GreenLine March 2024

International Women's Day is Friday, March 8

Visit this mini-blog for statements from Greens on the importance of this day.

Upcoming Webinars

There are two upcoming webinars, including one this week.

Mideast Wars Raging: When Will the Killing Stop?

The Green Party Peace Action Committee will be presenting this on Wednesday, March 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The devastating war in Gaza is expanding, with U.S. attacks on Yemen, increasing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and the growing danger of war between the U.S. and Iran. The Biden administration refuses to restrain Israel, and the Netanyahu government appears intent on continuing to inflict death and destruction on Gaza, where the population is trapped in ruined cities and faces bombing and starvation.

For more information, including the registration link, please visit: https://www.gp.org/mideast_wars_raging_when_will_the_killing_stop.

On April 3, the Banking and Monetary Reform Committee is presenting DEGROWTH By Monetary Reform.

The Green Party's "Greening the Dollar" initiative outlines how to scrap the Fed for a Constitutional system that circulates permanent, stable, and debt-free sovereign public money. This will allow us to grow a caring economy that nurtures what we hold dear.

This webinar is part of the monthly Black & Green Wednesday events, co-produced by the Universal African People's Organization and the Gateway Green Alliance.

For more information please visit https://www.gp.org/degrowth_by_monetary_reform.

Upcoming State Conventions

Green Parties in New York, Ohio, and Utah are holding conventions in March and April.

Green Party of New York: March 23

The Green Party of New York's presidential nominating convention will take place on March 23 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York. All New Yorks Greens may vote, either in person or by absentee ballot.

Additional information about the convention and how to download a ballot can be found at https://www.gp.org/join_us_for_our_march_23_state_convention.

Ohio Green Party: March 23

The Ohio Green Party will hold it's 2024 State Convention on March 23, 2024 at 9:00 AM in the Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Join us as we share our vision and goals for a greener future. Don’t miss this chance to be part of the change.

Additional information can be found at https://www.gp.org/2024_ohio_green_party_convention

Green Party of Utah: April 27

Gather with the Green Party of Utah (GPUT) to learn about the Green Presidential candidates.

Vote for the GPUT nominee to the national convention.

This will be an in-person meeting with a virtual option.

For additional information please visit https://www.greenpartyofutah.org/springconvention

To see past and upcoming state party conventions, please visit https://www.gp.org/2024_state_conventions

2024 Candidates

The Green Party of the United States is so proud of those whom have chosen to run for public office under our banner. Here are just a few of them.

Matthew Kolb: for West Virginia University Board of Governors

During 2023, Kolb helped lead opposition to academic cuts proposed at WVU by co-founding the West Virginia United Student Union, and organizing student walk-outs, which were also joined by faculty whose jobs were going to be cut.

“One of the important things about the student union is the way that it brings students from across the university together to advocate for themselves and for their peers”, said Kolb in an interview with West Virginia Public Broadcast. “I fully believe that this student union has altered the way that students relate to each other, the way they relate to faculty and staff and how they understand the power dynamics at this university. We’re hoping that that cultural change is a permanent change at this campus.

Sean Dougherty is running hard against a supporter of Genocide

From a recent Press Release of Sean's:

On January 23rd Panetta signed onto an open letter to Secretary Blinken that attacked South Africa’s genocide case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The letter called the case “unfounded,” “defamatory,” and “an act of hostility.” Three days later, the ICJ’s preliminary ruling found South Africa’s accusations of genocide plausibleand ordered Israel to take several immediate measures to ensure the safety of Palestinians.

Primary Day is Tuesday, March 5!

Read more about our 2024 candidates at https://www.gp.org/2024_candidates or at https://www.gpelections.org/

Ballot Petition Drives Around The Country

Virginia

The Green Party of Virginia will be kicking off a ballot access shortly. Please contact Tom Yager if you're interested in participating.

Connecticut

7,500 validated signatures must be submitted; due to potentially high rejection rates, our goal is usually more like 12,000-14,000 raw signatures.

