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As long as the oligarchy (part of that 1%) can maintain<br>
the notion that the problems are partisan, they will continue<br>
to have the wool pulled over the eyes of the people.<br>
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I certainly do not subscribe to everything that the Green party
seems<br>
to desire. But the Green party does want better government,<br>
and there are some really good people in the Green party.<br>
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The stupid party and the evil party do not want better government.<br>
If they did, you'd have better and better government all the time.<br>
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Controlling ballot access is just one of the stupid and evil things
that<br>
bipartisan cooperation brings in Illinois and in much of the USA.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/20/2014 11:14 AM, C. G. Estabrook
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Why is that the only alternative?
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<div>"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the
same time, will that it should become a universal law" (Kant).</div>
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<div>If everyone (or even just enough) does as I do - vote Green -
there is no problem.</div>
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<div>On Jul 19, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Stan via Peace-discuss <<a
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<div>As though helping Republicans win is the right
solution. There are few starving people who would turn
down a half a bowl is soup because they only want a full
bowl of soup or nothing, yet the supporters of third
parties continue to play into the hands of the 1%ers.</div>
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"C. G. Estabrook" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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But it's the Democrats in control of the legislature who
have prevented Illinois' paying its bills by refusing to tax
the rich.
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<div>Voting for Democrats in Illinois simply prolongs that
acquiescence to the 1%.</div>
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<div>Debs is supposed to have pointed out long ago, "It is
better to vote for what you want and not get it than to
vote for what you don't want and get it."</div>
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<div>On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Stan <<a
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<div>AKA tools of the Republican Party. </div>
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<div>The Greens have another chance to get
Republicans elected by splitting the liberal
votes.</div>
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style="font-size:
16px;"><strong>THE
PETITION DRIVE</strong></span></span></p>
<p>On June
23rd, the
Illinois Green
Party
submitted
29,707
signatures to
the State
Board of
Elections in
order to place
our full slate
of candidates
on the
November
ballot - US
Senate,
Governor,
Lieutenant
Governor,
Attorney
General,
Secretary of
State,
Comptroller,
and Treasurer.</p>
<p>Three
volunteers in
particular
collected an
insane number
of signatures.
Rita Maniotis
collected
4,071, Sheldon
Schafer
collected
3,246, and
Charlie Howe
collected
2,066. Rich
Whitney, Scott
Summers, and
Bill Kreml
also collected
over 1,000
signatures
each. All
together, 118
petition
circulators
came together
with many
other generous
donors and
volunteers in
order to build
the Green
Party in
Illinois. The
voters of
Illinois
deserve
candidates
that will
stand up for
public
education,
teachers,
children, the
environment,
unions,
pensioners,
and
progressive
taxation.</p>
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style="text-align:
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style="color:
rgb(8, 96,
148);"><span
style="font-size:
16px;"><strong>THE
CHALLENGE</strong></span></span></p>
<p>Illinois is
notorious for
its backwards
and unfair
"binder check"
process. It's
a process that
allows
objectors to
challenge
individual
signatures
without any
evidence,
cause, or
consequences.
An extremely
high burden of
proof is
automatically
put on the
defense who
have already
signed and
notarized each
individual
petition
sheet.</p>
<p>Karen
Yarbrough, the
sitting Cook
County
Recorder of
Deeds and a
prominent
Democrat,
officially
challenged our
signatures on
June 30th.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36473894&msgid=455463&act=KPTI&c=1110382&destination=http%3A%2F%2Filgp.org%2Fenemies-of-the-slate%2F">Make
no mistake</a>,
this is at the
direct behest
of Pat Quinn
and Mike
Madigan. What
this
potentially
means is a
grueling 3-4
weeks, 7
hours/day, of
8-10 people
going line by
line through
our petition
sheets, each
with a hearing
officer and a
representative
for Yarbrough.
Independent
Maps, in an
attempt to put
a statewide
referendum on
the ballot,
just went
through this
process and
lost. Some
hearing
officers
tossed over
85% of their
signatures. In
2006, putting
our volunteers
through this
process set
the actual
campaign back
until
September with
our people
already burned
out.</p>
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16px;"><strong>THE
LAWSUIT</strong></span></span></p>
<p>Rather than
fight the
Democratic
Machine and
the State
Board of
elections on
their own
terms, we've
decided to
fight back by
attacking the
fundamental
problem, the
election code
itself.</p>
<p>On July
15th, Scott
Summers, Green
Party
candidate for
Governor, and
the slate of
Green Party
statewide
candidates,
filed a
lawsuit in
federal court
seeking to
halt the
state’s
“binder check”
process and
have key
provisions of
the Illinois
Election Code
ruled
unconstitutional.
You can read
more about the
lawsuit<span
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href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=36473894&msgid=455463&act=KPTI&c=1110382&destination=http%3A%2F%2Filgp.org%2Fsummers-v-smart%2F">here</a>.</p>
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style="color:
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style="font-size:
16px;"><strong>RISE
UP AGAINST THE
MACHINE</strong></span></span></p>
<div>Overturning
these key
provisions of
the election
code doesn't
just help the
Green Party.
It doesn't
just help
third parties
and
independents.
It would bust
open the
Democratic and
Republican
primaries as
well, making
it easier for
all candidates
to actually
get on the
ballot and not
be subject to
harsh and
arbitrary
legal
challenges.
Our fight
isn't just for
our party or
even our
party's
values. We're
building
multi-party
democracy in
the United
States and
right here in
Illinois.</div>
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<div>Help us
offset our
legal and
petitioning
expenses, and
help us raise
funds to
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candidates.</a><br>
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