{news} Fwd: [media-states] GP RELEASE Green pres. candidates, Nader to attend Green meeting in Reading, Pa.

Wed Jun 27 21:20:55 EDT 2007

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Subject: [media-states] GP RELEASE Green pres. candidates, Nader to attend Green meeting in Reading, Pa.
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:28:59 -0700 (PDT)

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty at greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene at gp.org
Green Party of Pennsylvania:
Hillary Aisenstein, 267-971-3559,
hillarya at pobox.upenn.edu
Dave Kurzweg, 610-823-5770

Green Party to introduce Green presidential
candidates at 2007 national meeting in Reading,
Pa., July 12-15

• Ralph Nader is slated to appear at the meeting;
Greens will make Reading an 'oasis of democracy'
in Pennsylvania, a state with some of the most
antidemocratic ballot access rules for third
party candidates in the US

• Meeting site: The Abraham Lincoln Wyndham Hotel
in downtown Reading

• Media credentialing site:
http://www.gp.org/forms/media

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party will feature
declared and potential Green candidates for
President of the United States at 'Green for a
Change' , the
party's 2007 national meeting, to take place in
Reading, Pennsylvania, July 12-15.

Greens will meet at the Abraham Lincoln Wyndham
Historic Hotel, 100 North Fifth Street in
downtown Reading, 877-999-3223
.

Reporters interested in covering the meeting may
sign up at the Green Party's Media credentialing
page . A schedule
of press conferences at the Reading meeting will
be announced soon.

Several candidates for the Green Party's
presidential nomination have already announced
their campaigns, and plan to attend the meeting
in Reading. The Green Party has planned a
Presidential Candidates' Forum for Friday, July
13, 5:30-7 pm, open to the public, at which the
attending candidates will be introduced.

Below is a current list of declared Green
presidential candidates, including their states
of residence. The Green Party also expects more
candidates to announce soon.

• Alan Augustson (Illinois)
http://augustson2008.us
• Elaine Brown (Georgia)
http://www.elainebrown.org
• Michael Jingozian (Oregon)
http://www.resetamerica.com
• Jesse Johnson (West Virginia) (web site TBA)
• Jerry Kann (New York)
http://kannforpresident.net
• Paul Kangas (California) (web site TBA)
• Kent Mesplay (California)
http://www.mesplay.org
• Gail Parker (Virginia) http://www.gailparker.us
• Joe Schriner (Ohio) http://www.voteforjoe.com
• Kat Swift (Texas) http://www.prezkat.info

One Green candidate has announced for the Vice
Presidential nomination: KCM Curry (California).

Ralph Nader, who ran for President in 2000 on the
Green Party ticket, will also attend and will
headline an event on the evening of Saturday,
July 14, at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center,
8th and Penn Streets, in Reading. Mr. Nader has
not yet made his intentions known for 2008.

The Green Party of Pennsylvania
will host the meeting,
which is expected to draw delegates, party
officials, candidates, and observers from state
Green Parties all over the US.

Mr. Nader will discuss ballot access during his
appearance. In 2004, Mr. Nader, running for the
White House as an independent, was forced off the
Pennsylvania ballot after a challenge by
Democratic Party lawyers. In 2006, Carl
Romanelli, Green candidate for the US Senate, was
denied a ballot line after Democratic lawyers
persuaded a court to invalidate many of the
90,000 signatures he handed in to comply with a
Pennsylvania law requiring more than 67,000
signatures for third party candidates. 
Democratic and Republican candidates are only
required to collect 2,000 signatures in
Pennsylvania.

Democratic lawyers also convinced courts to fine
both Mr. Nader nearly $89,0000 and Mr. Romanelli
more than $80,000 for failing to qualify. Greens
have sharply criticized Pennsylvania election law
and the court-ordered fines, calling them a
bipartisan ploy to intimidate and discourage
third party and independent candidacies from
running. Mr. Romanelli will also speak at the
Saturday evening event.

"One of the reasons Greens are eager to meet in
Pennsylvania is that the state's laws typify the
unfair ballot access rules, enacted by Democrats
and Republicans, to keep other parties and
independents off the ballot," said Jim Coplen,
co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
"Pennsylvania, the so-called cradle of
democracy, should be ashamed to have such laws on
the books. But Pennsylvania isn't the only state
with unfair ballot access laws. Greens
throughout the US are challenging state
legislatures and courts to abolish such
obstructions. We plan to make Reading an oasis
of democracy in July."

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green Party News Center
http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
Green Party Speakers Bureau
http://www.gp.org/speakers

'Green for a Change': 2007 Green Party National
Meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania, July 12-15
http://www.gp.org/meeting2007/
Media credentialing page
http://www.gp.org/forms/media

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