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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As Erik and others have rightly said, we need to build strong solidarity and alliance with these other parties, and that means we need to endorse their candidates
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 24, 2018 9:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> GPCA Discussion List for SGA Votes <gpca-votes@sfgreens.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Here's a compromise: In the case where there are no Greens running for an office, is there something we could do, short of endorsing a non-Green candidate?
Perhaps a Fact Sheet that compares candidates side-by-side against the 10 Key principles?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Nicole Castor <<a href="mailto:nmcastorsilva@gmail.com">nmcastorsilva@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 22, 2018 10:06 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">I cannot recall any examples of politicians we have railed against for putting party over principles. I do not think this is a major concern in our struggles
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Our main objective within the internal party structure, is to promote the Green Party through our pillars and values, not to exhaust resources helping
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">On Feb 22, 2018 9:56 AM, "Jeff Lebow" <<a href="mailto:jlebow@socal.rr.com" target="_blank">jlebow@socal.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">I’m for endorsing candidates that share Green values. We rail against politicians that put party over principles. We should not do
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On Feb 20, 2018, at 2:00 PM, james clark <<a href="mailto:faygodrinkit@gmail.com" target="_blank">faygodrinkit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">I would be able to support this only if it included restrictions against endorsing Democrats and Republicans, and all endorsements be presented to registered
voters to decide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Voting 03/26/2018 - 04/01/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The Green Party of California is currently prohibited from endorsing candidates who have good Green values and who take no corporate money: the GPCA needs
visibility, in a positive way, and putting our name on endorsement lists of good candidates is one way to get the Green Party name in the public eye. The GPCA wants to help voters vote for good candidates, even in races where we have no candidate. For instance,
the Peace and Freedom Party can and does endorse Green Party candidates in state and federal races, but the GPCA is prohibited from endorsing Peace and Freedom candidates. The GPCA currently cannot endorse candidates with No Party Preference or any other
voter registration, even when we have no candidate running in the race. The GPCA cannot help voters differentiate between good candidates who are aligned with Green values and take no corporate money and bad candidates (who may speak well) from the two-party
system. The current endorsement policy is confusing: county parties are not prohibited from endorsing candidates who are not Green, but the state party is; in addition, it precludes a possible endorsement even in the face of grassroots interest. The current
endorsement policy was promulgated in the pre-Top-Two era, and, if left unreformed, will further hobble party-building efforts in California.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Changing the endorsement policy would advance the party’s attempts to implement Proportional Representation so that we can have a multi-party system and
not a two-party system. By expanding our endorsement options, we will demonstrate that we will work in coalitions and will endorse candidates who have green values, but who choose other political party affiliations. As it stands, people who want to “throw
their hat in the ring” and yet who have no track record with the Green Party or allied organizations are able to register Green and use our ballot line, and get an automatic advantage in the endorsement process, even though they may not be the best candidate.
Moreover, given that there are many public perceptions over which Greens have very little control, such as being marginalized or cast as “spoilers” or “third-party” candidates who “can’t win,” the endorsement area is one we can control. We can avoid marginalizing
ourselves as people who are only interested in the label “Green Party,” not the green values that we share with millions of ordinary folks in the nation and certainly in California. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Furthermore, it is common advice in social media, for example (and even in life), that if you want likes, followers and friends, you’ve got to like, follow
and friend others, as long as you stay true to your values. We need to reciprocate and be proactive, not sit back and wait for everyone to switch to “team Green Party,” while we display an unwelcoming attitude. People want a new party, but our current restrictive
endorsement procedures make us look as if we do not want to be an “umbrella party” or “big tent” for all people who are aligned with our values and stances. It looks like we want to remain a small, exclusive “third” party with a narrow “sectarian” view of
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">That the current GPCA Endorsement Policy be amended as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">That the policy be amended from its current text:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">GPCA CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENT POLICY FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS (approved by the GPCA General Assembly, June 25, 2006, 43-6-2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">2. The GPCA shall not make any endorsements of General Election candidates who are not Green Party members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">2. The GPCA shall not make endorsements of candidates who accept corporate campaign contributions or who belong to any political party that accepts corporate
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