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

Sun May 27 17:01:42 EDT 2007

Hello all,
I would dearly love to go to the convention as a delegate.
I feel strongly that this is our moment and that we must put  
ourselves in a position to make the most of it.
Best,
john walsh
On May 26, 2007, at 9:52 AM, jamie mclaughlin wrote:

> 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,   
>> owen.broadhurst at gmail.com,  ronwf777 at yahoo.com,   
>> office at massgreens.org,  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; â€œone raceâ€ 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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