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<DIV>In a message dated 11/14/2007 4:27:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, WSB3ATTYCA
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/9/2007 9:46:53 AM Pacific Standard Time,
contacts2006@lists.cagreens.org writes:</DIV>
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PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE<BR><BR>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<BR>stated in the
email.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM<BR>CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES WORKING GROUP<BR><BR><BR>Registration and
Filing Deadlines for Partisan Office Candidates<BR><BR>The California
Elections Code requires that a candidate for <BR>partisan office
must have been registered for one year before <BR>the candidacy filing
deadline in the political party for which <BR>nomination is
being sought. However, a person registered as <BR>“Decline
to State” one year before the filing date may change <BR>to a
party registration and be eligible to run as a candidate of
<BR>that political party if they have changed their registration
at <BR>least 90 days before the filing deadline. All
candidates for <BR>partisan office must be registered in the
political party for <BR>which they are seeking nomination at least 90
days before the <BR>filing deadline to have their name included
on the Primary <BR>Election ballot. Otherwise, anyone
seeking nomination in a <BR>Primary Election must be certified
as a write-in candidate. <BR>The deadline for declaration of
candidacy for the June 2008 <BR>Primary Election is March 7,
2008. The deadline for a DTS <BR>registered voter to file a
change of party registration to run <BR>as a Green Party
partisan candidate is December 7, 2007. Anyone <BR> considering
changing their registration to run as a GPCA <BR>candidate should
be urged to file their change of voter <BR>registration BEFORE
December 7th.<BR><BR>The period for candidates to collect signatures in lieu
of filing <BR>fees to qualify as candidates for the GPCA Primary
Election <BR>ballot begins December 28, 2007 and ends February
21, 2008 <BR>(with an additional period ending March 7th to
collect <BR>additional signatures to replace disqualified signatures).
<BR>Collecting signatures to eliminate the need for (or at least <BR>reduce)
the filing fee for State Senate, State Assembly and
<BR>Congressional candidates can save a candidate hundreds to
<BR>thousands of dollars. It is extremely important to inform
<BR>potential candidates for partisan office about these deadlines <BR>and
to support their signature gathering efforts.<BR><BR>County
Polling Starting Soon !!!<BR><BR>County Polling on the three ballot measures
appearing on the <BR>February 5, 2008 Election ballot is
beginning soon!!! A <BR>separate announcement will be sent
to this County Contacts <BR>list. It is critical for County GP’s
to respond to the County <BR>Polling. Because there will
be no General Assembly before the <BR>election, the County Polling is
the only method for the GPCA to <BR>take positions on these
ballot measures. Please also note that <BR>that there are four
referenda challenging the most recent <BR>Indian Casino Compacts that
are undergoing signatures review <BR>for certification to also
appear on the February 5th ballot.<BR><BR>Candidate Training Program
Videos Available<BR><BR>DVDs of the Candidate Basics training program held
in Petaluma <BR>March 19, 2006 are available for distribution to
County GP’s to <BR>use to recruit candidates and as a program
resource. The <BR>program was designed for prospective
GPCA candidates and <BR>campaign helpers who have no or
little previous campaign <BR>experience. Topics include:
Deciding to be a candidate; Initial <BR> filing requirements;
Media basics; and Campaign finance <BR>issues. Program sessions
are about an hour and can be shown in <BR>order or
separately. Packets have been distributed to contacts
<BR>in Alameda, Fresno, Humboldt, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange,
<BR> Placer, Riverside, San Diego, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara,
<BR>Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Tulare and Ventura, For more
<BR>information, contact Warner Bloomberg CCWG Coordinator at (408)
<BR>295-9353 or _wsb3attyca@aol.com_
(mailto:wsb3attyca@aol.com)<BR><BR>Host(s) Sought For Spring 2008 Candidate
Training Program and <BR>Strategy Meeting<BR><BR>The CCWG
currently is seeking a host for a one-day candidate <BR>training
program in March or April 2008. Local Green Party <BR>members
will need to identify a weekend date and location for <BR>the
program and provide volunteers for helping with the
<BR>program. The CCWG will provide speakers and materials.
The <BR>program will build on the March 2006 Candidates Basics
program <BR>by focusing in greater detail on selected
topics. The CCWG <BR>also is seeking a host for a day-long
strategy meeting to be <BR>held after the February 5th election.
If a single host group is <BR> willing, the candidate training
workshops and the CCWG strategy <BR> meetings can be held on the
same weekend. For more <BR>information, contact Warner
Bloomberg CCWG Coordinator at (408) <BR>295-9353 or
_wsb3attyca@aol.com_ (mailto:wsb3attyca@aol.com)<BR><BR>
CCWG County Contacts Needed<BR><BR>The CCWG currently is seeking Green Party
members to serve as <BR>county contacts. CCWG County
Contacts have the responsibility <BR>to inform their local
County Councils, locals, caucuses and <BR>general membership about
CCWG programs and issues and to report <BR>back to the CCWG via
the email list, monthly teleconference and <BR>at plenary
meetings. More than one person can serve as the CCWG
<BR>contacts for their County GP. To volunteer for these
positions, <BR> contact Warner Bloomberg CCWG Coordinator
at (408) 295-9353 <BR>or _wsb3attyca@aol.com_
(mailto:wsb3attyca@aol.com)<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Contacts2006
mailing
list<BR>Contacts2006@lists.cagreens.org<BR>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006<BR>_______________________________________________</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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