Approved by the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention, July 2020. Updates August / September 2022.
Updates to the platform were approved on August 17, 2024 during this years Presidential Nominating Convention.
Table of Contents
A Call to Action | Preamble | The Four Pillars | Ten Key Values
I. Democracy
A: Political Reform
• Electoral Reform
• Voting Rights
• Ballot Access
• Campaign Finance Reform
• Election Integrity
• Reducing Corruption and Good Government
• Proportional Representation
• Abolish the Electoral College
• Enact Ranked Choice Voting
• Presidential Debates
• Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns
• DC Statehood
• Publicly-Owned, Open Source Voting Equipment
B: Community
• Families and Children
• Alternative Community Service
C: Free Speech and Media Reform
D: Foreign Policy
• Authorization for Use of Military Force
• Defense Budget
• Road to Peace in the Middle East
• The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
• Foreign Policy - Trade
• Human Rights
• Women's Rights
• Puerto Rican Independence
• Kurdistan
F: Demilitarization and Exploration of Space
II. Social Justice
A: Civil Rights and Equal Rights
• Respect for Diversity
• Women's Rights
• Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
• Social Equality
• Reproductive Rights
• Economic Equality
• Violence and Oppression Against Women
• Nordic Model
• Dialog and Understanding of Violence Against Women and Girls
• Pathway to Citizenship
• Reparations for United States Afrodescendants (i.e., Black Americans, African Americans)
• Indigenous Peoples
• Justice for Native Hawaiians: Kanaka Maoli
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
• Rights of the Disabled
• Religious Freedom and Secular Equality
• Youth Rights
• GI and Veterans' Rights
• Consumer Protection
• Adoptee Rights
C: Economic Justice / Social Safety Net
D: Welfare: A Commitment to Ending Poverty
E: Education and the Arts
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• The Arts
F: Health Care
G: Labor
H: Criminal Justice
• Prison Conditions, Prisoner Treatment and Parolees
• Right to Vote for the Incarcerated
• Criminal Justice Reform
• End the War on Drugs
I: Population
III. Ecological Sustainability
A: Climate Change
• Strong International Climate Treaty
• Economic Policy For A Safer Climate
• Repay Our Climate Debt
• More Efficiency And Conservation
• Clean, Green Energy and Jobs
• Regenerative Agriculture
• Carbon Sequestration Using Ecological Restoration
B: Energy
• Encourage Conservation
• Move to Renewable Sources
• Eliminate dirty & dangerous energy sources
• Decentralize the Grid
• Re-localize the Food System
• Electrify the Transportation System
• Requirements for Energy Transition
D: Transportation
• Pedestrians and Bicyclists
• Mass Transit
• Motor Vehicles
• Air Travel
• Freight
E: Zero Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
F: Clean Air / Greenhouse Effect / Ozone Depletion
G: Land Use
• Land ownership and property rights
• Urban land use
• Rural land use
• Public Lands
H: Water
I: Agriculture
K: Ethical Treatment of Animals
N: International Environmental Policy
IV. Economic Justice and Sustainability
A: Ecological Economics
• EcoSocialism
G: Small Business and the Self-Employed
I: Banking and Insurance Reform
• Insurance reform
• Prohibit Corporate Insurance Fraud
• Broader financial industry reforms
• Reduce Excessive Executive Pay
L: Advanced Technology and Defense Conversion
• Telecommunications
• Open Source Software
• NanoTechnology