[statecom] "No Nominee" ID 348 - PNC Rules, Amend, Provide for Floor Rules

[Yarden]

At the meeting of the State Committee of the Green-Rainbow Party,  
January 21, 2007.  The following proposal was voted and approved by a  
consensus of all delegates:

As submitted,
Green Party National Candidacies for President of the U.S. in 2008  
Election
Saturday January 06, @09:59PM, by Elie Yarden, Jamie McLaughlin, Gary  
Hicks, Owen Broadhurst
Subject : Green Party National Candidacies for President of the U.S.  
in 2008 Election

it read:
Text :
  1. We, the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts declare that, in the  
upcoming Presidential election, 2008, we will place in nomination  
candidates for the Presidency on the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow  
primary ballot.
  2. We will consider as candidates only those who wish to have their  
names placed on the ballot, and will select delegates to the Green  
Party Nominating Convention by the same, or improved, apportionment  
methods that were used in the election of 2004.
  3. We will not, as a party, endorse or give support to independent  
candidates or candidates of other parties.
  References: Members of the Green-Rainbow Party who wish to inform  
themselves more fully of the concerns that have led to the draft  
proposal being submitted for discussion at this time may find useful:  
"Independent Politics: The Green Party Strategy Debate" edited by  
Howie Hawkins. Haymarket Books, Chicago 2006. Also informative are the  
NC listserve e-mails on this subject as well as the discussions  
concerning the report of the Committee on Apportionment of Delegates  
(DAC) to the National Committee.

While not explicitly stated, the discussion made it clear that one of  
our goals was to avoid any strategy that would allow for "No nominee."  
A nominated GPUS candidate is necessary for the states where the  
candidate will be on our ballot.  This accords with decisions made by  
the GPUS.

Subsequent amendments of section 3 of the above resolution, made by  
the State Convention, to include consideration of 'non- 
Green' (independent) candidacies in the GRP primary in no way affects  
the "We will run!" principle.

I urge that

"5-10.11 Should No Nominee receive the majority of votes in a given
round, there shall be no Presidential Nominee of the Green Party of the
United States."

be withdrawn.  Not having a party candidate in order to favor an  
independent candidate, is even more questionable a strategy than  
making an independent candidate the candidate of the GPUS
Elie Yarden
delegate NCMA GRP