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Everyone:<br><br>
As of Feb 10 2017 there were 94,720 Greens registered to vote in
California.<br><br>
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....Shane Que Hee, Oct 9 2017<br><br>
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At 05:42 PM 10/7/2017, Greg Jan wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Regarding changes in Green Party
voter registration numbers (not just for Sacramento county, but for the
Green Party in general, including most counties) -- the decline from
October, 2014 to late May of 2016 was overwhelmingly due to Greens
registering either "No Party Preference" or even
"Democrat" during the first 5 months of 2016 in order to vote
in the Democratic Party primary (mainly for Bernie Sanders). The
increase from late May of 2016 until this past February was primarily due
to voters registering during the couple of months before the November,
2016 election, including those who "returned back" to the Green
Party. (For example, although the registration numbers for all
parties increased during that period, the percentage increase was higher
for all "third parties", than it was for either the Democrats
or Republicans). To get more precise numbers, you can review
registration counts from 1999 to 2017 (including party breakdowns for all
cities and counties) here:
<a href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/voter-registration-statistics/">
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/voter-registration-statistics/</a>
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Greg Jan<br>
Oakland, CA<br><br>
<br><br>
<font size=2>On Saturday, October 7, 2017 12:04 AM, Nicole Castor
<nmcastorsilva@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
</font><br>
To Jeff, and others,<br>
<br>
The SGA administrators were able to correct a previous error which
excluded my name from the ballot for open seat (female) Coordinating
Committee. Since this question was addressed to those such
candidates, I am taking the liberty to chime in as my name is now on the
ballot. Thanks, again, for fixing the error, admins.<br><br>
<b>“What can our party do to grow our party’s membership aside from
running candidates in elections? Your ideas?”<br>
</b><br>
What a great question! It’s one my County Council and I ponder
quite frequently. In my own opinion, <b>the single most important
factor in drawing in more Greens is to set a good example as a Green
yourself</b>. Seems simple, but this involves having integrity in
beliefs and actions, while still having enough flexibility to recognize
when it's time to expand from existing beliefs or biases. This
means <b>representing Green Party according to our Ten Key Values</b>,
and making sure statements reflect this, whether they are made online, in
person, or through other media channels. What we say and do should
be consistent with the Ten Key Values, as well as our Party Platform. Of
course, this becomes possible only by <b>knowing and completely
understanding the meaning and implications behind our Four Pillars and
Ten Key Values</b>. <br>
<br>
Since helping to re-activate the County Council for Green Party of
Sacramento, I have participated with the other members of our council, in
various events and media spots. The idea is to <b>establish a
presence</b>. We work together as a team to achieve this, for
encouragement and to help each other avoid burn-out! If there is a
march or rally which relates to our key values, you can bet a Sac Green
will be there, representing with a banner, or other Green Party
regalia. We have been mentioned in our local news (Sacramento Bee/
Fox40) for just simply being there! Whether we are tabling at
events, or volunteering in the community, we are wearing a GP button, and
often have registration forms with us. We are in constant contact with
non-partisan groups and coalitions and frequently place our endorsement
of Green-valued events, in order for others to see "Green Party of
Sacramento County" on different invites. This all helps tremendously
just to <b>get the party name out there</b>. <br><br>
There are typically at least a couple Greens attending City Council
meetings on any given Tuesday, and these meetings are televised.
Speakers from the council will typically introduce themselves as being
associated with the party, if they choose. Before speaking on an issue,
we always make sure to check the platform to ensure our speech is
consistent with the party's stance.<br>
<br>
I had the pleasure of guest hosting three weeks in a row on the student
radio station for UC Davis (KDVS), where I was given the opportunity to
speak as a Green on different issues. This station is a popular choice to
left-leaning people in our area.<br><br>
We make ourselves available for contact to our county Greens on social
media and through our email list-serve. I had also recently
obtained a county voter list and am in the process of divvying up the
tens of thousands of names with the rest of the council, so that we can
reach more of our county greens (if you'd like to know how to get info
for your county, contact me). <br>
<br>
<b>Having an active County Council </b>also seems to help
tremendously. Looking at older voter statistics from my county, it
seems Green registration was at a high during the count in Oct. 2014
(3,942) and then fell off by quite a bit in later counts. This might
coincide with the timing of the last council becoming inactive. Please
see the images below, gathered from the California Secretary of State
website. We have seen significant Green Party growth over the
process of last year’s election cycle in our county, and had almost
10,000 votes for Jill Stein in the General Election! Although this
may or not be attributed to what we have been doing, having an active
council seems to have a positive effect on registration. We are
proud, regardless, even if we are just playing catch-up for now.
<br>
<br>
<b>In sum, I feel having a local presence, letting the community know you
are there, being available for contact, all while presenting a positive
and accurate reflection of the party, is the way to</b>
<b>grow</b>. I, personally, do not like the idea of recruitment and
feel that it seems dishonest to go “running after people.” People
should come to the party by their own accord when they see we are doing
good things and that our ideology reflects theirs. I feel that many
voters/potential voters see through gimmicks and the advertisement-like
nature behind the "Bernie Movement" and are looking for more
substance. And if they are looking for more substance, we should be
looking for <i>them</i>!<br>
<br>
<font color="#38761D"><b>Nicole Castor<br>
Co-Coordinator, GP Sacramento County<br>
Candidate for GPCA Coordinating Committee (female)<br>
</b></font><font color="#93C47D"> <br>
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Sacramento County Greens 2014: 3,942 (0.58%)<br><br>
<img src="cid:a4hIL6iHGbliyUpWnNPa" width=469 height=562 alt="[]"><br><br>
<b><br>
Last Count Before the Primary 2016: 3,111<br>
</b><br>
<img src="cid:LrOIZkrZAjufM1YYGm7P" width=442 height=562 alt="[]"><br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Two Months Before Election 2016: 3,397<br>
</b><br>
<img src="cid:CnSKM2jZHotm1HhAEtnC" width=434 height=562 alt="[]"><br><br>
<br>
<b>Most Current Official Count 2017: 3,890 (0.50%)<br>
</b><br>
<img src="cid:JbjGM0cc9VLJkEOdGCeH" width=452 height=562 alt="[]"><br><br>
<br>
<b>2016 Presidential Election Results Sacramento County: 9,846 (1.8%)
Jill Stein<br>
</b><br>
<img src="cid:cETCc8CzorEJTPasBtO6" width=434 height=562 alt="[]"><br>
<br>
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On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Erik
<<a href="mailto:erikrydberg34@gmail.com">erikrydberg34@gmail.com</a>
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<dd>Content preview: Implement Ben Emery's AP Political Science
outreach program.<br>
<dd> Go to all your local high schools and set up a day with
the AP political<br>
<dd> science teachers to speak to the classes. Many of the students
are required<br>
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<dd>To: GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes
<<a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</a>
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<dd>Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:04:01 +0000<br>
<dd>Subject: Re: [Gpca-votes] Party growth<br>
<dd>Implement Ben Emery's AP Political Science outreach program. Go
to all your local high schools and set up a day with the AP political
science teachers to speak to the classes. Many of the students are
required to volunteer time for campaign to get their college credits.
Make them do table and voter registration for the Green party.<br><br>
<dd>On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 7:03 AM Jeff Lebow
<<a href="mailto:jlebow@socal.rr.com">jlebow@socal.rr.com</a>>
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<dd>Deatra,<br>
<dd>What can our party do to grow our ranks that we are not doing
today?<br>
<dd>Jeff Lebow<br>
<dd>Orange County GP<br><br>
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