Petition applications were available in early January, and we have started gathering signatures. There are 2 deadlines: petitions turned in to to SOTS office are due July 31 by 4:00 pm, but there’s one more week allowed for turning in to individual town clerks (deadline August 7 at 4:00 pm).

Volunteers can email [email protected].

Delaware

The Delaware Green Party needs to register at least 100 new Greens by May 24.

To register Green, go to https://ivote.de.gov/VoterView

Illinois

Illinois has a short petitioning window. It begins on March 26 and ends June 24. We need 25,000 verified signatures. A minimum of 37,500 (1 & 1/2 times) are needed to buffer against the inevitable challenge.

Our petitioners would need to collect over 300 signatures a day in order to meet the deadline. We are sure to have some volunteers but not nearly enough to help with petitioning.

Visit https://www.ilgp.org/2024-presidential/ for additional information.

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires 10,000 Town-certified signatures. Signatures are due at town offices July 30th.

Since historically 85% of submitted signatures have been gotten certified, this translates to (10,000 / 0.85) = ~12,000 (15,000 to be safe).

Petitions are available as early as February 13. The Green-Rainbow Party (GRP) plans to decide at the February 17 statecom meeting on which presidential and vice presidential candidates names to place on the petitions, and start collecting.

GRP risks placing other than the GPUS Nominees by starting before mid-July, but delaying until mid-July would leave only two weeks to collect signatures. Hence GRP will risk this by collecting now - if GRP chooses wrong, we'll write-in GPUSs Nominees in November.

Volunteers can signup at: https://www.green-rainbow.org/volunteer

Maryland

The Maryland Green Party needs to collect 10,000 valid signatures by this August. Because the petitions will be challenged, they goal is to collect 15,000.

You can help them either by collecting signatures or by making a financial contribution. For complete information, please visit https://www.mdgreens.org/ballot_access2024

Missouri

The Missouri Green Party needs to submit 10,000 valid signatures on July 29, 2024. Their goal is to collect 15,000.

Please visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qtlRUD_EpXCo4K6p9MV7FAEgBrN9dCvU/view or https://www.missourigreenparty.org/ballot_access for additional information.

Nevada

The Nevada Green Party is gathering signatures now. The submission date is June 3.

10,685 signatures are required, and their goal is to collect 20,000. We currently have approximately 5000 signatures. The state party wants to thank the Nevada State Elections Board for being so helpful with our endeavor to gain Ballot Access.

For more information, visit https://nvgreenparty.org/nevada-green-party-ballot-access-2023-2024/

Pennsylvania

The Green Party of Pennsylvania begins their petition drive on February 14 and need to deliver 5,000 valid signatures by August 1. Their goal is to deliver 10,000 signatures.

Washington

The Green Party of Washington needs 1,000+ signatures to gain ballot status.

Visit https://greenpartywashington.org/2024/01/07/green-party-ballot-access-2024/ for complete information.

Send a note to the Ballot Access Committee if you're interested in helping ballot access around the country. More information about our Committee can be found here and here.

Election Report

These are the Greens that have qualified for the ballot so far in 2024.

News

Hydrogen Fuel Will Cause a Worse Climate Disaster

The notion that hydrogen (H) can be produced for “clean” transportation is greenwashing pushed to the ridiculous. Hydrogen is the first element on the periodic table of elements and readily combines with many other elements including oxygen (O) in the air we breathe.

Hydrogen has long been hailed as a clean and sustainable energy source with the potential to revolutionize the energy landscape. However, a closer examination reveals a darker side to this seemingly eco-friendly element. In fact, hydrogen -- when produced from methane, coal or ammonia -- poses significant human and environmental risk.

Support Greens across CA, Primary Day is Today

Texas Updates for February

The Texas Green Party's 2024's Precinct Conventions are on March 12th! That's just a few weeks away, so the time to organize is RIGHT NOW, so let's get organized & informed TODAY!

If you haven't heard from your county group and they don't have an event listed on our calendar, the task of organizing your county's conventions might be up to you.

Be The Media

Drop us a line if you're aware of a Green Party orientated news show that should be featured on our Be The Media page.

The newest addition is Redneck Gone Green hosted by our 2004 Presidential candidate, David Cobb.

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