[GPSCC-chat] Green Rgistration Drive

[Gerry Gras]

Earlier I forwarded a request from Marnie Glickman
for funds for a statewide registration drive.

At first I decided not to donate, because I have
been unemployed for 21 months.  But then I wonderered
what impact this drive might have on our ballot status.

So I asked Marnie about that, and got a response.  It
now seems to me that the registration drive is important
enough for me to donate.  So I sent a check a few days
ago.

The relevant info about ballot status is immediately
below.  And after that is the original email.

Unless I am misinformed somehow, a decision about
proceeding with the registration drive will happen at
the next plenary, now 10 days away.  I think that
decision will depend on the amount of money donated
to date.  But there probably are others on the list
who know more about it than I.

Gerry

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Green 2012
Date: 	Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:01:59 -0700
From: 	Marnie Glickman <marnie.glickman at gmail.com>
To: 	Gerry Gras <gerrygras at earthlink.net>


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I have investigated the importance of the voter registration
drive to our ballot access.  Here's the short version:

Ann Menashe, our Green Party candidate, for Secretary of State
earned 3.0% in the November 2010 election.  Her results qualify
the Green Party of CA  to participate in the primary elections
until November 2014.

To continue our primary ballot access beyond November 2014, the
Green Party of California must either (a) have one of our
statewide candidates earn at least 2.0% in the November 2014
election or (b) 135 days before the first 2015 primary election,
we must have at least 1% of the number of people who voted in
the November 2014 election.

10,300,392 Californians voted in the November 2010 election.
Right now, we have 107,563 registered Green Party members.

We're just hovering above 1% of the total number of general
election voters. When you calculate in the inevitable decline
in numbers due to deaths and migration out of California, we
are teetering on the edge.

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Marnie Glickman



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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Text of fundraising email
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:46:26 -0700
From: Marnie Glickman <marnie.glickman at gmail.com>
To: ggras at cagreens.org

Dear CA Green,

Please help the Green Party of California launch a statewide voter
registration drive to register 100,000 new Greens. Our party’s first
voter registration drive from 1990-1991 was a big success. 103,000
Californians registered Green in 24 months. It’s time to do it again.
There is no time to waste.

Donate $10 or more today. Our goal is to raise $7,000 by May 1.

http://www.cagreens.org/donate

The Green Party of California supports the dismantling of all nuclear
power plants and opposes Obama's plan to give $36 billion in loan
guarantees to the nuclear industry.

We are the only party in California that makes stopping global warming
a top priority.

We oppose corporate personhood and prioritize green job creation over
tax breaks for the wealthy.

Our Green elected officials are making high-impact Green changes in
California local governments. Since our party was founded in 1990,
more than 660 Greens have run for public office in California and 220
have been elected.

Please contribute whatever you can afford right now.  Every dollar
helps us register one newGreen Party member.

http://www.cagreens.org/donate

Volunteer a few hours to help us organize. If you haven’t done voter
registration before, we’ll train you how to be an effective organizer
and connect you with other experienced activists.

http://www.cagreens.org/volunteer

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Peace,
Marnie Glickman
Co-chair, Marin Green Party County Council



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Marnie Glickman
415.259.7121
marnie at greenchange.org