{news} Support HB 6436: A bill that will reduce our petitioningrequirements to 1000 SIGNATURES!

[Jean de Smet]

I thought we were asking for Equal treatment, not just "not as bad as the
other requirements" treatment?  Is the lawsuit lost?

 

This is liberalism-but I'll support it, if you advise that this is our only
chance.

 

Jean

 

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Subject: {news} Support HB 6436: A bill that will reduce our
petitioningrequirements to 1000 SIGNATURES!

 

Greens,

 

Good News:

 

Today the GAE (Government And Elections) committee released HR 6436 in
written form.  I gave the bill to Atty. and CT Green Party co-chair Steve
Fornier to look at earlier today.  He says that the bill would reduce our
state-wide office and congressional petitioning requirements to 1000 valid
signatures  (VS 7500 SIGNATURES OR 1% OF THE VOTES IN LAST ELECTION UNDER
THE PRESENT LAW).

 

In the past we have been required to collect 7500 valid signatures to get on
the ballot for president or for other state-wide office and we have had to
collect over 3000 valid signatures for congress.  The bill also requires the
Sec. of the State to do all the checking of the signatures and takes the
responsibility away from the town clerks.

The following link will direct you to a PDF of HB 6436:
<http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/TOB/h/pdf/2009HB-06436-R00-HB.pdf>
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/TOB/h/pdf/2009HB-06436-R00-HB.pdf. 

Read it and let me know what you think!

There is going to be a public hearing on this bill VERY SOON.  Here is the
info from the GAE website:


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

 

Download to Calendar


9:30 AM

Government Administration and Elections Committee Meeting followed by a
Public Hearing

LOB Room 2B

YOU NEED TO GET THERE AT 8AM TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.  THE PUBLIC HEARING
SPEAKERS LIST IS AVAILABLE AT 8:30AM.  IF YOU GET THERE EARLY

YOU CAN GET OUT VERY EARLY AND MOST OF THE REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE THERE TO
HEAR YOUR TESTIMONY. THE WHOLE EVENT IS ON THE CT NETWORK,

 ANOTHER WAY TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT.  THIS BILL CAME FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF
THE GAE COMMITTEE AFTER SEVERAL OF US MET WITH THEM 

RECENTLY.

MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO ATTEND THIS HEARING.  IF THIS BILL PASSES IT WILL
ABLE TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO THE GREEN 

PARTY AND WILL REDUCE ONE OF MOST UNFAIR AND DISCRIMINATORY MINOR PARTY
REQUIREMENTS FOR  BALLOT ACCESS.  CALL YOUR REP, AND

ASK THAT SHE OR HE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.

Sincerely,

Mike DeRosa

 

 

 

 

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