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Proposal ID324
ProposalDelegate Apportionment for the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention
PresenterGPCA, GPoWS
Floor ManagerJason Nabewaniec
PhaseDiscussion
Discussion10/29/2007 - 11/11/2007
Voting11/12/2007 - 11/18/2007
Presens Quorum 0.6666
Consens Quorum A Majority of Yes and No Votes

Background
The Delegate Apportionment Committee (DAC) was elected

pursuant to Green Party of the United States (GPUS) proposal

175, worked for 10 months discussing and negotiating

apportionment issues, achieved consensus, accepted

amendments, and proposed a new delegate apportionment

formula in the form of proposal 256. This proposal needed

66.7% approval to pass; proposal 256 received 65% approval.

The DAC had been charged with proposing apportionment in

general, including the Presidential nominating convention;

after their consensus proposal failed, members ceased work

on proposals.

GPUS proposal 272, a revision of the proposal 256, was then

sponsored by several states, adopted as a formula on April

16, 2007 and implemented on July 4, 2007 with 73% approval.

Since the DAC had intended to propose a model for the

convention apportionment similar in structure to that

proposed in 256, and since several of the people who opposed

proposal 256 and 272 said that they thought that such a

performance-based menu-option model was suitable for the

convention apportionment, this model is being proposed for

convention apportionment.

The current proposal was developed, with minor amendments,

from a proposal for convention apportionment approved by all

the members of the original DAC who remained to the end of

the committee's work.
Proposal
This proposal presents a formula to be used to calculate

delegate apportionment for GPUS Presidential nominating

conventions, starting with the 2008 convention and until

such time another proposal is proposed and adopted.

The new Delegate Apportionment Committee to be elected in

2010, pursuant to proposal 272, shall revisit issues of

proportionate representation in the GPUS national

Presidential nominating convention in light of experience

with this formula and make a new proposal for delegate

apportionment to the 2012 national convention in 2011. If

that proposal is not adopted, this formula shall continue to

be in effect.

ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES TO THE GPUS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING

CONVENTION

ARTICLE I. CALCULATION - The apportionment for the national

nominating convention will be calculated every four years,

in the odd numbered year preceding the national election

year by the Apportionment Standing Committee. Pursuant to

proposal 272, this committee will have collected the

necessary information from state parties to calculate the

National Committee apportionment. The Apportionment Standing

Committee shall use this same data to calculate the

apportionment for the Presidential nominating convention.

The Apportionment Standing Committee shall consider possible

corrections to the data since the previous calculation.

Should there be any ambiguities in the application of the

calculation method, the committee shall rule on these

according to its internal challenge process and standards.

The results of such rulings shall be reported on its

publicly accessible listserv.

The Apportionment Standing Committee shall present the

results of its calculation of the 2008 convention as soon as

possible, and no longer than two months following the

adoption of this proposal. It shall present the results of

recalculations to the National Committee by November of the

year preceding the Presidential election year. The results

of the apportionment recalculation must again be approved by

the National Committee by a simple majority vote, and shall

become effective for the following Presidential nominating

convention.

ARTICLE II. DELEGATES AND VOTES -Each delegate seat counts

for one vote. To compensate for the expense, difficulty and

environmental burden of travel to the convention, proxy

votes are allowed, under the following rules:

1. The number of proxy votes per delegation may not exceed

the number of seated delegates on that delegation.

2. Delegations may cast any allowed proxy votes by

consulting their constituent body or consulting a specific

delegate whose proxy is held.

3. Delegations with at least four voting members also have

the option of casting the proxy votes proportionally to the

votes of the seated delegates as a whole.

4. In delegations where individual seated delegates carry

proxy votes, no seated delegate may cast more than one proxy

vote.

ARTICLE III. SIZE OF THE GPUS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING

CONVENTION - The Presidential nominating convention shall

consist of 800 ±5 delegates when all accredited state

parties and caucuses are included. Should any new state

party or caucus become accredited after an apportionment,

the convention will be expanded by the number of delegates

allotted to the newly entering member party or caucus.

