It is important to realize we have had two parties of the millionaires governing the United States since its founding. People have always had to pick between which of the millionaire parties we should choose from when neither put the people’s interests first. Some people have found a successful third way that builds people’s power.… Read more ...
The Green Party observes the 39th anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21 by affirming support for the UN General Assembly Resolution 36/37 to “commit to peace above all difference.” The 1981 Resolution established the International Day of Peace with unanimous support.
Green Party leaders condemn the perpetual state of war launched, with bitter irony, on the 19th anniversary of the Day of Peace Resolution with the passage of the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF).… Read more ...
In a rider passed in the last state budget, the legislature upped the ante for minor parties in New York. So, two of those minor parties, the Greens and the Libertarians, are suing.
In the past, to achieve ballot status, minor parties needed to earn 50,000 votes for their gubernatorial candidates.
ALBANY, NY, July 27, 2020 – The Green Party of New York (GPNY) and the Libertarian Party of New York(LPNY) filed a Federal lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York to invalidate restrictive ballot access provisions passed as a rider to the FY2021 State Budget.
Since 1936, minor political parties in New York have been required to obtain 50,000 votes for their gubernatorial candidate every four years in order to achieve and maintain ballot status.
The 2020 Green Party Virtual Presidential Nominating Convention is taking place today beginning at Noon (ET).
Watch live on Facebook, with ASL.
TRENTON, NJ – The Green Party of New Jersey (GPNJ) is excited to announce its endorsement of internationally renowned journalist, author and activist Chris Hedges as the GPNJ candidate for U.S.… Read more ...
PORTLAND, Me – Please join the Maine Green Independent Party in congratulating our candidatesvying to be state representatives in the Maine House of Representatives!
Support them by liking their social media accounts, donating to their campaigns or volunteering. Visit their sites for more information about their campaigns and how to get involved.… Read more ...
ALBANY, NY – The Green Party of New York (GPNY) is thrilled to announce guest speakers Margaret Kimberley (commentator at Common Dreams and Black Agenda Report, author of Prejudential) and Alexandria Villaseñor (climate activist, Fridays For Future NYC and Earth Uprising) for this Saturday’s online State Nominating Convention!
WHEATON, IL – Justice is something for which we constantly struggle but only occasionally obtain in the U.S. legal system. Once in a while, though, we get a measure of it. And we are pleased to announce that this just occurred in the lawsuit we recently filed in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois.… Read more ...
On April 21, U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, a Clinton appointee, orally described substantial relief she intends to order for minor party and independent candidates for the Illinois 2020 election.… Read more ...
The Green Party of the United States has announced lawsuits have been filed in Illinois and Georgia to stop Democratic- and Republican-run boards of elections from exploiting COVID-19, social distancing and shelter-in-place guidelines that prevent the Green Party from gathering petition signatures for candidates. The Green Party has been appealing to governors across the nation for emergency ballot access relief for candidates in the interest of public health and safety.… Read more ...
Topics include how the pandemic is affecting ballot access for the Green & Libertarian Parties, Earth Day, and how the medical system in Cuba is responding to COVID-19
Will the pandemic keep third parties off the 2020 ballot?… Read more ...