{news} usgp-nc] US Greens-Ballot Access Summary - June 16, 2008

[Tim McKee]

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From: "Phil Huckelberry"
To: Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org
Subject: [usgp-nc] Ballot Access Summary - June 16, 2008
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:38:08 -0500


This is a shortened version of the Ballot Access Report, focusing on
the states which are still in play from a ballot access perspective.

WE NEED HELP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. Top priorities right now are
Virginia, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania; it would be fantastic to help
Virginia and Connecticut knock their drives out before the convention.

Phil Huckelberry
Co-Chair, GPUS
Co-Chair, BAC
Delegate, Illinois


GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
BALLOT ACCESS SUMMARY
PREPARED BY THE GPUS BALLOT ACCESS COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2008

ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY OF 2008 BALLOT STATUS

This summary is limited to an evaluation of securing ballot lines for
President in 2008, and does not extend to holding those lines beyond
2008.

As of June 16, 2008, the Green Party has ballot access in 22 states:
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of
Columbia, Florida, Hawai'i, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Of the remaining 29 states, 9 are either are already lost or are about
to be lost: Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.

The 20 remaining states range from fairly easy (New Jersey, 800
signatures) to quite difficult (Pennsylvania, almost 25,000
signatures). Many of the remaining states will require outside
assistance, likely financial assistance. Based on the current Tier 1
budget without major outside help for some states, only the 12 easiest
states are likely to be successful, and right now the Ballot Access
Committee's Tier 1 funds are not even available because of party
revenue shortfalls. Realistically, to get as high as 40 ballot lines,
about $50,000 would have to be raised, and currently, the National
Committee shows very little interest in securing these ballot lines.
The National Committee must take greater responsibility for helping to
make 2008 a successful year.

The following is a short breakdown of the known status in each of the
other 20 states, listed alphabetically.

ALABAMA
Contact(s): Matthew Hellinger
Requirements: 5,000 signatures by September 8 for an independent
presidential line.
Current Status: There is no known activity in Alabama.

ALASKA
Contact(s): Jim Sykes
Requirements: 7,124 registrants for a full party line, or 3,128
signatures for a party line, due August 6.
Current Status: Alaska is very weak and would likely need top
petitioners to be sent there. There is not a known ballot drive
underway in Alaska.

CONNECTICUT
Contact(s): Mike DeRosa
Requirements: 7,500 signatures are required for the presidential
line, with an August 6 deadline.
Current Status: GPCT is actively petitioning, with one full-time
person on the presidential petition and people double-petitioning for
congressional candidates. They have a reported 2,500 signatures as of
June 16.

IOWA
Contact(s): Holly Hart
Requirements: 1,500 signatures needed for a single statewide
candidate; signatures must come from 10 different counties; deadline
is August 15.
Current Status: IAGP has recently begun its ballot drive, but the
drive is effectively temporarily suspended due to the extreme flooding
across the state.

KANSAS
Contact(s): Paul Krumm
Requirements: 5,000 signatures for an independent candidate with an
August 4 deadline.
Current Status: No drive is underway. The state party is too small and
weak.

KENTUCKY
Contact(s): None
Requirements: 5,000 signatures for a presidential line with a
September 2 deadline, plus a $500 fee.
Current Status: There is no Green Party organized in Kentucky and no
petition has been created.

MINNESOTA
Contact(s): None
Requirements: 2,000 signatures for a single statewide office, with a
September 9 deadline.
Current Status: Petitioning has not begun in Minnesota; they are
expected to wait for the nomination.

MISSOURI
Contact(s): Dee Berry
Requirements: The signature requirement is 10,000 for the party line
with a July 29 deadline.
Current Status: There is a petition, but BAC has not been able to get
the petition or any information about progress. Offers to help have
come from neighboring states but have not been responded to.

MONTANA
Contact(s): Steve Kelly
Requirements: 5,000 signatures for an independent line, with a July
30 deadline.
Current Status: GPMT tried collecting for the party line, didn't come
close, and so far as is known, have not created an independent
presidential petition yet.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Contact(s): None
Requirements: 3,000 signatures for a single statewide candidate, with
an August 6 deadline.
Current Status: There is no state party in New Hampshire, so
petitioning will likely have to be coordinated by people in Maine or
Massachusetts. There has been no work on this to date.

NEW JERSEY
Contact(s): George DeCarlo
Requirements: 800 signatures are required for a statewide candidate
with a July 28 deadline.
Current Status: No petitioning has begun, but they can wait until
after the convention to begin.

NEW YORK
Contact(s): Gloria Mattera
Requirements: 15,000 signatures are required to secure the
presidential line in New York. The window does not open until July 8,
and the deadline is August 19.
Current Status: GPNYS intends to hire a coordinator and probably hit
the ground running immediately after the national convention.

OHIO
Contact(s): Paul Dumouchelle , Anita Rios

Requirements: An independent presidential line requires 5,000
signatures, with an August 21 deadline.
Current Status: A petition has been created but BAC does not have it.
The drive has only recently gotten started.

PENNSYLVANIA
Contact(s): Blyden Potts
Requirements: Individual statewide candidates will need 24,666
signatures, with an August 1 deadline.
Current Status: An estimated 5000 signatures have been collected as
of June 16. They will need outside help.

RHODE ISLAND
Contact(s): Greg Gerritt
Requirements: A single statewide candidate needs 1,000 signatures;
window opens July 1 and deadline is September 5.
Current Status: GPRI is ready to petition when the window opens.

TENNESSEE
Contact(s): Martin Pleasant
Requirements: Confusing. State of Tennessee has given differing
explanations. Current understanding is 275 signatures are required.
The deadline is August 21, 2008.
Current Status: No information known. The requirement is low but the
situation is bizarre.

UTAH
Contact(s): Tom King
Requirements: A single statewide candidate needs 1,000 signatures
with a September 2 deadline.
Current Status: Not clear if the candidate petition has been created.

VERMONT
Contact(s): Jim Hogue
Requirements: 1,000 signatures for a single statewide candidate;
deadline not available.
Current Status: GPVT argues that the Secretary of State should have
accepted their party filing and is still pursuing that. An
independent petition is being prepared and Craig Hill is in contact
with people from Connecticut and Maine about assisting.

VIRGINIA
Contact(s): Audrey Clement, Tom Yager
Requirements: 10,000 signatures are required for individual
state-level candidates, with at least 400 signatures from each of
Virginia's 11 congressional districts. The deadline is August 22.
Current Status: GPVA has collected about 6,200 signatures as of June
16 and are doing well on the district requirement also.

WASHINGTON
Contact(s): wagreens at gmail.com
Requirements: The state mechanism is unusual. Voters sign forms
stating that they have attended "nominating conventions". This has
not been a challenge in the past and is the method the party will use.
There is also a candidate mechanism with 1,000 signatures required
for individual state-level candidates and a July 26, 2008 deadline.
Current Status: GPWA has not begun petitioning, though the weird
mechanism means that the work will be done later.
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Tim McKee, Manchester CT, Home-860-643-2282
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Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
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