[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-ccwg] ANNOUNCE: Green Party County Council election filings open J...

Wed Dec 16 10:29:51 PST 2015

The following announcement was sent to all GP registered  voters for whom 
the state GP has email information.  Warner

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(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/?e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=1&te
st_email=1) 

_www.cagreens.org/elections/2016/county-council-filing-open_ 
(http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2016/county-council-filing-open) 

Dear  Friend --

As a Green Party member in California, you are  eligible to run for the 
Green Party County Council in your  county – an opportunity to act locally, 
while  thinking globally!

The _County  Council_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/county-councils&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_sour
ce=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=2&test_email=1) 
 is the legal body of the state Green Party (GPCA) _on  the county level_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://cagreens.org/county-parties&e=79
fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&
utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=3&test_email=1) . It is generally 
responsible for  organizing and coordinating Green Party activity within the county, 
including  party building, internal and external communications, supporting 
local Green  candidates and representing county Greens to the state Green  
Party.

County Councils are elected in the June  presidential primary election 
every four years by registered Greens.  County Councils hold public meetings and 
are governed by their own county  bylaws, and have their own email lists 
for internal business and social media  for public outreach

To run for County Council, one must be a  registered Green in the county 
(and district where applicable)  in which one seeks election, and have been 
registered Green at least three  months prior to the opening of the nomination 
filing period, which begins in  2016 on January 4th.

To qualify for the ballot, a potential  County Council candidate must 
gather twenty nomination signatures from  registered Greens in the district 
(_fewer  in counties with less than 1,000 registered Greens_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06
-23#Section_6-2_Elections&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_med
ium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=4&test_email=1) ). These 
nomination  signatures are then checked for validity by the County Registrar. If 
enough  are valid, one's name is placed on the ballot for a public vote of 
registered  Greens in the June 7, 2016 primary. (If fewer candidates qualify for 
the  ballot than the number of seats, all are declared elected, and the 
election  does not appear on the ballot.)

The 2016 signature gathering  period is between January 4 and March 11. To 
begin the process, one  must go to the County Registrar's office to fill out 
the declaration of  candidacy, obtain the official signature gathering 
forms and then later, hand  them in upon completion. Some counties also allow 
for electronic filing of the  declaration of candidacy, with authorization for 
someone else to pick up your  nomination papers. _Contact  your county 
registrar here_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/new-voters/county-elections-offices/&e=79fd70da7fdc31
ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign
=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=5&test_email=1)  for more information.

How  many County Council seats are up for election in your  county? The 
_number  is determined_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_6-1_Members&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9e
c8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycn
l&n=6&test_email=1)  in each county Green Party's bylaws. Most counties 
have  seven, a few of the smaller have five, and the two largest have more: 
Alameda  (9) and Los Angeles (44). All counties elect their County Council 
members  at-large county-wide, except Los Angeles elects its from 12 State 
Senate  Districts within the county.

If you qualify for the ballot, we  also encourage you to post a campaign 
page for yourself on the League of Women  Voters Smart Voter website, which 
they offer for free to all  candidates, even for County Council. For more 
information: _www.smartvoter.org/voter/cand.html_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.smartvoter.org/voter/cand.html&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42
c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_
ctycnl&n=7&test_email=1) 

If  you are also considering _running  for State Legislature or the US 
Congress_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/elections/run-green&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&u
tm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=8&test_email=1)  in 2016, 
the signature  gathering period for both starts at the same time as for County 
 Council, so you can gather signatures for both at the  same time – the 
successful result of a 2012 change in state law  that the Green Party lobbied 
for.

It is also possible to gather  signatures for a group of County Council 
candidates on the same  petition, this the result of additional Green Party 
lobbying efforts,  which led to the state legislature's 2015 passing of a 
_Green  Party section in the state Elections Code_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/elections-code/ab477-signed&e=79fd70da7fdc31
ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign
=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=9&test_email=1) .  Ask _your  county registrar_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resourc
es/new-voters/county-elections-offices/&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb3
7eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=1
0&test_email=1)  about this option. 

We hope you  will consider getting _active  in the Green Party on the 
county level_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://cagreens.org/county-parties&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_med
ium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=11&test_email=1)  through your 
local county  council -- and help build a strong and independent Green 
electoral option in  California.

Sincerely,

Sanda  Everette, Alex Shantz, Co-coordinators, GPCA  Coordinating Committee
Pamela Spevack, Rich  Stone, Co-coordinators, GPCA Campaigns and Candidates 
Working  Group
Michael Feinstein, Spokesperson, Green Party of  California
_www.cagreens.org_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_med
ium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=12&test_email=1)   
____________________________________

Donate to the  GPCA (we don't take corporate donations and are funded  by 
people like you) 
_cagreens.nationbuilder.com/donate_ 
(https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/donate?e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium
=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=13&test_email=1)  
Stay connected with  the Green Party of California (and spread the message  
via social media) 
On Twitter: _www.twitter.com/gpca_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.twitter.com/gpca&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_sou
rce=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=14&test_email=1
) 
On  Facebook: _www.facebook.com/cagreens_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.facebook.com/cagreens&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37e
ea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=15&
test_email=1)  and  _www.facebook.com/groups/8071416222_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.facebook.com/groups/8071416222&e=79fd70da7fdc
31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campai
gn=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=16&test_email=1) 

(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gplac-forum&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cag
reens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=17&test_email=1) 
State  Party email forum: _lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum
_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cag
reens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=18&test_email=1) GPCA 
 general contact: _gpca at cagreens.org_ (mailto:gpca at cagreens.org)  • 
916-448-3437 
Volunteer with the  GPCA 
_cagreens.nationbuilder.com/volunteerdetail_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/volunteerdetail?e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=ca
greens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=19&test_email=1)  
Register Green  on-line (share this with your friends and interested  
others)

_rtv.sos.ca.gov/elections/register-to-vote

_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https://rtv.sos.ca.gov/elections/register-to-vote/&e=79fd70da7fdc31ba7c14de42c5a9ec8fb37eea47&utm_source=cagree
ns&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=anc_2016_ctycnl&n=20&test_email=1)  
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