ARTICLE IV. MINIMUM VOTE - All accredited state parties are

entitled to a minimum of five votes and five delegates.

Accredited caucuses are guaranteed three votes. Any

GPUS-accredited caucus of a diversity group that is

under-represented on the National Committee by a factor of 2

to 1 or greater, relative to the general population, shall

be apportioned five votes.

ARTICLE V. PROPORTIONAL ALLOCATION METHOD - Using the data

collected from each state party, the Apportionment Standing

Committee will determine the proportion of delegates

allocated to each state party to the national convention

using four measures of relative Green Party strength. These

measures are based on estimating each state party's active

contribution to the Green Party in terms of campaign

strength, in-state voting strength, Presidential voting

strength, and number of members.

Within most of these categories, there are multiple methods

of determining the strength of a state party relative to

parties in other states. The state may choose which method

in each category to use. If the state does not choose, the

Apportionment Standing Committee will use the method in each

category that gives each state party its highest possible

score. The final score is given in terms of a percentage of

the national Presidential nominating convention.

The formula for calculating the number of delegates

allocated to a given state party is as follows:

1. Using the choices of the state party, calculate the score

in each of the four categories. Normalize each category so

that the total percentage is 100%.

2. Add up these scores and divide by 4 to get an average

score. This is the percentage of the delegation designated

to the state.

3. If the percentage is less than the minimum percentage

threshold of delegates allocated to each state, then five

delegates will be allocated to that state party. The minimum

percentage threshold is

{5 /[800 - (number of delegates apportioned to accredited

caucuses)]} x 100%.

4. If the percentage is greater than the minimum threshold,

that is the initial percentage of delegates allocated to the

state party.

Once the initial percentages are calculated for all

accredited parties, these values must be normalized to

assure that the total percent of delegates equals 100%. The

formula for normalizing the initial percentages is as

follows:

5. Set all states with initial percentage scores below the

minimum threshold value equal to the minimum threshold.

6. Add up the initial percentage scores of all states and

divide each state's initial percentage by this total.

7. Repeat steps 5. and 6. until the total percentage of

delegates allotted to all states (800 - number of delegates

apportioned to accredited caucuses) equals approximately

100% (will usually take 3 to 4 iterations),

The number of delegates allocated to each state is

calculated by multiplying the normalized percentage of each

state by [800 - (number of delegates apportioned to

accredited caucuses)] and rounding off to the nearest

integer.

8. The threshold for rounding may need to be adjusted in

order to bring the total number of delegates within the

range of ±5 of the target number.

ARTICLE VI. ALLOCATION MEASURES

The Apportionment Standing Committee will seek submissions

of data from state Green Party organizations according to

the following criteria:

1. Membership

The number of Green Party members in the state party as

close as possible to the date of the start of the work of

the committee. (This will then be calculated as a percentage

of the total number of Green Party members in the United

States.)

Green Party membership is defined as follows:

* In states where the Green Party can register voters, Green

Party membership is defined as the number of voters that are

registered in the Green Party. Green Party membership in

these states may also include those who are ineligible to

vote but are extended formal membership by the state party.

* In states without Green Party voter registration, Green

Party membership is defined as the number of people who have

filled the qualifications for membership in that state

party, have signed up to be Green Party members, and are

included in the database of current members in that state

party. Calculations and email lists may not be substituted

for membership rolls. State parties without partisan

registration that have Green Party primaries may use the

number of voters who received Green Party primary ballots as

a back up measure for membership.

Solely for the purposes of standardizing this apportionment

measure between states, after voting in a primary of another

political party, Green Party members should re-affirm their

Green Party membership with their state party. This may be

handled on the honor system and does not require a

significant extra administrative burden for the state party.

The state party is free to count its own membership however

it wants for other purposes; this recommendation is solely

for reporting this particular measure to the Apportionment

Committee in a manner that makes the numbers as comparable

as possible.

If state legal action results in a state Green party having

its members legally invalidated, they may continue to use

the same membership count until the next apportionment

cycle.

