From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:
The national Green Party has issued this press release, which says the party has started its petition to obtain party status in Missouri. The name of the party in Missouri is the Progressive Party. The Green presidential candidate has not been on the ballot in Missouri since 2000.
The press release also says the party will start a president-only petition in Arkansas later this month. It says there are 8 other states in which the party hopes to qualify during 2015. Currently it is on for President already in 21 jurisdictions.
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Full press release from the Green Party:
The National Green Party’s Ballot Access Committee is finalizing a plan to increase our ballot lines from 21 at the end of 2014 to 31 by the end of 2015. The more petition drives we complete in 2015, the more our Presidential candidate can focus on campaigning and building the party instead of fighting just to get on the ballot.
It is our pleasure to inform you that our petition drive has started in Missouri. Our state affiliate in Missouri, which is called the Progressive Party, needs 10,000 signatures to get on the ballot. We hope to complete the petition drive this year and recruit a slate of statewide candidates to run in 2016. If we get 2% or more in any statewide race, we will retain a ballot line for the entire party in Missouri for the first time in our history. We will have ballot access for four years and will have a party primary just like the Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican Parties.
We also plan to start petitioning in Arkansas this month. This is a limited petition to get our Presidential candidate on the ballot; it requires only 1,000 signatures to complete. We hope to wrap up the Arkansas petition drive in June.
If you can help in either of these states, please contact me at greenyager at gmail.com There are eight other states where we plan to get ballot access this year, and we will keep you updated on developments there.
Tom Yager
Co-chair, Ballot Access Committee