According to an interested observer, the Charleston SC Democratic Party’s attempt to keep Eugene Platt off the November ballot in SC House District 115 as the SC Green Party’s nominee has failed today in state court. The Democratic Party did apparently secure an injunction, but the injunction prevents Platt from campaigning for write-in votes [...]

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Green Party Watch Radio will host South Carolina’s only elected Green, Eugene Platt, this Sunday from 3 to 3:30 East Coast Time.
Platt is at the center of a legal battlefield. He has been sued in state court by Charleston County Democratic Party Chair George Tempel to keep him off the November ballot. Platt [...]

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Greens and McKinney supporters across the nation want to know which states the McKinney/Clemente ticket will be on the ballot and where they will be write-in candidates.
At Ballot Access News the chart shows the McKinney/Clemente ticket on in 31 states and DC. In an email to state McKinney campaign coordinators

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In a message at Independent Political Report I reported on a statement from a Constitution Party supporter’s website. That statement said, in essence, that Oregon’s Measure 65, if passed, would be the death of third parties in that state.
In the article I linked to several pieces by Richard Winger of Ballot Access News on [...]

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In a letter hand delivered today to Eugene Platt, Green Party nominee for South Carolina State House District 115, Attorney F. Truett Nettles, II told Platt that he had filed a case against Platt in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas.
The Nettles Law Office LLC used the good services of the Charleston County Sheriff’s [...]

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On September 2, U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus ordered Ohio to put the Green Party on the ballot. He is the same judge who had earlier put the Libertarian and Socialist Parties on the ballot. The case is McKinney v Brunner, 2:08-cv-819.

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Green Party Watch uses a “spam catcher” to…well…catch spam. The filter has caught a lot of spam, which is good, but an occasional non-spam post gets caught up in the works. If you have posted a comment and don’t see it, please drop us a note so we will know to look for [...]

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And your help is needed. In addition to donations to the ballot access drives, you can volunteer to help gather signatures. Rules vary from state to state, so don’t just jump up and get started without first reaching out to the leaders organizing the effort or your efforts may be for nothing.
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In an email received today from the chair of the Green Party of Washington State, Maryrose Asher announced that the Secretary of State had confirmed that the Green Party ticket will be on that state’s ballot.
According to a chart at Ballot Access News, this puts the McKinney/Clemente Green Party ticket on 24 ballot lines to [...]

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In a 15 page brief, the South Carolina Green Party has filed suit, with the American Civil Liberties Union providing legal representation, to secure their rights to nominate candidates of their choice.
The candidate in question, Eugene Platt was denied his place on the November ballot in his race for State House District 115 [...]

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During an interview on GPW Radio Holly Hart mentioned that Greens who are not plugged in to their local group can find local or state contacts at the GP.org website. You can go directly to that page by clicking here.
She also mentioned the Ballot Access Committee and it’s vital work. To get involved [...]

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National Green Party Secretary for three years, Iowa Green Holly Hart will be the guest this Sunday on Green Party Watch Radio. Tune in this Sunday from 3 to 3:30 PM East Coast time and you’ll hear us live. Of course, as always, the show is hosted at GPW Radio after the webcast [...]

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Word from Green Party insiders is that the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office has been contacted and has verified that the filing information and filing fee was received and processed, and consequently Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente will be on the ballot in West Virginia!
A $2,500 filing fee was required, of which approximately [...]

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Getting McKinney & Clemente on as many ballot lines as possible is the number one priority right now for the Green Party. Finding out where we are at with 51 separate ballot access laws, dozens of state parties and action committees on the ground, etc., is a challenge.
This is where we are at right now [...]

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Ya know how sometimes you are sure you got it right, and then you checked again and you had the wrong date? Maybe it was a missed doctor’s appointment, a friend you were supposed to visit, or a ball game you were going to see, but what if it were more important that that?
Well, [...]

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