The Green Party of the United States is considering whether to place its Montana and Louisiana affiliates on temporary inactive status after both state parties went several months without participating in National Committee votes.
The two proposals were introduced by the party’s Accreditation Committee and are currently in discussion through the end of the month. Before either proposal can advance to a vote, the Green National Committee would first need to meet quorum, which requires participation from two-thirds of active and accredited state affiliates and identity caucuses. Passage would then require a simple majority vote of the National Committee.
Under Green Party rules, an accredited state party that has failed to cast votes for six months, or has not sent delegates to two consecutive National Committee meetings, may be assigned temporary inactive status upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Committee. State parties assigned to such a status retain their Green Party accreditation and continue receiving national communication whenever possible, but are otherwise not counted toward quorum for the purpose of party business.
The Louisiana proposal states that the Green Party of Louisiana has not participated in an online National Committee vote since August 4, 2025. The Montana proposal similarly seeks to place the Green Party of Montana on temporary inactive status, though it does not specify when the party was last active.
“Because the NC voting quorum requirements are based on the number of active states voting, having non voting states listed as active can help make the passage of some proposals before the National Committee very difficult,” both proposals read.
Since the start of the year, quorum has become a recurring issue for the organization, with the National Committee failing to take action on five proposals because of an inability to progress past the discussion phase. Those included a March proposal to create a committee lobbying Congress for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and a May proposal calling for reparations to Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza. In each of the five cases, quorum failed by one or two affiliates.
If both proposals go to a vote and delegates agree to assign the two organizations to temporary inactive status, they would be able to return to active status after notifying the GPUS secretary and appointing delegates or alternates to the National Committee. However, if either fails to regain active status within one year, party rules allow the Accreditation Committee to recommend a separate, formal disaffiliation vote.
The discussion phase on both proposals will run through June 28.
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