Greetings
Notes
from Kerrie Dickson and Badili Jones,
2001 - 2002 Co-Chairs of the Georgia Green Party
Meet
Ralph Nader!
The Green Party Presidential
Nominee for both 1996 and 2000 will speak at Emory University at 8:00
pm on October 31st, 2001, before attending a fundraising reception for
the Georgia Green Party and its candidates. Please use this flyer to help
spread the word. And Call Hugh at 404-876-5815 to get your pack of tickets
to sell to this important event.
Campaigns
2001 and 2002
The
Georgia Green Party has endorsed for the 2001 municipal races:
The '01
PartyConvention in Athens also gave its early nominations for the 2002
partisanGeneral Election to:
The links
above will get you to the campaign pages for these candidates as they
developand to other pages to support your activism in support of these
Green candidates.
Work
Opportunities with the Party
The Georgia Green Party
is now seeking a total of ten petition circulators to help put its candidates
for statewide office on the ballot and six field organizers to help us
build the 159-County Georgia Green Party. These are half-time contract
positions. We have retained one circulator to date and he has had good
experiences thus far. If you are looking for compensated employment and
would like to bring your enthusiasm for this Party and its values to your
work, please follow the links above.
Support
the Party's Priority Agenda
We need you to call, write and visit your legislators in support of our
green agenda. Please join us at the state Capital. Follow the link to
find out how.
Run
For Public Office
We have just launched a new Candidate Development Program. The applications
are due soon. If you are interested in becoming a Green Party candidate
for public office in the 2002 election cycle, please follow the link above
to our Party-Building section to find out how to get started.
Green
Party Election Results
Visit this link to see the returns of all races where Green candidates
participated. It will be updated throughout the night as the results are
received. To see the results for Georgia, select Georgia from the list
of states and press the "Go" button. To see the results for Ralph Nader
and Winona LaDuke, select "President" from the list of offices and press
that "Go" button.
Did
You Have Difficulty Voting?
If you had difficulty casting a vote for Nader/LaDuke or our other write-in
candidates, or observed someone else having such difficulty, please record
the following information: time; precinct name, location, number; names
or descriptions of every witness to the event; describe in detail what
happened; your name and enough address information (e-mail, phone numbers,
address) to be contacted. Send the report to Gary Pelphrey at bats1@mindspring.com
or 770-953-2952. Thanks for your help.
Carter
Center Turns Down Request To Monitor Elections
The Carter Center, known for protecting developing democracies by monitoring
their elections, turned down a request to monitor the November 7 elections
and the events leading up to them to determine if abuses of power by the
two entrenched political parties were taking place.
Web
Site Reorganization Complete
Thanks to everyone for waiting patiently for the reorganization of our
web site to be completed. Please let us know what you think. If there
is information that you cannot find now, please let us know. As always,
we welcome your suggestions for improving the usefulness of this site.
Contact us here, or at the phone
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