[candidate-development] recent results from the 2-05 Green Party Primaries

Thu Feb 7 12:15:13 EST 2008

One has to read the fine print here to recognize that ONLY McKinney  
and not Nader  is on the ballot in Arkansas or Illinois.  And even in  
Arkansas where McKinney was first "among candidates," there were  
twice as many votes for "uncommitted" as for Cynthia.  Could these  
have been votes for Nader?  What do you think?
Frankly, it has become necessary to parse every phrase (e.g., "among  
candidates") to divine the truth behind many of these missives.  That  
is not the kind of communication that I like.
For openness and honesty.
john walsh

On Feb 7, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Mike Heichman wrote:

>  From the Green Party of the US website:
>
> Victories for McKinney, Nader in four Green primaries on Super Tuesday
>
> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
> http://www.gp.org
>
>  For Immediate Release:
>  Wednesday, February 6, 2008
>
>  Contacts:
>  Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614,
> mclarty at greens.org
>  Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org
>
>  Results by state for Green primaries in Arkansas, California, and
> Illinois; Massachusetts results forthcoming
>
>  Widespread voting irregularities hinder Greens in Illinois
>
>  WASHINGTON, DC -- Results from the four states where Green Parties
> participated in the February 5 Super Tuesday primaries show a  
> landslide
> for Ralph Nader in California (61%) and a lead among candidates for
> Cynthia McKinney in Arkansas and Illinois.
>
>  The office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
> responding to an inquiry, said that his state doesn't post unofficial
> results, and will not announce the numbers until absentee and overseas
> ballots are counted. Some early returns from Boston and a few other
> cities show a near tie for Mr. Nader and Ms. McKinney, with Mr. Nader
> slightly ahead by a few votes, but too inconclusive to call.
>
>  Ms. McKinney, a former Democratic US Representative from Georgia  
> (now a
> Green), won the Illinois primary with a strong lead (57%).
>
>  The Arkansas results currently show that over half (nearly 54%) of  
> the
> state's Green voters decided to remain uncommitted. Arkansas' totals
> have been delayed because of power outages after severe storms and
> tornadoes Tuesday evening while voting was still going on.
>
>  Mr. Nader has not declared his candidacy, but recently announced the
> formation of an exploratory committee for a possible presidential run
> <http://www.naderexplore08.org>.
>
>  The Illinois Green Party is currently fielding reports of voting
> irregularities in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois, with Green voters
> told by pollworkers on Tuesday that no Green Party ballots were
> available at their polling places, or that they had to vote on suspect
> electronic voting machines, even while other parties used paper  
> ballots.
> More information: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-state.php?ID=21
>
>  After the Super Tuesday primaries, Green candidates will compete  
> in the
> February 12 primary in the District of Columbia. Currently, 21 state
> Green Parties hold ballot access within their respective states. Some
> Green Parties chose presidential candidates by caucus voting and by
> election of national convention delegates at state party conventions.
>
>  The Green Party will hold its 2008 national convention in Chicago  
> from
> July 10 to 13.
>
>
> SUPER TUESDAY PRIMARY RESULTS (as of Wednesday, February 6)
>
> ARKANSAS (8 delegates out of 836 delegates at the Green National  
> Convention)
>  Polling Locations Reporting: 893 of 2081 (43%)
>  Last Update: February 6, 2:47 pm
> http://www.arelections.org/index.php? 
> ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=151&contestid=3
>
>  Jared Ball, 55 votes, 10.24% *
>  Cynthia McKinney, 117 votes, 21.79%
>  Kent Mesplay, 49 votes, 9.12%
>  Kat Swift, 27 votes, 5.03%
>  Uncommitted, 289 votes, 53.82%
>
>  Green Party of Arkansas: http://arkgreens.kk5.org/
>  Media contacts:
>  Jim Lendall, Public Relations Co-chair, jelendall at comcast.net
>  Rebekah Kennedy, Elections Co-chair, misskennedyesq at yahoo.com
>
> CALIFORNIA (168 delegates out of 836 delegates at the Green National
> Convention)
>  95.4% (22055 of 23109) precincts reporting as of February 6, at  
> 7:15 am
> http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/pres/grn/all.htm
>
>  Kent Mesplay, 562 votes, 2.0%
>  Jared Ball, 443 votes, 1.6% *
>  Jesse Johnson, 506 votes, 1.8%
>  Kat Swift, 842 votes, 3.0%
>  Ralph Nader, 16,792 votes, 61.1% **
>  Elaine Brown, 1,256 votes, 4.6% *
>  Cynthia McKinney, 7,110 votes, 25.9%
>
>  Green Party of California: http://www.cagreens.org/
>  Media contact:
>  Crescenzo Vellucci, Party Press Secretary, 916-996-9170,
> greenparty-press at comcast.net
>
> ILLINOIS (44 delegates out of 836 delegates at the Green National
> Convention)
>  11264 of 11574 precincts Reporting - 97%
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2008/by_state/ 
> IL_President_0205.html?SITE=ILCHTELN&SECTION=POLITICS
>  Cynthia McKinney, 1,446 votes, 57%
>  Howie Hawkins, 438 votes, 17% **
>  Kent Mesplay, 369 votes, 14%
>  Jared Ball, 302 votes, 12% *
>
>  Illinois Green Party: http://www.ilgp.org
>  Media contacts:
>  Patrick Kelly, Media Coordinator, 773-203-9631, media at ilgp.org
>  Phil Huckelberry, Chair, Government & Elections Committee,
> 309-268-9974, phil.huckelberry at ilgp.org
>
> MASSACHUSETTS (32 delegates out of 836 delegates at the Green National
> Convention)
>  Official results not posted yet by the state:
>  check later at http://www.gp.org
>  Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts: http://www.massgreens.org/
>  Media contact:
>  Eli Beckerman, Communications Director, 617-821-1453,
> communications.director at green-rainbow.org
>
>  * Although their names remain on the ballot in some states, Dr. Ball
> and Ms. Brown have withdrawn from the Green presidential race.
>
>  ** Mr. Hawkins is serving as a placeholder candidate on the ballot  
> for
> Mr. Nader in some states until Mr. Nader announces his intentions for
> the 2008 election; in other states, Mr. Nader is on the ballot.
>
>
>  WEB SITES for Green presidential candidates, competing as of  
> February 6:
>  Jesse Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMxgYnmdHfg
>  Cynthia McKinney http://www.runcynthiarun.org -
> http://www.americanblackout.org/
>  Kent Mesplay http://www.mesplay.org
>  Howie Hawkins http://www.draftnader.org
>  Ralph Nader http://www.naderexplore08.org (Exploratory Committee  
> site)
>  Kat Swift http://www.voteswift.org
>
>
> MORE INFORMATION
>
>  Green Party of the United States
> http://www.gp.org
>  202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
>  Fax 202-319-7193
>
>  Video of Green presidential candidates
> http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/presidential-videos.php
>
>  Green candidate database for 2007 and other campaign information:
> http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
>
>  Green Party News Center
> http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
>
>  Green Party Speakers Bureau
> http://www.gp.org/speakers
>
>  Media credentialing
> http://www.gp.org/committees/media/kit.shtml
>
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