[Sosfbay-discuss] county council election

[Jim Doyle]

There is an opportunity to have a list of Green Party candidates
on the ballot in the June election.

The requirement is that there be at least 8 candidates who have
filed what the registrar of voters calls "Nomination Papers" that
have at least 20 valid signatures from Green Party members.

The signature gathering period is from February 11- th until March 8-th.

Each Green Party member, i.e., registered Green, can sign the nomination
papers for up to 7 candidates but not more than 7 candidates

The duties of the members of the county council are given in the bylaws
which are available at
.http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/bylaws.shtml

However, here are the two paragraphs that describe the bulk of the duties
of the members of the county council:

2.1.3 Internal to the Green Party, the Council's primary duties include 
serving as a coordinating or steering committee to:
a) Facilitate communications between Green Party members within the 
county, at county meetings, and between locals within the county.
b) Facilitate communications between the county Green Party and the 
State Green Party.
c) Assist Green Party involvement in elections in the county (including 
recruiting, advising and assisting Green Party candidates, co-ordinating 
voter registration efforts and tabling, and supporting ballot issues 
effecting issues of concern to the state or county Green Party).
d) Enhance communications between the county Green Party and other Green 
Parties and/or other local organizations which support the principals 
and objectives set forth in the Green Party Platform.
e) Oversee and assist the work of committees formed by the Council, or 
outside the Council by the Party's members, to help carry out the above 
duties, or other duties considered necessary that are not in conflict 
with these ByLaws; such as an electoral reform committee, an 
environmental issues committee, etc.

2.1.4 The County Council shall act as the designated contact persons for 
the Green Party of Santa Clara County, and refer interested people to 
persons who may be designated as spokespeople for the Party at a General 
County Meeting.


Are you able and willing?
Are you ready to stand for election?

Then contact one of the current county council members -
http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/contact.shtml
has the list of current county council members with links to their email 
addresses.

We await your email.