NOTE: For the purposes of #2, Campaign Strength, and #3,

State Voting Strength, "Green Party Office Holders" and

"Green Party Candidates" must be Green Party members. They

may not also be members of the Republican or Democratic

Party or running solely on another political party's ballot

line. For State Voting Strength, if a candidate is listed on

more than one party's ballot line, only the votes for the

Green Party ballot line can be counted.

2. Campaign Strength

A. The number of Green Party Office Holders in your state as

a percentage of the total number of Green Party Office

Holders in all affiliated state parties. Green Party office

holders are defined as members of the Green Party who are

elected to public office in elections (not including

internal party offices such as central committees). If they

received less than 50 votes to win the office, they will

count half.

B. The number of local and statewide Green Party Candidates

that ran for office in your state during the last four-year

election cycle as a percentage of the total number of local

and statewide Green Party Candidates that ran for office in

the U.S. in all affiliated state parties during the same

period. Local or statewide Green Party Candidates are

defined as Green Party members who run and appear on the

ballot in public elections. If they received less than 50

votes, they will count half.

C. The percentage of the total U.S. population that resides

in your state, multiplied by 0.5. This measure is designed

to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws in

some states. States are only eligible to use this measure if

they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot

access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states

with ballot access may not use this measure for this

category. If used here, population may not be used in #3,

State Voting Strength or in #4, Presidential Voting

Strength.

D. As another option to compensate for overly restrictive

ballot access laws, states may choose to repeat the

Membership measure (Article VI, Section 1, above) in this

category. States are only eligible to use this measure if

they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot

access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states

with ballot access may not use this measure for this

category.

3. State Voting Strength

A. The number of votes cast for Green Party Candidates in

your state during the last four-year election cycle as a

percentage of the total number of votes cast for Green Party

Candidates in the U.S during the same time. State parties

may use the number of signers of state party ballot access

petitions as equivalent to votes cast.

B. The highest number of votes received by a single Green

Party Candidate in your state during the last four-year

election cycle as a percentage of the total number of Green

Party votes received by the highest vote getter in each

state in the U.S. during the same time. State parties may

use the number of signers of state party ballot access

petitions as equivalent to votes cast.

C. The highest vote percentage received by a Green Party

candidate in your state during the last four years in a

statewide partisan election for Governor, Lt. Governor or

U.S. Senate (or Mayor or Chair of the City Council for the

District of Columbia) that is contested by both major

political parties, weighted against the same data from every

affiliated state Green Party. Because this measure, unlike

all the others, is a percentage of a percentage, its effect

shall be capped at a maximum of five extra delegates.

D. The percentage of the total U.S. population that resides

in your state, multiplied by 0.5. This measure is designed

to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws in

some states. If used here, population may not be used in #2,

Campaign Strength or in #4, Presidential Voting Strength.

States are only eligible to use this measure if they do not

have ballot access and make a claim that ballot access laws

are overly restrictive in their state; states with ballot

access may not use this measure for this category.

E. As another option to compensate for overly restrictive

ballot access laws, states may choose to repeat the

Membership measure (Article VI, Section 1, above) in this

category. States are only eligible to use this measure if

they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot

access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states

with ballot access may not use this measure for this

category.

4. Presidential Voting Strength

A. The number of votes cast for Green Party presidential

nominee in your state in the November 2000 general election

as a percentage of the number of votes cast for the same

candidate nationwide.

B. The number of votes cast for Green Party presidential

nominee in your state in the November 2004 general election

as a percentage of the number of votes cast for the same

candidate nationwide.

C. The percentage of the total U.S. population that resides

in your state, multiplied by 0.5. (This measure is designed

to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws in

some states. If used here, population may not be used in #2,

 Campaign Strength or in #3, State Voting Strength.)

