The Arkansas Green Party petition was validated by Arkansas’ Secretary of State today. Richard Winger reports that this is the third time in a row that their petition has succeeded.
The Arkansas Secretary of State has checked the Green Party’s ballot access petition and found it sufficient. The party needed 10,000 valid signatures and submitted 14,207. The Secretary of State says there are 11,505 valid signatures, for a validity rate of 81.0%.
This is the third election year in a row that the Green Party has successfully completed this petition. The only other party that ever completed it was the Reform Party, in 1996.
Arkansas did not require any petition for a party to appear on the ballot until 1971. Parties merely had to hold a nominating convention and certify the names of the nominees to the Secretary of State, before 1971.
The Arkansas Green Party is currently in court, not against the 10,000 signature petition, but against the state law that says a party should lose its qualified status after a presidential election if it doesn’t poll as much as 3% of the vote for President.
The Arkansas Green Party is considered to be one of the strongest state affiliates of the national Green Party, having elected a member to the legislature in recent years and made strong showings in two way races.
Sorry, that was supposed to attach elsewhere.
OK, Here is a more complete list of numbers, from which you can choose your own start and end dates.
I believe these are all members, not members+donors
2008 with no following decimal is the start of the year
1972,12
1984,6600
1985,5160
1986,5500
1987,5575
1988,6218
1989,8125
1990,8895
1991,9191
1992,11337
1993,9565
1994,10664
1995,13473
1996,21662
1997,22915
1998,30065
1998.5,32000
1999,33000
1999.3,33000
2000,32922
2000.75,32193
2000.82,32830
2000.92,33261
2001,32982
2001.08,33252
2001.17,33028
2001.25,32118
2001.33,31850
2001.4,31490
2001.5,30692
2001.58,30334
2001.67,30132
2001.75,29720
2001.83,28574
2001.92,27754
2002,27770
2002.08,27370
2002.17,26626
2002.25,26162
2002.33,25997
2002.42,25811
2003.83,19968
2003.92,19708
2004, 19410
20084.08,19084
2004.17,18826
2004.25,19276
2004.33,19107
2004.42,19306
2004.5,19834
2004.58,19982
2004.67,19747
2004.75,19830
2004.83,19913
2004.92,19929
2005,20283
2005.08,20299
2005.17,20247
2005.25,20537
2005.33,20392
2005.42,20131
2005.58,18936
2005.66, 18936
2005.75,18538
2005.83,18082
2005.92, 17830
2006, 15896
2006.08,14795
2006.17,14097
2006.25,13664
2006.33,13620
2006.41,13168
2006.5,12541
2006.58,12047
2006.66, 11504
2006.75,11145
2006.83,11350
2006.92, 11196
2007, 11014
2007.08, 11344
2007.17,11921
2007.25, 12144
2007.33,12333
2007.41,12692
2007.5,13133
2007.58,13359
2007.66, 13551
2007.75,13492
2007.83,13149
2007.92, 13309
2008, 14181
2008.08,14171
2008.17,13908
2008.25,13809
2008.33,13579
2008.41,13820
2008.5,14121
2008.58,14581
2008.66, 14970
2008.75,15378
2008.83,16099
2008.92, 16079
2009, 15358
2009.08,15178
2009.17,15004
2009.25,14892
2009.33,15059
2009.42,15068
2009.5,14566
2009.58,14303
2009.67,14094
2009.75,13787
2009.83,13618
2009.92,13963
Up in Canada, the Green Party has a famous new member, and new celebrity candidate…
FREDERICTON – The Green Party of New Brunswick will have a high-profile name on the ballot in September, with Bethany Thorne-Dykstra deciding to run for the new provincial party.
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1117745
Another fun Green Party story.
This one about the leading Irish Green Party folk..
http://www.herald.ie/opinion/andrew-lynch-minister-at-bay-as-political-hounds-come-circling-2241873.html
After taking a couple days off, Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News is back covering the Green Party.
This one’s a funny story. Cute really for us veterans of Green Party politics.
A “environmental organization” (that never supports Green Party candidates, and really is just another of many fronts for one of the two larger parties) has complaints about the Texas Green Party.
Per Slater this group is unhappy with how the Green Party –amazingly – collected almost 100,000 signatures to get on the Texas ballot..
What hoot..
here’s the tall tail about the Green Party – caution – it’s all spin from one of the larger parties…
You are, of course, shocked…just shocked…
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/07/environmental-group-blasts-gre.html
The Arkansas Green Party continues – year after year – to do outstanding work.
Arkansas Green Party succeeds – in part – and has such impressive results I suggest because they are a big tent.
Their last U.S. Senate candidate, a gifted attorney, Rebecca Kennedy received about 20 per cent of the votes.
Meanwhile in New York WICZ TV is also covering Green Party candidates tonight.
http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=14825
Good for them.
Good for them. This strengthens their case that the 3% for governor/president should not be the deciding factor for determining whether a party has a modicum of support.