April 1, 2026
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GPNYS press release, as posted at onthewilderside.com:
The Green Party of New York blasted Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers for their middle of the night votes to continue gerrymandering of state legislative districts in exchange for passing Cuomo’s assault on the pension benefits of government workers.…
Damon Eris at Third Party Independent:
Since the Occupy Wall Street protests began in downtown Manhattan on September 17th, I have noted on a number of occasions that there is an inspiring amount of independent and third party activity and organizing taking place at the demonstrations. …
Read the full article at OpEdNews.com.
Activists across the political spectrum were universally dismayed with last year’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, overturning the extremely tame McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms that took nearly a decade to enact.
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A press release from the New York State Green Party, via the Wonkster:
Hawkins, Green Party, Urges Cuomo to Include Public Campaign Finance Reform and Proportional Representation as Part of Ethics Reform Push Howie Hawkins, the former Green Party candidate for Governor, urged Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo to make Public Campaign Financing and Proportional Representation the centerpieces of a broad ethics reform package that should be adopted during the first weeks of the legislative session.…
Posted by Pete Healey at PRParty.org, in reference to the Democrats and Republicans:
Most of us have one foot in the age that’s passing into history and one foot in the age that’s just being born.…
Emailed to [email protected]:
Ralph Nader, 2008 Independent candidate for the U.S. presidency, recently gave his rare, yet not surprising, endorsement to Christina Tobin, Libertarian candidate for Secretary of State of California.…
Australia’s ‘greenslide’ is a result of Proportional Representation — a reform promoted by Greens for fair elections in the US
“Hung Parliament” will give Australian Greens unprecedented power
Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on international issues, electoral reform, related topics: http://www.gp.org/speakers/subjects.php…
From Counterpunch (read the full thing here):
There seems to be agreement on all points on the political spectrum that our current elected government doesn’t really represent the American public.
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From Ballot Access News:
On June 15, Port Chester, New York, held a partisan election to elect six village trustees. The winners include the only Conservative Party nominee (he was not the nominee of any other party), and one of the two independent candidates.
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