Green Party member’s civil action against Electoral College Mal-Apportionment goes to court 1/14/09

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 [...]

Where is the progressive third party to pick up a few seats in Congress?

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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From Bev at BlackBox Voting:
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“Progressives For Obama” Change Name To Omit the President

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. [...]

Update on Emily’s List decision and other campaign finance matters

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 [...]

Green Party Supports Huntington, NY Council District Vote 12/22/09

“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 [...]

Tonight in Illinois: Rich Whitney attends Green Holiday Party

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.

News and commentary: Boston Globe supports exclusion of third parties in debate

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 [...]

Video of Green Party Prez cand McKinney @ 12/12/09 peace rally

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 [...]

Green Party Prez cand McKinney anti-war speech 12/12/09

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 [...]

Oral arguments scheduled for: Democratizing the Electoral College Civil Action

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, [...]

GP Guv cand Whitney Maintains Pledge to Keep Illinois National Guard at Home

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 [...]

Green Party to Obama: No escalation; withdraw US troops from Afghanistan instead

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 [...]

Nassau County: Suozzi concedes to Mangano

(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.