ALBANY, NY, July 27, 2020 – The Green Party of New York (GPNY) and the Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) filed a Federal lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York to invalidate restrictive ballot access provisions passed as a rider to the FY2021 State Budget. Since 1936, minor political parties in New York have been required to obtain 50,000 votes for their gubernatorial candidate every four years in order to achieve and maintain ballot status. The GPNY achieved ballot status in 2010, and has since maintained it, while the LPNY achieved ballot status in 2018. Continue reading

Then Do This Now! MADISON, Wi – We are now in the final week of our 2020 Wisconsin Green Party ballot petition drive. If you want to be able to vote for Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker on the Green ticket in 2020, please act now to make sure our candidates are on the ballot in November – we need your help! Continue reading

The North Carolina Green Party cosponsors protests against police violence and racism and calls for immediate end to police immunity PITTSBORO, NC – The North Carolina Green Party (NCGP) continues to emphatically support the protests and actions in North Carolina, across the US, and around the world that have arisen in response to decades of systemic police violence and institutionalized racism that culminated in the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Continue reading

HOUSTON – The Green Party of the United States nominating convention held July 11th finalized our Presidential & Vice-Presidential nominees. Congratulations to Howie Hawkins & Angela Walker who won broad approval throughout the party. Follow them on Twitter @HowieHawkins & @AngelaNWalker. GPTX supports our nominees! Great news! Hawkins/Walker 2020 has already qualified for federal matching funds. So donations through most of August can be DOUBLED, letting the campaign put more into ballot access efforts! Continue reading

PHILADELPHIA – President Donald Trump was recently recorded making this threat: “Well, I'm going to do something. That I can tell you -- because we're not going to -- New York and Chicago and Philadelphia, Detroit and Baltimore and all of these -- Oakland is a mess. We're not going to let this happen in our country. All run by liberal Democrats.” Like usual, Trump blamed the Democrats for the civil unrest, and the Democrats blame Trump and the Republicans. Continue reading

Washington Green Party supporters and organizers ... Reminder: TODAY Saturday JULY 25TH is the final day to sign our nominating petition to get Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker on the ballot! IF YOU NEED A COPY OF THE PETITION TO SIGN Download & print the petition here:  https://greenpartywashington.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GreenParty_NominatingPetition_2020_v2.pdf Continue reading

Zoom webinar hosted by the Maine House Green Independents and the Maine Green Independent Party July 21, 2020, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET This webinar will feature presentations by three former Maine state representatives who served in the House Green Independent minority caucus. Three Maine Legislatures, the 121st, 122nd and 128th sessions, have had a Green Independent minority office. Rep. John Eder (G--Portland) was the first Green elected to a state legislature in a general election. Eder was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2004. Continue reading

Ballot Access Update for the General Election The Green Party of Washington still needs to collect more signatures to get our Green Party Presidential candidate Howie Hawkins on the ballot in November! We're asking ALL Green Party supporters in Washington to sign our petition to help make this happen! If you have already signed the petition and sent it to us, THANK YOU! If you can help gather more signatures, please do -- we need your help! Continue reading

Green Party of Tennessee Newsletter July 2020 Give American workers a voice, Put Howie Hawkins on the ballot in Tennessee. We need to get 275 signatures before August 15.  The Green Party of Tennessee is setting up a social distant signing opportunity at 4018 Nebraska Ave, Nashville TN, on Saturday, July 25, 2020, from 8:00 am until noon. Socially distant arrangements: table with petition, hand sanitizer, wipes, and pens (or bring your own pen). Six-foot intervals will be marked on the driveway. Exit along front walk to avoid walking close to those waiting to sign. Masks required. Continue reading

GRAY, ME – Join U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Savage, former Green VP candidate and Black Alliance for Peace leader Ajamu Baraka, Director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition Joseph Jackson, and Co-Founder of Bangor’s Racial Equity and Justice Desiree Vargas, in the second of a 5-part webinar series. "Racial Justice at Home & Abroad" will explore the systems, policies, and practices designed to limit and shape opportunities for people of color. Continue reading