D. As another option to compensate for overly restrictive

ballot access laws, states may choose to repeat the

Membership measure (Article VI, Section 1, above) in this

category.
Resources
CONTACTS: 

Cat Woods, cat801 at mindspring.com, 415-897-6989

Aram Falsafi, aram at aramfalsafi.com, 206-723-6827 
References
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Proposal Details

Proposal ID323
ProposalRules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States
PresenterCommittee on Bylaws, Rules, Policies  Procedures
Floor ManagerJim Coplen
PhaseDiscussion
Discussion10/29/2007 - 11/11/2007
Voting11/12/2007 - 11/18/2007
Presens Quorum 0.6666
Consens Quorum A Majority of Yes and No Votes

Background
Previous documents adopted to govern the Green Party's previous
Presidential Nominating Conventions included provisions sunsetting
those rules. It is therefore necessary to adopt a new set of rules to
govern subsequent Conventions. Your Committee on Bylaws, Rules,
Policies and Procedures, having reviewed those rules sunset following
previous Conventions and the direction of the National Committee in its
action to adopt Proposal #168, has considered and endorsed for National
Committee consideration the adoption of the following rules.

The following articles include rules to govern the Presidential
Nominating Convention; for the credentialing of delegations to the
Presidential Nominating Convention; for promoting the use of
proportional representation in the selection of state party
delegations; for the creation and filing of state party delegation
plans and their results; and to provide for the applications for
waivers from these rules. Proposal
Resolved, that the National Committee of the Green Party of the United
States hereby adopts the following as the "Rules of the Presidential
Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States."

Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention

of the Green Party of the United States.

ARTICLE I. RULES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION

Section 1-1. Name, Findings, Intention, Scope and Powers

1-1.1 This policy shall be known as the "Rules of the Presidential
Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States", shall
apply to the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of
the United States held every four years, and may be cited as the
Convention Rules.

1-1.2 The bylaws of the Green Party of the United States provide that
"The presidential nominating convention of the Green Party is the
delegated decision-making body responsible for nominating the national
Green Party's presidential and vice presidential candidates and
approving the Green Party's national platform."

1-1.3 It is the intention of Green Party of the United States to
provide for Presidential Nominating Conventions whose legitimacy is
recognized by the member state Green Parties.

1-1.4 Each Presidential Nominating Convention shall have the powers to:

1-1.4.1 adopt the Report of the Credentials Committee, determining the voting membership of the Convention.

1-1.4.2 adopt the Platform of the Green Party of the United States.

1-1.4.3 conduct an election to name the Green Party nominees for
President of the United States and Vice President of the United States.

1-1.5 Limit of powers of the Presidential Nominating Convention

Those powers not enumerated herein as delegated to the Presidential
Nominating Convention by the National Committee, are reserved to the
National Committee or to the state Parties.

Section 1-2. Convention of Delegates

1-2.1 Each Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the
United States shall consist of delegates chosen as provided by this
policy, among whom shall be apportioned the votes of the convention as
provided by this policy.

Section 1-3. Delegate Apportionment

1-3.1 The number of delegates to which each state Green Party shall be
entitled shall be apportioned according to a Presidential Nominating
Convention Apportionment process, procedure or formula approved by the
National Committee of the Green Party of the United States; and such
process, procedure or formula shall become Article III of these
Convention Rules.

Section 1-4. Credentialing of Delegates

1-4.1 The manner in which delegates shall be credentialed shall be
according to a process or procedure approved by the National Committee
of the Green Party of the United States; and such process, procedure or
formula shall become Article IV of these Convention Rules.

Section 1-5. Voting and Floor Rules

1-5.1 The manner in which votes of the convention shall be cast, and
the business of the convention conducted, shall be according to a
process or procedure approved by the National Committee of the Green
Party of the United States; and such process, procedure or formula
shall become Article V of these Convention Rules.

ARTICLE II. CONVENTION OF DELEGATES

Section 2-1. Delegations per State, District or Territory

2-1.1 One Delegation Per State, District or Territory

The convention shall consist of one Green Party delegation from each
state entitled under the U.S. Constitution to choose members of the
Presidential Electoral College, and from those territories and
districts of the United States that are currently disfranchised.

