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This Saturday, Green delegates elected at local caucuses will gather to make nominating decisions in races for Governor and other statewide constitutional offices. Candidates include Annie Young, long-time Parks and Recreation commissioner in Minneapolis who is seeking nomination to run for State Auditor (www.annieyoungforauditor.com).
Please join us on Saturday, May 8 to make decisions on endorsements for local candidates. Currently two candidates are seeking Green Party endorsement. Both are running for the Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation district: Gary Carlson in District 4 and Vaios Eleftheriou in District 1. Their responses to the candidate screening questionnaire will be posted on our website soon.
Our local politics project, MetroWatchdog.org, published several action alerts in the last month. We recruited supporters for:
Greens helped to earn a big progressive victory in St. Paul, as residents voted November 3 to adopt Instant Runoff Voting for city elections. Long on our agenda, Green volunteers supported the Better Ballot Campaign with thousands of signatures, phone calls and flyers dropped at doorsteps.
Please join us at our Thanksgiving Leftovers party to celebrate!
Saturday, Nov 28, 6-9pm
At the home of Paul Busch and Clare Welter
1523 Laurel Ave in St. Paul
The Leftovers Party is a potluck - bring a dish (leftover or not) if you'd like. It's also a (very casual) fundraiser. If you can't join us, please consider making a donation to say thanks to all our Green volunteers who helped earn this victory.
A great resource for learning more is the Better Ballot Campaign
Join us in spreading the word - distribute literature for IRV
Join us at one of the following Green Party literature drop events. Bring your walking shoes to help us leave information about IRV at voters' doorsteps.
Click here to RSVP for one of these opportunities
You can also drop literature on your own, any time you want! Just stop by one of the Better Ballot Campaign literature drop distribution locations to pick up a packet. Each packet has information about where to go and drop off the literature.
Read more about the Green Party position on Instant Runoff Voting
In announcing his drastic budget cuts through unallotment last week, Gov. Pawlenty killed the Political Contribution Refund Program that gives each Minnesota voter credit for a small contribution to a candidate or party of their choice. This has been a key source of funding for third parties in the state and allowed some candidates to run on lots of smaller contributions who otherwise would not.
Thanks to your generous donations online, in the mail and at our kickoff party, we've succeeded in meeting our $3,000 goal to launch the watchdog project. Watch this space for further developments.
Interested in getting involved? Join us Saturday at our May membership meeting or use the signup form to get in touch.
The April 25 kickoff party was a success, featuring great food and interesting updates on green policy at the local level from Annie Young and Cam Gordon.
This week Judge McGunnigle ruled against a lawsuit that sought to halt the use of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) in Minnesota. The Green Party has long supported IRV as a fairer, more democratic means to elect candidates, so we celebrate this result.
While opponents of IRV are likely to appeal this decision to a higher court, the initial decision sets a strong initial precedent for the constitutionality of instant runoff.
4th CD Greens are dropping literature in the coming weeks. More on the campaign at www.votetruth08.com.
One of our local Green candidates is running right across the river: Farheen Hakeem for MN House in 61B. Hakeem brings her strong campaign experience to a race for an open seat, making for a great opportunity. Find more information at www.farheenhakeem.org or call 612 395-5559 for volunteer info on her campaign. You can join them going door-to-door this weekend:
The campaign will be lit-dropping the entire district starting Nov 1.
An update from yesterday: Amy Goodman, and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released. The Free Press is calling for all charges to be dropped against them. Updates on the case are also being posted at Democracy Now! and GregPalast.com.
The Green Party of Minnesota issued a statement late last night which was picked up by the Green Party of the United States as well:
