Fwd: Re: IMPORTANT QUESTION Re: [Peace-discuss] Green Party Ballot

[John W.]

Here's what Tom Abram of the Prairie Greens had to say:


>Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:04:43 -0600
>From: "Tom Abram" <tabram at gmail.com>
>To: "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Prairiegreens-org] IMPORTANT QUESTION Re: [Peace-discuss] 
>Green Party Ballot
>Cc: Prairiegreens-org <prairiegreens-org at lists.chambana.net>
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>The number of ballots pulled does not affect our eligibility.  The more 
>Green ballots pulled, the more legitimacy we gain.  The only Green 
>contested race is indeed the presidency.  We don't have the option of 
>picking which party to vote for in each particular office.  Of course, I 
>do feel it's important to vote Green and show support for true anti-war, 
>pro-justice candidates.  If we have a large turnout, we'll be taken more 
>seriously by the media and electorate. Unfortunately, Reitz has a good 
>shot at winning the primary, but we hope to have someone opposing her in 
>the general election.  Interested candidate inquiries are welcome!
>
>Tom
>
>(please pass this on to the other lists)
>
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>On Feb 5, 2008 3:24 AM, John W. 
><<mailto:jbw292002 at gmail.com>jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>In the e-mail below, Stuart Levy asked this prescient question:
>
>"Does the number of people identifying as Green Party
>in the primaries make any difference to the party's
>eligibility etc. in future?  I know that general election
>votes do matter, but what about at primary time?"
>
>In all of the subsequent e-mails, I haven't seen an answer to his
>question.  Does anyone have a definitive answer?
>(Election law completely befuddles me.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Wason
>
>
>
>
>At 02:06 PM 2/4/2008, Stuart Levy wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:53:22PM -0600, Karen Medina wrote:
> >
> > > On the Green ballot, for State's Attorney, the box says "No Candidate"
> > >
> > > You can take a look at a sample ballots when you check your
> > registration status.
> > > 
> <https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/registration_status.html>https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/registration_status.html
> > > I guess they want you to get the appropriate ballot for your precinct.
> > >
> > > My green ballot is here (Champaign):
> > 
> <https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/sample_ballots/feb2008/G10063.pdf>https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/sample_ballots/feb2008/G10063.pdf
> >
> >
> >If I'm reading the Green all-county ballot
> >
> >
> ><http://champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/2008/02_05_2008_fullspeci 
> men_green.pdf>http://champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/2008/02_05_2008_fullspecimen_green.pdf
> >
> >rightly, the only competitive race on it is for President:
> >Cynthia McKinney vs. three other Greens.  There are several good
> >Green Party people running for County Board seats (including in
> >my district), but it looks as though there are enough open seats
> >for each of them.
> >
> >Does the number of people identifying as Green Party
> >in the primaries make any difference to the party's
> >eligibility etc. in future?  I know that general election
> >votes do matter, but what about at primary time?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ---- Original message ----
> > > >Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:05:30 -0800 (PST)
> > > >From: David Green <<mailto:davegreen84 at yahoo.com>davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> > > >Subject: [Peace-discuss] Green Party Ballot
> > > >To: Discuss Courtwatch 
> <<mailto:discuss at lists.communitycourtwatch.org>discuss at lists.communitycourtwatch.org>, 
> Peace
> > Discuss 
> <<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> > > >
> > > >   Does anyone  know whether by taking a Green Party
> > > >   ballot one will not be able to vote for State's
> > > >   Attorney (Ivey) in the Democratic primary? I assume
> > > >   that that is the case, which is too bad for the
> > > >   Greens, if one were otherwise inclined take their
> > > >   ballot.
> > > >
> > > >   David Green
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