2.1.2 Disfranchised Districts and Territories

Until otherwise amended by the National Committee of the Green Party of
the United States, the list of those territories and districts that are
considered to be disfranchised and are entitled to send a delegation to
the Convention include the District of Columbia, the island of American
Samoa, the island of Guam, the island of Puerto Rico and the United
States Virgin Islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas and
Water Island.

2-1.2(a) Except as explicitly provided, all references in this document
to states and statewide Green Parties as it pertains to delegates shall
be considered to apply to these districts and territories where there
are Greens both organized in them and seeking representation at the
convention.

Section 2-2 States With An Accredited Green Party

2-2.1 In those states with a statewide Green Party organized under the
election laws of their state, and accredited as a member state party of
the Green Party of the United States, the Delegation to each
Presidential Nominating Convention shall be chosen pursuant to that
state party?s rules for naming their delegation to such convention. The
votes to which each such Delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in
accordance with the state party's rules.

Section 2-3 States With A Green Party, Not Accredited With the Green Party of the United States

2-3.1 In those states with a statewide Green Party organized under the
election laws of their state, but not accredited as a member state
party of the Green Party of the United States, the Delegation to each
Presidential Nominating Convention shall be chosen pursuant to that
state party's rules for naming their delegation to such convention. The
votes to which each such Delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in
accordance with the state party's rules. In those states with no
accredited statewide Green Party, no application for such an organizing
party shall be granted unless the Credentials Committee finds that the
applicant would be eligible to join the Green Party of the United
States were it to apply.

Section 2-4 States With More Than One Green Party

2-4.1 In those states where two or more statewide Green Parties are
organized under the election laws of their state prior to October 1
preceding each Presidential Nominating Convention, the Delegation to
such Convention shall be chosen as provided by the rules of the
statewide Green Party which is accredited as a member state party of
the Green Party of the United States. The votes to which the delegation
is entitled shall be apportioned as provided by such rules.

2-4.2 In those states where two or more statewide Green Parties are
organized under the election laws of their state prior to October 1
preceding each Presidential Nominating Convention, where neither is
accredited as a member of the Green Party of the United States and
where one but not both of the state parties retain ballot access from a
previous election and another party from the state does not have and
cannot reasonably be expected to obtain ballot access, the Delegation
to such Convention shall be chosen as provided by the rules of the
statewide Green Party with ballot access. The votes to which each such
Delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in accordance with the
state party's rules.

Section 2-5 States Without A Green Party

2-5.1 In those states where no Green Party is organized at a state
level, any three or more local Green organizations, cumulatively
comprising at least 15 individuals, may by joint resolution call a
statewide convention under such rules as may be provided in such joint
resolution, for the purpose of electing the state's delegation to the
Presidential Nominating Convention, where such statewide convention
also resolves to organize a statewide Green Party under the laws of the
state and to work for ballot access.

2-5.2 Those initiating the call and attending the convention are
subject to the following conditions regarding their political party
affiliation:

2-5.2(a) In states where party membership is defined by voter
registration - and one can legally register Green ? those comprising
the call and those attending the convention must be a registered Green
Party member; or

2-5.2(b) In states where party membership is defined by voter
registration - but one cannot legally register Green - one cannot be a
registered voter in another party; or

2-5.2(c) In states where party membership is not defined by voter registration, one cannot also be a member of another party.

2-5.3 Such a call shall be published to all Green locals within the
state which have been identified to the Secretary of the Green Party of
the United States; and such notice shall be published at least 30 days
prior to the proposed statewide convention.

2-5.4 Such a call shall be published to any statewide Green Party in a
geographically adjacent state for dissemination to each identified
Green local or state organization in such border state with a request
to alert any known Greens from the adjacent, unorganized state holding
the convention.

2-5.5 Such a call shall be sent to the Secretary of the Green Party of
the United States, so that the Secretary may publish the call to the
National Committee.

2-5.6 The failure of existing Green organizations within such an
unorganized state to publish a call for such a statewide convention
prior to March 15th of each year during which a Presidential Nominating
Convention is held shall serve as prima-facie evidence of that they
will not do so.

