Posted on December 21, 2009 by wilderside
Green Party calls Asa Gordon’s action a demand for fair elections, voters’ rights, and racial justice
A major voting rights civil action filed by Green Party leader Asa Gordon is scheduled for oral argument in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (No. 09-5142) on Thursday, January 14, 2010.
The civil action seeks enforcement [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2009 by wilderside
our friend John Keenan was asked this question recently:
. . . now would seem a good time for a third party to come forward with some good progressive ideas that the majority of the people of the country could get behind. Maybe said third party could pick up a few seats in Congress if it [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2009 by kwilder
From Bev at BlackBox Voting:
Things are shakin’ and movin’ — please pass this along, feel free to post it or quote from this great new information. [Update on new machines in New York near the bottom.]
End of year tax-deductible donations – needed for 2010 work!
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/donate.html or mail to:
Black Box Voting – 330 SW 43rd St [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2009 by wilderside
from Black Agenda Radio Commentaries
The left-wing Obamites were the nastiest of all. They viciously libeled anyone that advanced a Left critique of their hero, calling them enemies of a new “people’s movement,” when in fact it was they who were shutting the movement down in favor of a fan club and cheering section for Obama. [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2009 by kwilder
KW: The Green Party believes that one way to free our government from corporate control, is to tighten up campaign finance laws, for example not taking money from corporations or taking soft money from PACS. If I understand it, the position of some Libertarians is that any person or entity should be able to give [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2009 by wilderside
“The Green Party of Suffolk supports the proposition to bring council districts to Huntington town,” said its chair Roger Snyder, a Huntington resident. “A key value of the Green Party is Grassroots Democracy, and it is clear that at-large districts are the farthest from that ideal.”
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, voters in the Town of [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2009 by kwilder
Announced via a press release from the Rich Whitney campaign:
Gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney
to attend campaign event in Cicero, Illinois.|
Who: Green Party Gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney
What: Meet the candidate event/fundraiser
When: Thursday, December 17th – 7 PM
Where: Serenata Restaurant & Bar
6009 W. Cermak Rd
Cicero, IL.
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Posted on December 16, 2009 by kwilder
KW: Two stories, then, comments by Ian Wilder at the bottom…
from Ballot Access News
Massachusetts Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate Wants 3-Candidate Debates
December 15th, 2009
The Boston Globe has this story, which says that in the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, the Democratic nominee, Martha Coakley, wants all the debates to include all three [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2009 by wilderside
On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, ex-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. Rep. McKinney ran for President of the United States in the 2008 election on the Green [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2009 by wilderside
Cynthia McKinney
Emergency Anti-Afghanistan Escalation Rally
December 12, 2009
My fellow Americans,
Millions of us are drinking dirty and contaminated water;
4 million of us will get foreclosure notices by the end of this year;
25 million of us are un- or underemployed;
47 million of us have no health insurance and millions more are under-insured. My aunt was killed by the [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by kwilder
Excerpts from the actual civil suit at the readmore…
Asa Gordon is Chair of the DC Statehood Green Party Electoral College Task Force and Executive Director of Douglass Institute for Government. Gordon’s civil suit concerning reform of the Electoral College will have oral arguments in the United States Court of Appeals on January 14, 2010.
The lawsuit, [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2009 by wilderside
Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s address committing an additional 30,000 or more U.S. troops to Afghanistan:
As my friends and I in the peace movement protest the latest escalation of the occupation of Afghanistan, I take this opportunity to remind Illinois voters that the [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2009 by wilderside
Green Party opposes escalation, urges Obama to announce US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in his Dec. 1 speech
2008 Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and 2010 Maine Green gubernatorial candidate Lynne Williams will speak at Dec. 12 Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally outside the White House (http://www.enduswars.org)
Green Party leaders called on President Obama to reverse his Afghanistan policy [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2009 by kwilder
(excerpt from) Nassau News Live
Suozzi Concedes Election to Republican Challenger
Written by Timothy Robertson
Nearly a month after Election Day, incumbent Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi conceded the election Tuesday to his Republican challenger, Nassau Legislator Edward Mangano.
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