[GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] Very time sensitive re: County Polling]

[Tian Harter]

Should we have a County Council meeting to talk about this?

Or maybe a special session?

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Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Very time sensitive   re:  County Polling
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:22:47 -0700
From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
Reply-To: contacts2006 at cagreens.org
To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE

This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  For more
information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do
not hit reply. Follow the contact directions
stated in the email.





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*_INSTRUCTIONS FOR GPCA STATEWIDE POLL OF COUNTIES_*

The GPCA uses a poll of all recognized County Green Parties to determine
GPCA positions on ballot measures as an alternative to making those
decisions at a state meeting. Ten measures have been put on the ballot
by the State Legislature for consideration of the voters as part of the
November2, 2010 General Election. Please be sure that your county
participates by submitting votes by Saturday, August 28, 2010

*_THE POLL:_*

This poll contains a list of Legislative ballot measures that will be
voted on as part of the November2, 2010 General Election. Reports on
these measures written by volunteers from the Green Party grassroots who
have reviewed the measures follow below.

These reports can be found here:

http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/packet.html


Of course, counties are free to agree or disagree with the recommended
positions. The full text of the initiatives can be located by going to
the webpage for the California Secretary of State
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm
and following the applicable links.

*_PROCESS:_*

Please provide both Poll Coordinators (Richard Gomez and Tian Harter)
with vote results from your county in the following form for each ballot
measure:

*"Yes" -for the GPCA to support the measure*

*"No" -for the GPCA to oppose the measure*

*"No Position" -for the GPCA to deliberately remain neutral on the measure*

*Votes may also be cast as "Abstain" if they do not wish to participate
in the poll. Abstentions will be counted toward quorum.*

Vote on each ballot measure itself, not the recommendation. For example,
if the report has recommended a position of "No," and your county wishes
to agree and vote "No" on the initiative, then your county should vote
"No" on the initiative, and not "Yes" on the recommended "No" position.

*PLEASE SUBMIT VOTES IN THE AMOUNT ALLOTED TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THE PLENARY.*

That list is published in the agenda packet for that state meeting to be
held SEPTEMBER 11-12, 2010. For example, if your county has 2 delegates,
you would submit 2 votes in any combination of positions. (Votes from
counties with more than one delegate vote need not be unanimous and
“half votes” may be reported.) If you have any questions about the total
number of votes that can be cast for any measure, contact the GPCA
Coordinating Committee member(s) who represent your region. Your county
should rely on its own internal processes to arrive at its positions.
The poll has an 80% threshold and requires at least 50% or active
California County Green Parties to participate. The default where the
threshold or quorum is not met is “No Position”. VOTES MUST BE REPORTED
BY A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER.

*_TIMELINE:_*

The voting period begins on AUGUST 1, 2010, and ends on AUGUST 28, 2010
(11:59 PM PST). Votes received after the closing date and time will not
be counted. There will not be an extension of this voting period because
the Plenary convenes FOURTEEN days later. Submit all votes to BOTH the
Poll co-ordinators at the following email addresses:

Richard Gomez: nate136_66 at yahoo.com <mailto:nate136_66 at yahoo.com>

Tian Harter: tnharter at greens.org <mailto:tnharter at greens.org>

Please submit any questions about the process of the poll to the same
email addresses. The full text of each of these measures can be found by
going to the California Secretary of State website
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm
clicking the Ballot Measures link, then the Qualified for 2010 General
link, and then each individual ballot measure.



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