2-5.7 In those states with no statewide Green Party where no agreement
can be reached among a majority of participants in the state convention
on how or whether to elect a Delegation, no such Delegation shall be
seated, except by special dispensation of the National Committee, or of
the Presidential Nominating Convention once it has convened.

Section 2-6. Diversity and Representation in Delegations

2-6.1 Each state Green Party is urged to choose a Delegation that, in
addition to being representative of its membership, also reflects the
diversity of the people of that state.

2-6.2 Each state Green Party is encouraged to select its delegates in a
way that offers representation proportional to the support each
candidate enjoys within the party, parties or confederation of locals
represented by the delegation, and that allows the delegation to truly
reflect the diversity of people within the state.

Section 2-7. Delegation Plans for Selection and Instruction of Delegates

2-7.1 Deadline for Submission of Delegate Plans

2-7.1(a) At least 120 days prior to the convening of each Presidential
Nominating Convention, each state?s Green Party shall submit to the
Credentials Committee, a Delegate Plan for selecting and instructing
its delegation. The Credentials Committee shall post a copy of each
Delegate Plan on its website.

2-7.2 Content of Delegate Plans

2-7.2(a) Delegate Plans shall include a description of the methods used
to learn the preferences of state Green Party members for the
nomination for President at the Presidential Nominating Convention.

2-7.2(b) States are urged to provide in their Delegate Plans for a
delegate selection process that offers representation proportional to
the support each candidate enjoys within the state Green Party
represented by the Delegation (or similarly where there is no state
Green Party, as defined in Section 2-1) and that allows the Delegation
to reflect the diversity within the state Green Party and the state?s
population.

2-7.2(c) Delegate Plans shall provide explanation of the process to be
employed to apportion delegates among the candidates seeking the
nomination of the party, and for those that favor ?none of the above,"
?no nominee? or other such preference.

2-7.2(d) Delegate Plans may provide for alternates for delegates, but
shall not name, nor shall the Credentials Committee credential, more
alternates than the number of delegates to which the state is entitled.
Where alternates are provided for, Delegate Plans shall specify the
manner in which they take the place of delegates and the instructions
they have in doing so.

2-7.3 Change to Delegate Plans

2-7.3(a) After its Delegate Plan has been submitted to the Credential
Committee, no change to the rules used by a state Green Party for
selecting or instructing its delegation shall be binding unless the
state Green Party submits within thirty days of such change to the
Credentials Committee a supplementary report describing those
amendments.

Section 2-8. Reporting the Results of the Delegate Selection Process

2-8.1 Not later than 14 days following any action to fill seats on a
state Green Party's convention delegation, a state party shall file
with the Credentials Committee the results of its delegate selection
process, including vote totals and the proportion of support enjoyed by
each candidate seeking the nomination of the party, as well as a list
of delegates and alternates and an explanation of how each has been
instructed to vote in the first round of voting in the convention's
Presidential Nominating process.

2-8.2 A state-by-state summary of delegate pledges shall be made public
on the website of the Credential Committee in a timely manner.

Section 2-9. Compliance With These Rules

2-9.1 If compliance with these rules and a state's election laws
creates a significant burden to a state Green Party, it may apply to
the Credentials Committee for a waiver to such provisions of these
rules as would best serve the democratic engagement of that state Green
Party?s members in the national nominating process.

2-9.2 Each such application for a waiver shall be published on the
website of the Committee, accessible to members of the National
Committee and to Delegates and Alternates extended preliminary
credentials.

2-9.3 The Credentials Committee shall have the discretion to consider
such applications, and shall report to the National Committee each
action by the Credentials Committee to receive, hold a hearing on,
schedule debate on or consider the disposition of each such
application.
Resources
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References
Hugh Esco hesco at greens.org

Audrey Clement aclement65 at hotmail.com

http://brpp.campaignfoundations.com/index.php?title=Prepare2008PNC

http://brpp.campaignfoundations.com/index.php?title=QPNC_Delegations 

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