Green Party National Candidacies for President of the U.S. in 2008 Election
Saturday January 06, @09:59PM, by Elie Yarden, Jamie McLaughlin, Gary Hicks, Owen Broadhurst
Subject : Green Party National Candidacies for President of the U.S. in 2008 Election
from the CDLC dept.
Summary :
Conversation on the presidential elections has begun in a number of state parties. A few Green Party members have already announced their candidacies, and while these are not yet 'official' their web-sites are up.
Discussion of various other matters in the National Committee (NC) is infected and confused by irrelevant intentions, whether fully or poorly formed, concerning participation in state primaries and caucuses, qualifications, desirability of having a Green candidate at all.
It can only help our cause and improve the political activity of the party, if our concerns are discussed openly and fully.
Text :
1. We, the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts declare that, in the upcoming Presidential election, 2008, we will place in nomination candidates for the Presidency on the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow primary ballot.
2. We will consider as candidates only those who wish to have their names placed on the ballot, and will select delegates to the Green Party Nominating Convention by the same, or improved, apportionment methods that were used in the election of 2004.
3. We will not, as a party, endorse or give support to independent candidates or candidates of other parties.

References: Members of the Green-Rainbow Party who wish to inform themselves more fully of the concerns that have led to the draft proposal being submitted for discussion at this time may find useful: "Independent Politics: The Green Party Strategy Debate" edited by Howie Hawkins. Haymarket Books, Chicago 2006. Also informative are the NC listserve e-mails on this subject as well as the discussions concerning the report of the Committee on Apportionment of Delegates (DAC) to the National Committee.



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