{news} (NEWS RELEASE) CT GREENS TO FILE COMPLAINT OVER BALLOT ISSUES

[Tim McKee]

GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT

News release- November 4,, 2008- for immediate release

CONTACT; Tim McKee, Spokesperson and Green National Committee, cell (860)
860-778-1304 (Best) or (860)-643-2282, timmckee at mail.com

Mike DeRosa, State Co-Chair (860)956-8170 or (860) 919-4042 (cell)

CT GREEN TO FILE COMPLAINT OVER BALLOT SIZE ISSUE

Ballot Space for “write in” votes too small

Connecticut Green party officials announce that they would file a
complaint with the state elections officials because the space for the
“write in” votes for their candidates and other third parties was too
small and questioned whether their votes would be counted.

Tim McKee, a spokesperson for the Green Party said “At less than one
inch, and using large black markers, it is next to impossible to ‘write
in’ any candidate for any office. Green Party, Libertarian Party and
Constitution Party are once again being discriminated by the poor design
of the ballot and that may cost us thousands of votes and future ballot
lines. Other states allow average space to write in candidates for ALL
offices, but Connecticut design makes it very, very hard.

McKee added, “This is not just about The Green’s Cynthia McKinney or
Libertarian’s Bob Barr at the Presidential level, but lower races where
we are trying to get ballot lines for local offices as well. Write In
candidates have won local races and getting even 1% means a party does
not have to petition for often thousands of signatures for each ballot
line again.”

#end of release#



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Tim McKee, Manchester CT, main number cell-860-778-1304, 860-643-2282
 National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
BLOG-http://thebiggreenpicture.blogspot.com

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