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• 45 states and DC have parties affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. We have 21 states with ballot access for 2008 national election as of October 2007. And the convention site was decided- it's Chicago. The affiliated states list is at www.gp.org/statelist.shtml

• At least 225 Greens across the nation currently hold elected office.

• Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of Richmond, California, are the highest ranking Green Party elected officials, according to the size of their cities and the offices they hold.

• Greens ran 377 races throughout 2006, winning 67 races (18%). Out of 170 municipal and county races, Greens won 70 (41%). At least 98 Green candidates have announced their races for 2007, with many more expected as November approaches. So far in 2007, Green candidates nationwide have won 19 out of 45 races, for a win rate of 42%. For details of Green elections and candidates, see www.greens.org/elections

• Biggest challenges for candidates are restrictive ballot access laws, limited or no access to debates, and corporate funding of opponents' campaigns. The Green Party accepts no corporate money.

• The Green Party will hold its presidential nominating convention in 2008, Chicago, although several candidates have declared their intent to run,
none have yet filed papers with the FEC.

• Representatives from Green Parties around the world will attend the Global Greens conference to be held May 1-4, 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Mazingira Green Party of Kenya and 2004 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is one of many prominent Greens from many nations planning to attend and speak. More information: www.globalgreens.org

• Green Parties worldwide adhere to 4 pillars: ecology, nonviolence, social justice and
grassroots democracy.

• The first national Green Party meeting in the US took place in August 1984 in St. Paul, Minnesota. August 2008 will mark the 24 th Anniversary of our first national meeting. The Association of State Green Parties, founded in November 1996, became the Green Party of the United States after recognition by the FEC in July 2001. November 2007 marks our 11th Anniversary. The Green Party has so far participated in three election cycles: Greens nominated Ralph Nader for President in 1996 and 2000 and David Cobb in 2004. The party has run women for Vice President in all three elections (Winona LaDuke in 1996 and 2000; Pat LaMarche in 2004) and has been the only political party to run a Native American for Vice President (Winona LaDuke). More information: www.gp.org/history.shtml


Some major national positions of the Green Party

• Immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan; no attack on Iran
www.gp.org/committees/peace
www.gp.org/impeachbush

• Impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for violations of the US Constitution, abuses of power, lying to the American people, and ordering the invasion of a foreign country for fraudulent reasons
www.gp.org/impeachbush

• Decisive steps to curb global warming: ending fossil fuel addiction; conversion to safe, clean alternative energy; conservation; restoration and expansion of the Kyoto protocols
www.gp.org/committees/ecoaction

• Election reforms: verifiable paper records of votes; instant run-off voting; proportional representation; clean election programs; public financing of elections; investigation of vote manipulation and obstruction in the 2000 and 2004 elections
www.iwantmyvote.com

• Medicare For All: enactment of a Single-Payer National Health Plan
www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_07_09.shtml (Open Letter to Michael Moore)

• Challenging the corporate domination of our political system: restoring democracy and civic participation; ending corporate handouts and privatization of public resources and services

• Support for working people: living wages, repeal of Taft-Hartley restrictions on workplace organizing

• Renegotiation of NAFTA and other trade agreements that have weakened environmental and labor protections and driven people in the US and across the border into poverty

• Saying NO to the War on Drugs: ending the war on people of color and young people

• Human rights and freedoms: support for women's reproductive rights; same-sex marriage;reparations for the descendents of slaves; abolition of the death penalty; repeal of the USA Patriot Act


MORE INFORMATION

 Green Party of the United States home page
www.gp.org
Welcome Page www.gp.org/welcome.shtml
Elections www.gp.org/elections.shtml
www.greens.org/elections
Platform www.gp.org/platform.shtml
News Center www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
Speakers Bureau www.gp.org/speakers
About the Green Party www.gp.org/about.shtml
A Brief History of the Green Party www.gp.org/history.shtml


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