[Sosfbay-discuss] Changing Registration

[Wes Rolley]

In the last presidential election there were a number of Greens who 
changed their registration  from Green to DTS or Democrat in order to 
cast a primary vote for Dennis Kucinich or Howard Dean.  Many never came 
back. 

There is now a movement to get Greens to change their registration 
again, to support Cindy Sheehan in a primary against DiFi, one for which 
she has not even pulled papers. 

In the case of Dean and Kucinich, no matter how much closer they were to 
Green Values than Kerry or Edwards, the impact of a few Greens making 
the switch was negligible in the Democratic Party but significant in the 
Green Party.  It is one of the many reasons that Green Party 
registration in California is declining over the last 2 years. 

If every Green in California re-registered as DTS and voted for Sheehan, 
it would be about 2% of the Democratic registration, hardly noticable 
against DiFi but the Green Party would not exist any more.  Sheehan is 
so tightly connected to Moveon.org that there is almost no chance that 
she would support a Green Party candidate after she loses to DiFi, as is 
inevitable.

Note: As of this week, the Peace and Freedom Party no longer has ballot 
access in California.


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"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente

Wes Rolley
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