[GPCA Updates] GP RELEASE Green Party welcomes pres. candidates Roseanne Barr, Jill Stein to the race for the Green nomination

[Green Party of California Updates]

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Friday, February 3, 2012



The Green Party welcomes presidential candidates Roseanne Barr and Jill Stein

+ The Green presidential nominee will be chosen at the party's 2012
convention in Baltimore, Md., July 12-15


WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States welcomes two candidates
into the race for the 2012 Green presidential nomination, Jill Stein and
Roseanne Barr. Ms. Barr and Dr. Stein submitted paperwork to meet the Green
Party's requirements as of the evening of the Feb. 1 deadline.

"We are thrilled to have two strong women running for President as Greens,"
said Darryl! Moch, national co-chair of the Green Party. "We look forward to a
race based on Green ideas and values, and to showing the Democrats and
Republicans how to run without the corrupting influence of fat corporate
campaign checks and corporate-funded attack ads."

"Anyone hopeful about the Occupy Wall Street's challenge to the status quo or
disappointed by the Obama Administration's broken promises of change now has a
pair of candidates to watch. Anyone bored or irritated with the Mitt Versus
Newt Show by now will be relieved by the breath of fresh air -- maybe a Green
gale force of righteousness -- that's about to come," said Tamar Yager, also a
national co-chair of the Green Party.

For more information about the candidates, visit the following sites:

+ Jill Stein: http://www.jillstein.org

+ Roseanne Barr: http://www.roseanneforpresident.com

+ 2012 Press Information for Green Candidates
http://www.gp.org/candidates/index.php

The nominee will be chosen at the Green Party's national convention, July
12-15, in Baltimore, Maryland (http://www.gpconvention2012.com)

State Green Parties in California, Arizona, Massachusetts, the District of
Columbia, and possibly Ohio are participating in primary elections. Other
state Green Parties will choose the nominee they support and apportion
delegates during statewide Green conventions. The Green Party currently has
ballot access in 17 states. Greens expect to have the presidential nominee and
other candidates on the ballot in at least 46 states and the District of
Columbia on Election Day 2012.

Past Green Party convention sites and nominees:

+ 2000: Denver, Colorado; Ralph Nader

+ 2004: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; David Cobb

+ 2008: Chicago, Illinois; Cynthia McKinney

"We consider it important to have strong women candidates at a time when
women's reproductive rights are under assult, from the Obama Administration's
decision on the morning-after pill to the Komen Foundation's withdrawal of
funding for breast cancer screening from Planned Parenthood. We're proud that
our presidential nominee in 2008 was a woman," said Carl Romanelli,
Pennsylvania Green and member of the Green Party's International Committee.

132 Greens hold public office in the United States, including five mayors. The
largest city with a Green mayor is Richmond, California, with Mayor Gayle
McLaughlin. The Green Party and its candidates accept no money from corporate
PACs.

Many Green candidates are promoting the "Green New Deal" in their campaigns
(http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/08/11/62-green-candidates-endorse-green-new-deal).

Greens have been active participants in the Occupy Movement; both Ms. Barr and
Dr. Stein have appeared and spoken publicly at Occupy rallies.

For information about the Green Party's positions on important issues, visit
the party's press release page (http://www.gp.org/press.php) and platform page
(http://www.gp.org/committees/platform/2010/index.php).

See also:

"The Green Party chooses Baltimore, Md., for the 2012 Green Presidential
Nominating Convention," Green Party press release, Dec. 1, 2011
http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=464

Green Party Watch: blog with inside news about the Green Party and Green
candidates
http://www.greenpartywatch.org


MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191
+ Green candidate database and campaign information:
http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
+ News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
+ Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
+ Ballot Access Page http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus
+ Video Page http://www.gp.org/video/index.php
+ Green Papers http://www.greenpapers.net
+ Google+ http://www.gp.org/google
+ Twitter http://twitter.com/gpus
+ Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus
+ GP-TV Twitter page http://www.gp.org/twitter
+ Facebook page http://www.gp.org/facebook

2012 Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention
July 12-15, 2012 in Baltimore, Md.
http://www.gpconvention2012.com

Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the
United States
http://gp.org/greenpages-blog


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