Posted by July 31, 2020 11:24 AM
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Meet the 2020 Illinois Green Party Candidates

The two corporate parties never make it easy for Greens to get on the ballot, and Illinois has some of the worst ballot access laws in the nation. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it was extremely difficult for third-party candidates to satisfy the high petition-signature requirements that the duopoly parties had established to qualify for the November ballot. After the pandemic, it went from extremely difficult to impossible -- until the Green and Libertarian parties successfully sued state officials to lower those requirements and allow electronic petitioning in this election cycle.

Even after our legal victory, it was still quite a challenge to meet the lower requirements. But thanks to a lot of hard work by our candidates and volunteers, voters in Illinois will be able to cast a ballot on November 3rd for candidates who stand for real social progress -- not just for President and U.S. Senate, but, in many parts of the state, Congress, State Rep and local candidates as well.

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Posted by July 11, 2020 6:41 PM
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Green Party US Nominates Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker as 2020 Presidential Ticket!

Today the Green Party US nominated Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker as our presidential and vice presidential candidates!
 
Howie, a Green Party co-founder, retired teamster, and the first candidate to run on a Green New Deal in the US, in 2010, carried the Illinois primary in March with 73% of the vote, receiving 20 of the 27 IL Nominating Delegates at today's Green Party US Presidential Nominating Convention. Angela Walker is a long time organizer and activist, mother and grandmother, and truck driver from South Carolina. She was the 2016 Socialist Party USA Vice Presidential Candidate. The campaign is pushing for a #LeftUnity ticket, having already received the endorsement of Socialist Party USA and Solidarity: a socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization.
 
We are excited for this brilliant and dynamic campaign to bring real solutions to the life and death issues of the climate crisis, spiraling econmic and racial inequality, and a new nuclear arms race accelerating towards destruction!
 
Donate, volunteer, and learn about the campaign's Ecosocialist Green New Deal, their plans for community control of the police, a National Health Service, or their call for an Economic Bill of Rights at howiehawkins.us/

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Posted by June 11, 2020 11:57 PM
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Help Our 2020 Candidates Get On the Ballot!

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Sign the following e-petitions if you are a registered voter and live in the districts where the following candidates are currently petitioning to get on the Illinois 2020 November ballot. Not sure if you are a registered voter and/or what district you live in? No problem. Any of the links below will help you figure that out:

While a recent decision by the US District Court placed the Green Party candidates for President and Vice President, US Senate, and select other down ticket races on the Nov. 3, 2020 ballot, many Green candidates will still have to collect petitions in order to appear on the General Election ballot.  But there was some good news for candidates not placed on the ballot, the ruling also made some changes to their petitioning requirements.  Those campaigns that will have to petition have their petitioning requirement cut to 10% of the normal number of signatures, the petitioning deadline has been extended to July 20, 2020, and electronic signatures have been allowed for the 2020 election cycle. 

We need your help to put life and death issues like the climate crisis, spiraling wealth inequality, and racial and social justice on the table in 2020.  We can't wait on the Republicans and Democrats to bail us out, we need to build a working-class political power of our own!