[Peace-discuss] petition period has begun for next year's D and R primaries

[Matt Reichel]

I would like to emphasize the need for strong U.S. House candidates in all Congressional Districts in Illinois.
The signature requirement for Greens wanting to run for U.S. House is absurdly low: depending on the district, it ranges from about 15-45 (paradoxically, this is far lower than the signature requirement to run for state Congress, despite the fact that a U.S. congressional district usually encompasses several state-level districts). 
This means that if we don't find genuine progressives who espouse Green values, we risk having these ballot lines co-opted by god knows what. 
There must be someone in central Illinois that would be willing to challenge the two parties of war and corporate greed in the 15th district. And I don't want to hear anything about how Gill is pretty good as far as Democrats go. That is entirely irrelevant.

Best,
Matt Reichel
www.mattreichel.us

> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:32:53 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] petition period has begun for next year's D and R	primaries
> From: tabram at gmail.com
> To: naiman.uiuc at gmail.com; peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> 
> I'd also like to point out that the Green Party now has a primary as
> well so we are out collecting signatures.  Rich Whitney is running for
> governor again and LeAlan Jones is running for Senate.  We are also
> looking for local candidates for County Board and beyond.  Let me know
> if you're interested in running for office or collecting petition
> signatures.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Abram
> 417.7118
> 
> On 8/26/09, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyone who might be interested in running for office in a Democratic
> > or Republican primary in Illinois next spring should be aware that the
> > legal period for passing nominating petitions has begun. I understand
> > the filing deadline is near the end of October - it's earlier than it
> > used to be, b/c they moved up the Illinois primary for Obama.
> >
> > Mary Lee Sargent once said, "Everyone should run for office, at least
> > once." If you are a U.S. citizen, not currently in trouble with the
> > law, you should give it some thought.
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