaign here:
Kent Mesplay for President
Kent on Facebook