[GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] County Polling on Ballot Propositions]

[Tian Harter]

Anybody have strong feelings about either of these initiatives?

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Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] County Polling on Ballot Propositions
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:40:45 -0800
From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
Reply-To: contacts2006 at cagreens.org
To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
References: <ACC22E6B-2396-4544-AB5A-DE428F0C7A56 at mindspring.com>

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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Hi Greens --

We are writing to you because our records show that you serve on a Green 
Party
County Council. (If you no longer serve on your county council, quickly 
reply.
We will remove you from this list.)

We are beginning our county polling to determine our positions on the 2
statewide ballot measures for the June 5th election.

*Why county polling now?*

With your help we can complete our county polling by April 28^th so that we
can take positions on the statewide ballot measures before our next General
Assembly in San Francisco on May 12-13. If we do not reach quorum in our
county polling, we will place the decision-making items on the General
Assembly agenda.

County polling 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”.

*What are the two statewide ballot measures?*

/Prop. 28 – Legislative Term Limits/

This measure reduces the total amount of time a person may serve in the 
state
legislature from 14 years to 12 years. It allows a person to serve a 
total of
12 years either in the Assembly, the Senate, or a combination of both.

/Prop. 29 – Tobacco Tax/

Imposes additional five (5) cent tax on each cigarette distributed 
($1.00 per
pack), and the equivalent tax increase on other tobacco products, to fund
cancer research and other specified purposes.

To see complete wording of Propositions go see the CA Secretary of State 
website:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm
<http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sos.ca.gov%2Felections%2Fballot-measures%2Fqualified-ballot-measures.htm&utm_campaign=county_feb_12&n=1&e=289eed4b5fdd69748bea7419ffa53f73fdbea5a4&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email>

*County Polling Timeline*

/Questions and comments on the county polling process/

Sunday, March 25th, 2012 (12:01 AM PST) and ends on Saturday, March 
31st, 2012
(12:00 midnight PST)

/County Voting/

Sunday, April 1^st , 2012, (12:01am PST) and ends on
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 (11:59 PM PST).

Votes received after the closing date and time will not be counted.

*How to Cast Your County’s Votes*

Please provide both County Polling Coordinators (Richard Gomez at
nate136_66 at yahoo.com <mailto:nate136_66 at yahoo.com> and Marnie Glickman at
marnie at cagreens.org <mailto:marnie at cagreens.org>) 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 *ONLY* be counted toward quorum.**

PLEASE SUBMIT VOTES IN THE AMOUNT ALLOTED TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THE MAY 2012
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

If you have any questions about the total number of votes that can be 
cast for
any measure, contact the County Polling Coordinators or the GPCA 
Coordinating
Committee member(s) who represent your region.

Your county should rely on its own internal processes to arrive at its 
positions.

VOTES MUST BE REPORTED BY A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER.

*Questions? Comments?*

Richard Gomez, nate136_66 at yahoo.com <mailto:nate136_66 at yahoo.com>,
(559)408-3320 <tel:%28559%29408-3320>

Marnie Glickman at marnie.glickman at gmail.com
<mailto:marnie.glickman at gmail.com>, (415)259-7121 <tel:%28415%29259-7121>**

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