GPUS SC elections and NC meeting with McKinney
The National Committee is meeting now (Sunday morning).
Sanda Everette, Jill Bussiere and Craig Thorsen were elected to the Steering Committee, and Jody Grage was continued as Treasurer.
Cynthia McKinney spoke to the NC about the campaign, her needs, the Green Party needs, etc. I missed half of this but the Wilders report on it, check there coverage out.
In terms of ballot access, Phil H. led the NC through a state by state plan to boost ballot status for McKinney to 46 states if possible. He ran down each state that already had ballot access or that had completed their drive, and then assigned those states other states to go help. This makes a nation wide ballot access drive, the only way to pull it off.
For example, Arizona is done, they are assigned to help Utah. Arkansas should go help Missouri. Wyoming has no one on the ground working for 4,000 signatures, no drive yet at all. Colorado was assigned to get Wyoming ballot status. Alabama needs help from Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. New Hampshire and Vermont needs Maine to go down and coordinate the petition drives in those two states. Indiana and Illinois need to get Kentucky going, Nebraska needs to get Kansas going, Michigan should help Ohio, Maryland and DC should finish off Virginia’s drive then turn to Pennsylvania, where there is still a drive to get on the ballot. Wisconsin and Illinois should help Iowa finish off their drive. Rhode Island and Massachusetts need to get McKinney on the ballot in Connecticut.
It is a good strategy if people step up. The Ballot Access Committee will steer the helpers to the states that need help.
