Candidate Development and Legal Committee

Mission Statement

To expand the number and preparedness of Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts candidates for elected and appointed office. To monitor legal compliance for the Green-Rainbow Party.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of this working group are to:

• help locals find and nurture candidates;
• evaluate candidates for understanding and commitment to Green-Rainbow values and procedures;
• organize campaigning and Get Out The Vote training classes for candidates, candidate committees, locals and volunteers;
• find candidates to run for statewide office;
• gather information about electoral results and campaign learnings to pass on to each new group of candidates and their supporters in the Green-Rainbow Party
• monitor state and federal laws and procedures for political parties/designations;
• develop policies and submit them for passage so the Green-Rainbow Party meets state and federal requirements as in line with our values as possible
• address as necessary any ballot or election related issues for the Party and, as time permits, requests from other Green-Rainbow Party bodies about ballot or election related issues;
• help the Green-Rainbow Party fulfill its diversity goals in its internal and external election efforts"

Members

• Elie Yarden
• Ralph Walton
• Gary Hicks
• Emily Lewis
• Gace Ross
• Rick Purcell
• Maureen Doyle
• Mike Heichman
• Rob Crowner
• Gerry Sykes

Next Meeting

Please send an email to candidates@green-rainbow.org or check the archive.

Elections

Please check the Elections page for information on running for office, a listing of current Green-Rainbow Party office holders, and information on current and past electoral campaigns. Also view our Documents page.

Getting Involved

Any group is only as good as the people who are in it. If you would like to join this committee please send an email to candidates@green-rainbow.org.

While our monthly meetings are where we make decisions, we do have an mailing list on which some discussion takes place. To sign on to it or view the archives, go here.

Meeting Minutes

The committee has returned to holding monthly meetings. During times of peak election activity or candidate recruitment (Sept.-May), the committee holds bimonthly or weekly meetings.

The meeting minutes are currently in Micro$oft word format and HTML formats. We will be updating the meeting minutes soon.

Green-Rainbow Party 2002 Election Debriefings

In order to better understand what went right and wrong in the 2002 elections, the Candidate Development and Legal Committee held a series of debriefings for both candidates and campaign activists. You can view the summary here.

Green-Rainbow Party Campaigning Documents

You can find various useful documents we have written on running for office at our Documents page.