[Sosfbay-discuss] Agenda Item: Straw Poll - is GP-US Pres. nominating convention determine who's appears on our ballot in Nov.?

[Drew Johnson]

No Andi, because I can't tell if that's a yes or a no.  The bottom line is
I'm looking for a yes or a no (and then explanations on top of that are
fine).  So which category would you put your opinion in?


Green is Core!

Drew

n Thu, April 17, 2008 12:46, Andrea Dorey wrote:
> I like power to the people.
> Does that answer you?    ;- )
> Andi
>
> On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Drew Johnson wrote:
>>> In a message dated 3/31/2008 10:25:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net writes:
>>>
>>> The next  monthly meeting is upon us.
>>>
>>> Please submit your requests for agenda  items.
>>>
>>> Jim Doyle
>>
>> I have an agenda item:
>>
>> Straw Poll:
>>
>> Q: Does the GPSCco understand our state party ballot line for
>> presidential
>> elections to be automatically bound to the results of the Green
>> Party of
>> the United State's nominating convention by virtue of the GPCA's
>> affiliation agreement with the GP-US?  Yes or No?
>>
>> Background Info:
>>
>> Here's the relevant text from the GPCA/GP-US affiliation agreement:
>>
>> "It is also agreed that the GPCA will use its best efforts to
>> support ballot access for national candidates nominated by
>> the Green Party of the United States and candidates
>> nominated by the GPCA."
>>
>> I want to take a straw poll as to whether Green Party of Santa Clara
>> County members believe the GP-US nominating convention in Chicago
>> should
>> have the final say on which Presidential candidate appears on the
>> California ballot in November.  I am a participant in GPCA General
>> Assemblies as well as a delegate (along with Warner Bloomberg and
>> Sanda
>> Everett from our Silicon Valley Region) to the standing GP-US National
>> Committee (which is sort of like the national congress or standing
>> General
>> Assembly of the Green Party-US) and this is a hot topic in those
>> venues.
>> I want some direction from my county party on how I should
>> represent the
>> collective sense.
>>
>> Some have promoted the idea at the General Assemblies and on the GPCA
>> delegation to the National Committee that the GPCA should be free to
>> reject the GP-US's nominee and put our own selection on the ballot
>> independently of whatever is decided at the GP-US nominating
>> convention.
>> This second guessing process would require another GPCA General
>> Assembly
>> after the GP-US nominating convention and would likely mean our
>> reports to
>> the California Secretary of State would be submitted late.
>>
>> Given this what is the collective sense of the GP of Santa Clara
>> County?
>>
>>
>> Green is Core!
>>
>> Drew
>>
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