[candidate-development] RE: URGENT: state Green Party apportionment numbers needed ASAP

[jamie mclaughlin]

hello,

I am working on arranging an election for 6 more delegates, we have an ad 
comm meeting this morning and we should be able to assemble a delegation,

I have a question to the DAC committee,
how many offical alternates do have to elect that will have have NC internet 
privleges?



>From: Aram Falsafi <aram at aramfalsafi.com>
>To: experimental_radio at hotmail.com,  yen.yarden at verizon.net,  
>danthebagelman at msn.com,  martina_national at yahoo.com,  
>blackindian_art at verizon.net,  vanessa at green-rainbow.org,  
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>garyhicks1946 at hotmail.com,  gerthy at green-rainbow.org
>Subject: URGENT: state Green Party apportionment numbers needed ASAP
>Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:06:33 -0700
>
>To Massachussetts delegates to the GPUS National Committee:
>
>On April 24, the GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee sent out its call 
>for state parties to submit information regarding necessary data for the 
>new apportionment calculation. Rather than require state parties to do all 
>the research required for the calculation, the committee has researched the 
>data available on http://www.greens.org/elections, the U.S. Census and 
>Secretary of State websites and is submitting this data to your state 
>party, along with the most recent membership numbers reported to us by your 
>state party, for review and possible correction. Where applicable, we have 
>included notes made by those who did the data entry and proofing on any 
>anomalies or missing data.
>
>Based on our best estimates at the current time, your state will be 
>entitled to 8 delegates as of the passage of the final numbers. While the 
>final numbers could conceivably vary from this, it is unlikely to vary 
>much.
>
>As a courtesy to other state parties, we strongly encourage state parties 
>to return their corrections and answers to related questions within 2 weeks 
>(by June 6). Any challenges will be considered during the Discussion Period 
>for the proposal of the final numbers. Note that as of June 24, the 
>Apportionment Standing Committee is authorized to use publicly available 
>information or assign the minimum delegation size to the state party, if 
>information has not been submitted by that date. We hope state parties will 
>not wait that long, as it may inconvenience other state parties in their 
>planning.
>
>As a courtesy to the host committee, the Annual National Meeting committee 
>and other state parties, please notify the GPUS Secretary of the options 
>your state party is considering for filling your delegation at the national 
>meeting.
>
>If you have any questions regarding the apportionment numbers or 
>calculation, please consult Proposal 272 
>(http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=272) or the Apportionment 
>Standing Committee [mailto:app-com at lists.gp-us.org].
>
>Thank your for your cooperation with the timely implementation of the 
>apportionment policy adopted by the GPUS.
>
>-Aram Falsafi
>chair, GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee
>  on behalf of the GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee
>
>The numbers below are the numbers the Apportionment Standing Committee 
>currently has entered for your state. Please respond to clarifying 
>questions included below, fill in any missing data and correct any 
>inaccurate information.
>
>DATA COLLECTED SO FAR
>Please proof the other data we have for your state party below.
>
>1. The membership number reported to the Committee by your state party is:
>9509 registered Green Party members. If your registration numbers have 
>changed, what is the current number? ______.
>
>2. What is the number of residents of your state who are not eligible to 
>vote in your state but have been extended party membership by your state 
>party? ______
>
>
>
>3. The number Green Party members currently holding elected public office 
>in your state (as of May 2007) = 16.
>
>4. Names and titles of elected Green Party public office holders in your 
>state:
>Chuck Turner, City Council, District 7, Boston
>Alan R. Cohen, Town Meeting Seat, North Attleborough
>Miriam Dayton, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
>Tom Flittie, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
>Frank Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
>Ralph Hill, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
>Vincent O'Connor, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
>Bill O'Neil, Town Meeting Member, Braintree
>Jill Stein, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 2, Lexington
>Rudy Heller, Selectman, Brookfield
>Nat Fortune, School Committee, Whately Elementary, Whately
>Bruce Menin, School Committee, Newburyport
>Luc Schuster, School Committee, Cambridge
>Howard Hayward, Water Board of Health, West Bridgeport
>George D. Bryant, Barnstable County Provincetown Delegate to County 
>Assembly
>Judy Gates, Library Trustee, Marblehead
>
>5. How many of these Green Party public office-holders were elected in 
>races where less than 300 votes, total, were cast? __________
>
>6. number of Green Party candidates who ran in 2003 = 15
>
>7. number of Green Party candidates who ran in 2004 = 13
>
>8. number of Green Party candidates who ran in 2005 = 9
>
>9. number of Green Party candidates who ran in 2006 = 10
>
>10. How many of the Green Party candidates who ran for public office 
>between 2003 and 2006 (#6 through 9 above) ran in races where less than 300 
>votes, total, were cast? _________
>
>11. state total population (U.S Census estimate as of 2006) = 6437193
>
>VOTING STRENGTH Use the same reporting criteria as the previous section. 
>For any candidates who appeared on more than one party's ballot line, count 
>only those votes received on the Green Party ballot line.
>
>[Note: for #12 through 19, the total is followed by a breakout of votes by 
>race. If there is no breakout, there was no race in your state that year; 
>“one race” means only one candidate ran that year; and a sum reflects 
>the individual vote totals found on the greens.org/elections website during 
>April 2007. Following the breakout are any notes made by those who did the 
>data entry and proofing.]
>
>12. votes received by LOCAL Green Party candidates in your state in 2003 = 
>15558
>1940+6681+745+1172+465+4555
>
>13. votes received by LOCAL Green Party candidates in your state in 2004 = 
>13757
>1235+1474+2567+3870+1658+0+0+175+2016+339+111+312+0
>no numbers for Ebony Barkley, Bill Oneill
>
>14. votes received by LOCAL Green Party candidates in your state in 2005 = 
>10901
>2699+6625+235+803+539
>no numbers for Luc Schuster, Frank Gatti, Eleanor Manire-Gatti, Dan 
>Kontoff'
>
>15. votes received by LOCAL Green Party candidates in your state in 2006 = 
>768
>403+59+149+157
>no numbers Nat Fortune, Martina Robinson
>
>16. votes received by STATEWIDE Green Party candidates in your state in 
>2003 = 0
>
>17. votes received by STATEWIDE Green Party candidates in your state in 
>2004 = 0
>
>18. votes received by STATEWIDE Green Party candidates in your state in 
>2005 = 0
>
>19. votes received by STATEWIDE Green Party candidates in your state in 
>2006 = 755615
>318714+42703+42703+351495
>
>20. highest number of votes received by ANY single Green Party candidate 
>running for office between 2003 and 2006 = 351495
>
>21. highest percentage share of the total vote achieved by a STATEWIDE 
>partisan Green candidate between 2003 and 2006 = 2.0%
>[Note: this questions is restricted to candidates for the offices of 
>Governor, Lt. Governor, U.S. Senator, Mayor of the District of Columbia, or 
>Chair of the City Council of the District of Columbia and to races 
>contested by both the Democratic and Republican parties.]
>
>22. votes received in your state by the Green Party presidential candidate 
>(Ralph Nader) in 2000 = 173564
>
>23. votes received in your state by the Green Party presidential candidate 
>(David Cobb) in 2004 = 10623

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