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From: Green Party of the United States office at gp.org
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:49:10 -0400 (EDT)
To: mikeheichman at verizon.net
Subject: Take Action - No War with Iran!


Action Alert

No War with Iran!

Recently the US Congress approved a $30 billion military aid package to
Israel which, combined with the approved 
Lieberman-Kyl amendment to the Congressional military appropriations bill,
has moved the US closer to war with 
Iran.

Join the effort to prevent war with Iran. You can send an automated letter
to your Congressperson by clicking on the 
following link: http://www.gp.org/action/index.shtml

After failing to find WMD's in Iraq, President Bush seems poised to repeat
history and lead us into another illegal 
war. He has yet to produce hard evidence to the world community to support
his claims that Iran is assisting Shiite 
militias in Iraq and plans to produce nuclear weapons for an attack on
western nations.

The Green Party remains the only major national party committed to peace at
home and abroad. Please join us by 
sending an automated letter to your Congresspersons.

Ballot Access

. ARKANSAS On October 17, the Arkansas Green Party was notified that its
petition has been certified. It is the only 
Arkansas party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, that is
on the ballot for all offices. http://
www.ballot-access.org/2007/10/17/arkansas-says-green-party-is-on-ballot/
http://www.arkgreens.org

. NEW JERSEY On October 17, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Neil H. Shuster
ordered that the state grant equal 
treatment to alternative political parties. The ruling eliminates some of
the structural advantages long enjoyed by the 
Democratic and Republican Parties, and concedes that New Jersey election
law must treat alternative parties as 
official "political parties" for the purposes of campaign finance,
lobbying, and voter registration. The lawsuit in the 
case was filed by the Green Party of New Jersey, the New Jersey
Constitution Party, and the New Jersey Libertarian 
Party.  http://www.gpnj.org

2007 Green candidates to watch on Election Day 

The Green Party is getting ready for Election Day next Tuesday and need
your help to make it a success. Please 
consider spending a few hours this weekend or on Election Day to help make
calls, distribute yard signs, or canvass 
on Election Day. To find a campaign near you, click here. The Green Party
is running over 120 races in 2007. So far 
this year, we've won 40% of our campaigns. We are looking forward to more
victories on Tuesday!

Greens to Watch on Tuesday:

In Massachusetts, Chuck Turner (http://www.chuckturner.us/) is seeking
reelection for his seat on the Boston City 
Council of Boston. Turner is the highest ranking African American Green
Officeholder in the US. He easily won his 
primary election with 75% of votes cast. 

In Worcester, Grace Ross (http://www.grace4worcester.org/) is running for
Worcester Councilor at large. There are 
12 candidates running for six seats. Ross finished sixth in the primary.
The Coordinated Campaign Committee 
assisted the campaign, awarding a $400 grant from GPUS. Grace Ross was the
Massachusetts Green Rainbow Party's 
candidate for Governor last year.

Luc Schuster (http://www.voteluc.org) is also running for reelection to the
Cambridge School Committee.

In Syracuse, NY, Howie Hawkins (http://www.howiehawkins.org) , candidate
for Councilor At-Large was endorsed by 
the Syracuse Post-Standard
(http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/
opinion-2/1193734919100810.xml&coll=1) on October 30. Hawkins ran for US
Senate in New York against Hillary 
Clinton in the 2006 election. 

In California, Larry Bragman is running for re-election to the Fairfax City
Council. Bragman is currently the Mayor of 
Fairfax, CA. Lew Tremaine is also running for re-election to the Fairfax
City Council. Janice Brittain (http://
www.janicebrittain.com) is running for Hermosa Beach City Council. Brittain
also received a GPUS campaign grant 
from the CCC. 

Green Party of Virginia Candidate Josh Ruebner is seeking a seat on
Arlington County Board for a second year in a 
row, has garnered favorable press coverage for his stance on affordable
housing. 

In Ohio, Justin Jeffre (http://www.justinjeffre.com/), former member of the
band 98 Degrees, is running for City 
Council in Cincinnati, OH. Since returning to his hometown, Jeffre has
become involved in media reform issues, 
campaign finance reform, light-rail campaigns, and an initiative to allow
the public to vote on a proposed jail tax.

The Connecticut Green Party will run the most candidates on Tuesday- 14 in
all, including Hector Lopez who is up 
for reelection as Constable in New Caanan.

Nader Sues Democratic National Committee for 2004 Dirty Tricks

On October 30, Ralph Nader, Peter Camejo, and six voters who wanted to vote
for Nader in 2004, filed a lawsuit 
against the Democratic National Committee. The lawsuit, Nader v Democratic
National Committee, was filed in the 
District of Columbia Superior Court. The complaint is 70 pages long. It
details the national Democratic Party's 
extensive support for challenges to Nader's ballot positions, in states in
which elections officials had accepted 
Nader's petitions and placed him on the ballot.

The complaint goes into great detail, including a coordinated effort to
sabotage individual petition sheets in Oregon 
(anti-Nader activists were instructed to sign a petition sheet in the space
reserved for the circulator, and then to line 
it out, which had the effect of ruining all the signatures already on that
sheet). The complaint also talks about 
harassment of Nader circulators in Ohio and Oregon. 

The complaint also deals with incidents in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, 
Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Washington, West Virginia
and Wisconsin. The lawsuit asks for a 
jury trial, in a claim for monetary damages.

>From Ballot Access News edited by Richard Winger:
http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/10/30/nader-sues-
democratic-national-committee-for-2004-dirty-tricks/


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