The party can't legitimately claim to be saving democracy while aggressively limiting voter choice ALBANY — Democrats tell us the coming election is about saving democracy. If Joe Biden loses, the claim goes, this little experiment of ours may end. "Whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time," Biden said recently. "And it's what the 2024 election is all about." Continue reading

The recent consolidation of primaries in June means that petition-gathering season now falls in the middle of upstate’s elongated winter. ALBANY, NY — Democrats have made some of the most sweeping reforms to New York’s election law in over a century since they assumed sole control of Albany in 2019. Changes like early voting, eased registration deadlines, and new rules for voting by mail have made it easier than ever to cast a vote. Continue reading

On April 7, 2024 Margaret Kimberly was interviewed the by Revolutionary Blackout Network. Continue reading

Editor’s note: This is the first edition of Green View, which we are happy to announce will be a regularly appearing political column running the third week of every month.  Readers of the Tompkins Weekly are accustomed to reading the “Republican View” and the “Democratic View”. The “Green View” is offering an alternative to more of the same. There is of course some divergence on the issues between the two major parties. However, under the corporate “duopoly”, as Joe Biden himself promised to his wealthy donors, nothing is going to fundamentally change. Yet fundamental change is vital if we are to avert climate catastrophe, if we are to become an equitable society, if we are to end our involvement in criminal and potentially world-ending warfare.  Continue reading

MADISON – The Wisconsin Elections Commission approved a request late Thursday to allow Green Party candidates to appear on the 2024 election ballots, joining other third-party candidates that could chip away at Democratic President Joe Biden's vote totals in the upcoming presidential election. Continue reading

Jaylani Hussein of CAIR Minnesota leads Abandon Biden protest (Image: Screenshot from WCCO) Black voters feel trapped in the duopoly but other groups are giving a master class in political courage. The Abandon Biden campaign shows the way. Face the Nation Host Margaret Brennan: Thasin, you did change your mind on the president. Why? Thasin: I was a champion for Joe Biden until October 7. I feel he disowned us, disenfranchised us, with his stance on Gaza. Brennan: What do you mean by that? Continue reading

The sounds of the Market-Frankford train above made the Zoom presentations difficult to hear, and the start of the event was delayed by 40 minutes due to a bevy of technical issues. But four Green Party candidates persevered at a forum presented by the Green Party of Philadelphia on Tuesday, giving their pitches for why they should represent the environmentally conscious political party.  The candidates met at the Poor People’s Economic and Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) office on Kensington Avenue, and all four mostly agreed on hot button issues like addressing climate change, affordable housing, and criminal justice matters.  Continue reading

The Green Party of New York and about 125 upstate New Yorkers have signed onto a letter demanding Rep. Elise M. Stefanik resign from her seat representing the 21st Congressional District because of her support of Israel in the violence in Gaza. It's got the support of Ralph Nader, 89, a repeat third-party, then independent presidential candidate from nearly 30 years ago, and his Washington-based group, the Center for Study of Responsive Law. Continue reading

The Green Party of Utah will appear on the ballot in 2024 and 2026 When Utahns receive their ballots for the 2024 and 2026 elections, they’ll see an additional party on there: The Green Party. The Green Party of Utah announced in a press release that the party received notification from the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office that it achieved ballot access. To achieve ballot access, 2,000 registered voter signatures were required. Continue reading