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As a grassroots party, the Illinois Party has biannual Membership Meetings during which our dues-paying members get to vote on issues related to the operations of the party.
At the upcoming 2021 ILGP Fall Conference, there will be both Bylaws and Platform Amendments to consider during the morning’s business meeting. The language of these amendments may be altered up to including the day of the Fall Conference. ILGP Members should use Basecamp to discuss the amendments before the meeting if they have questions or concerns they would like addressed. The proposed Bylaws Amendment can be found on Basecamp here. (Only viewable to ILGP Members). The proposed Platform Amendments can be found on Basecamp here.
Bylaws Amendment
Implementing Recall Processes
Any position, elected or appointed, in which an individual represents the Illinois Green Party, should, as a matter of basic democracy and accountability processes, be subject to recall. As a party that values democracy, it is important for us to have democratic processes by which the membership can hold those who represent the party accountable. The proposal will add one section each to Article 7 (National Affiliation) and Article 8 (Standing Committees, Ad Hoc Committees, and Working Groups) to establish a basic recall process.
Platform Amendments
Note that the only section the Platform Committee is offering two different modified versions and asking the membership to choose one of them or not adopt any changes in that section is Section F: Healthcare. See below for more details.
Here’s a summary of the changes for each section and links to the proposed changes.
Section A: Proper Role of Government
Mostly simple language updates, either bringing in line with current norms or matching current broader party talking points.
Section B: Socially Responsible Economics
Removes a clause weakening our critique of private corporations.
Section C: Environmental Policy
Removes a number of sections to update the language.
Section D: Energy Policy
Updates to numerous sections of our Energy Policy.
Section E: Transportation
Adds language about bike/walking paths and removes portions of various sections to simplify the language.
Section F: Healthcare
Updates language and adds COVID/public health language.
This section has 3 versions; version 1 is the current version unchanged. Version 2 and Version 3 while similar in many ways, have points where consensus was not achieved by the Platform Committee. At the 2021 Fall Membership Meeting, unless consensus is reached on another health care related proposal that is introduced at the meeting, a vote of the membership will be required to adopt either Version 2 or Version 3, or to keep Section F unchanged.
Section G: Education
Mostly edits for clarity.
Section H:Militarism and War
Updates on numbers and other details for clarity/accuracy.
Section I: Human Rights, Equality, and Social Justice
Updates bringing language in line with modern norms and identity group labels.
Section J: Voters’ Rights and Electoral Reform
Most updates related to updating our official preference to Proportional Representation via Ranked Choice Voting in Multi-Member Districts.
Section K: Workers’ Rights and Workers’ Power
Updates our commentary on trade agreements.
Section L: Civil Liberties and the Rights to Privacy
Formatting change.
Section M: Reproductive Rights
Languge updates.
Section N: State Budget Issues
Language updates and removes commentary on canabis legalization.
Section P: Finance, Banking, and Monetary Policy
Language Updates.
Section Q: Immigration Policy
Language Updatres.
Section R: Crime and Criminal Justice
Adds language about abolition and community control of the police.
Section S: Agriculture and Food Policy
Language updates.
Section T: Media, Arts, and Information
Language updates.
As a grassroots party, the Illinois Party has biannual Membership Meetings during which our dues-paying members get to vote on issues related to the operations of the party.
At the upcoming 2021 ILGP Fall Conference, there will be both Bylaws and Platform Amendments to consider during the morning’s business meeting. The language of these amendments may be altered up to including the day of the Fall Conference. ILGP Members should use Basecamp to discuss the amendments before the meeting if they have questions or concerns they would like addressed. The proposed Bylaws Amendment can be found on Basecamp here. (Only viewable to ILGP Members). The proposed Platform Amendments can be found on Basecamp here.
Bylaws Amendment
Implementing Recall Processes
Any position, elected or appointed, in which an individual represents the Illinois Green Party, should, as a matter of basic democracy and accountability processes, be subject to recall. As a party that values democracy, it is important for us to have democratic processes by which the membership can hold those who represent the party accountable. The proposal will add one section each to Article 7 (National Affiliation) and Article 8 (Standing Committees, Ad Hoc Committees, and Working Groups) to establish a basic recall process.
Platform Amendments
Section A: Proper Role of Government
Mostly simple language updates, either bringing in line with current norms or matching current broader party talking points.
Section B: Socially Responsible Economics
Removes a clause weakening our critique of private corporations.
Section C: Environmental Policy
Removes a number of sections to update the language.
Section D: Energy Policy
Updates to numerous sections of our Energy Policy.
Section E: Transportation
Adds language about bike/walking paths and removes portions of various sections to simplify the language.
Section F: Healthcare
Updates language and adds COVID/public health language.
Section G: Education
Mostly edits for clarity.
Section H:