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Gloria et al,
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<div class="">The 2% requirement was changed after the TopTwo
measure was passed. It’s more complicated now, as there are two
methods for maintaining status in order to stay on the ballot
as a party, mainly for Presidential elections.</div>
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<div class="">from the CA SoS website:</div>
<div class="">"Maintaining Its Qualified Status</div>
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<ul class="dblSpc">
<li class="">Once qualified, a political party maintains its
qualified status by:</li>
<li class="">Retaining registrants representing at least 1/15
of 1 percent (0.067%) of the total state registration
(Elections Code §§ 5101, 5153); <strong class="">and</strong></li>
<li class="">Having one of its statewide candidates (running
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance
Commissioner, or United States Senator) receive at least 2
percent of the entire vote of the state for that office at
the June 3, 2014, gubernatorial primary election (Elections
Code §§ 5100(a), 5151(b)); <strong class="">or</strong></li>
<li class="">Retaining statewide registration equaling at
least 0.33 percent of the total number of voters registered
on the 154th day before the primary election or the 123rd
day before the presidential general election. (Elections
Code §§ 5100(b), 5151(c).)</li>
</ul>
<div class="">“</div>
<div class="">excerpted from this page at CA Sos site:</div>
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href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/political-party-qualification/"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/political-party-qualification/</a></div>
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<div class="">FYI - as of Jan.2, 2018 there were 18,980,481
registered voters state-wide.</div>
<div class=""> 0.2% of that = <b class="">12,716 </b>registrants
needed, so not a problem for us.</div>
<div class="">However, we would still need to get 2% of the
actual voters in the June primary, which by the way, had a
RECORD low turnout of only 25% in June 2014.</div>
<div class="">If in June 2018, there is another 25% turnout,
then 25% of reg voters is ~4.75M votes, and 2% of that =<b
class=""> 94,900 </b> votes needed for any ONE Green
candidate.</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">OR…</b></div>
<div class="">0.33% of registered voters =<b class=""> 62,635 </b>registered
Greens required. We appear to have 91,631 as of Jan.2, 2018,
so we are probably OK.</div>
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<div class="">cheers,</div>
<div class="">Bob</div>
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<div class="">On Feb 18, 2018, at 12:05, Gloria Purcell <<a
href="mailto:gloria@extragalactic.net" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">gloria@extragalactic.net</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div class="">Am I incorrect in my understanding that we
do not need 2% in the Primary?<br class="">
Gloria<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 16, 2018, at
10:51 AM, Anthony Krzywicki <<a
href="mailto:chefkrzywicki@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">chefkrzywicki@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
<br class="">
In it to win it is the point of getting 2% then,
right? Doesn’t having one candidate give us a better
opportunity to get that 2% ?<br class="">
<br class="">
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:22 AM Nicole Castor <<a
href="mailto:nmcastorsilva@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">nmcastorsilva@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
Anthony & Others,<br class="">
<br class="">
I agree that this process should have been started at
least six months ago. At this point, candidates and
their teams have already done the work to get on the
ballot and it is likely there will be more than one
Green candidate for the offices of SOS & Governor.<br
class="">
<br class="">
If we're not in it to win it, what is the point? There
is a point, actually. We will benefit from having any
of the statewide candidates reaching 2%, thus securing
ballot access. In addition, Green Party benefits by
campaigning our platform, Key Values and the type of
electoral reforms which are necessary to empower
alternate parties. I do not feel it is useful to
delude ourselves into thinking that we are in fact "in
it to win it," because until these reforms are
accomplished, we are severely disadvantaged in
realistically competing to win.<br class="">
<br class="">
I also do not feel it is useful to put so much weight
on pandering to so-called "berniecrats," as it dilutes
our values in specific ways which compromises what the
party actually stands for. Of course such pandering
has its merit in reaching registration goals, but for
a race like this, we should be careful in pretending
we share more in common with that core than we really
do.<br class="">
<br class="">
There has to be a party which stands firmly against
war, firmly supports environmental protections, among
other issues and Sanders does not reflect these values
in his actions. There are already "progressive"
democrats who will woo voters with compromised ideals
and so rather than GP moving to the right, we stand
firm, campaign and demonstrate our values to a growing
population of individuals who agree, and keep our
stances so that we may secure a place for them when
they realize the duopoly does not serve their
interests and that these voters no longer wish to
compromise their values.<br class="">
<br class="">
I will vote against the SGA proposal to endorse
candidates at this point because it was brought in too
late, serves little purpose and is proposed without a
strategy which delegates could examine and decide
upon.<br class="">
<br class="">
-Nicole Castor<br class="">
GP Sacramento County<br class="">
<br class="">
On Feb 16, 2018 7:52 AM, "Anthony Krzywicki" <<a
href="mailto:chefkrzywicki@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">chefkrzywicki@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
Another major concern is breaking up our parties
voting base. We need to all get behind someone and
that someone hopefully will reach out and get votes
from independents, progressives and possibly
bernicrats. Otherwise were not in itvto win it, so
then whats the point? We have a such a small
percentage of green voters to make a win, why should
we split that? <br class="">
<br class="">
Also i beliwve that this process should be started 6
months ago, so we could already be backing a unified
candidate.<br class="">
<br class="">
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 9:41 PM james clark <<a
href="mailto:faygodrinkit@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">faygodrinkit@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
One major concern is that this process would take
power out of the voters hands to decide which
candidate best represents their values. It seems to
much the DNC and their delegates picking who people
get to vote for. Not to mention at several candidates
already have their names on the ballot.<br class="">
<br class="">
On Feb 15, 2018 11:14 AM, "Victoria Ashley" <<a
href="mailto:victronix01@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">victronix01@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
Since the vote doesn't start until late March, that
would give some time to send out a list of all the GP
candidates on the Inform List.<br class="">
<br class="">
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:20 AM, John-Marc Chandonia
<<a href="mailto:jmc@sfgreens.org" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">jmc@sfgreens.org</a>>
wrote:<br class="">
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:25:47PM -0800, james clark
wrote:<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">I feel it is not in
the best interests of the party to follow through
with<br class="">
this ill timed endorsement process. If we were to
perform such a process it<br class="">
should have been done prior to candidates reaching
their ballot access<br class="">
goals. To do so at this juncture will only create
animosity and division,<br class="">
and will not effect candidates placement on the
ballot.<br class="">
</blockquote>
<br class="">
Don't they have until March 9 to raise funds for the
ballot? If<br class="">
that's the case, we should know by the time the SGA
votes who is in<br class="">
and who is out. I agree that we should not make an
endorsement before<br class="">
then, because we haven't had any process for informing
Greens about<br class="">
all the Green candidates running.<br class="">
<br class="">
JMC<br class="">
--<br class="">
John-Marc Chandonia (<a href="mailto:jmc@sfgreens.org"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">jmc@sfgreens.org</a>)<br
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