Green Party Watch, April 11th, 2016:
Maryland Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Flowers is calling for congressional action “to enforce tax justice and stop the hiding of trillions of dollars of individual and corporate wealth in ‘offshore’ accounts in the more than 90 countries and US states such as Delaware, Nevada and Wyoming that serve as tax havens,” according to a release from her campaign.… Read more ...
From Green Party Watch, June 25, 2013:
From the Rochester Accent (New York State -KL) on May 21, 2013:
Emily Good announced her candidacy for Monroe County Sheriff on Monday. The release also invited media to a press conference to be held this morning at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Monroe County Jail on S.… Read more ...
Posted on Green Party Watch on June 22, 2013:
From Napa Valley Patch:
Green Party officeholders will appear on a “Greens in Government” discussion panel on June 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Slack Collective Studios, 964 Pearl St. suite B, in Napa, California.
There are over 130 Green Party officeholders in local government across the country, including 40 in California.… Read more ...
On March 16, 2013, IPR reported that 23 libertarians columnists launched a new website to cover news and views about and related to the Libertarian Party. The website, Libertarian Party News, proclaimed in a press release that
… Read more ...“the news hub considers itself the premier place for Libertarian Party news, candidates, announcements and more.
By Pat LaMarche, 2004 Green Party vice-presidential candidate and 2006 GP candidate for Maine Governor. The following is taken from Green Party Watch and the Epic Journey Facebook page.
I met with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio this week. I was excited to meet with him for many reasons. I was hoping against hope that he could clear up something about the role the criminal justice system plays in the lives of the poor.… Read more ...
The Green Party of Georgia has been making noise regarding the solitary confinement of 37 non-violent prison workers in 11 prisons across the state. Members of the Green Party have pledged to begin a hunger strike July 2nd if their demands have not been met.
… Read more ...On December 17th, 2010, in a meeting with representatives of over a dozen advocacy and community groups in Georgia, Timothy Ward, Facilities Director with the Department of Corrections acknowledged that 37 inmates had been subjected to ‘protective custody’ on suspicion of having served as instigators of the December 2010 strike, based on evidence that contraband cell phones had been confiscated from their personal property.
Green Party Watch held a presidential poll with the following results:
1,792 votes cast, Jill Stein received 1,223 of them, or 68%. Roseanne Barr, who had just entered the race in the last week, picked up 526 votes, or 29%. There were 35 votes for Kent Mesplay, and 8 votes for Harley Mikkelson
GPW reports that Roseanne Barr is very active on Twitter, and had tweeted a challenge to Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to have both herself and Jill Stein on their programs.… Read more ...
Green Party Watch is a green politics blog which posts many official national and state Green Party press releases, and whose administrators are Green Party insiders. They have posted an open thread about the death of Bin Laden, where several greens have already left comments.
Open Thread at
Green Party Watch
“Now that bin Laden is dead, what do we do next?”… Read more ...
Originally posted at Green Party Watch:
According to the Stamford Times, Rolf Maurer of the Connecticut Green Party failed to get enough signatures to appear as a balloted candidate for the Feb 22 special election to fill a vacant seat on the Connecticut State Senate. He will instead be running as a write in candidate:
… Read more ...Maurer, who ran for Stamford mayor in 2009 and for state representative in 2010, needed 251 voter signatures by Jan.
Compiled by Brent McMillan and posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy:
Wins (including ballot access) on Nov. 2, 2010 – Unofficial Results
ARKANSAS
Joy Ballard won her race for Saline County Collector, AR. She finished first of seven candidates for one seat with 19,131 votes, 69.28%. Partisan.
CALIFORNIA
Bruce Delgado won his re-election to Mayor of Marina City, Monterey County, CA.… Read more ...
This post combines four posts by Ronald Hardy at http://www.greenpartywatch.org/:
2010 Green Party State Legislative Candidates
Some of the best and brightest campaigns for the Green Party in 2010 are happening at the State Legislative level, where grassroots
campaigning works best. The Green Party has elected three candidates to State legislature over the years, but 2010 could be a breakthrough year as several campaigns look like they could pull off huge upsets.… Read more ...
Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch:
Green Party Watch will be working with GPUS, Green Change, and other green groups to help cover the election results tonight for Green Party candidates.
I will be posting some updates here as well as taking part in the Green Party (US) Livestream, which is embedded below.… Read more ...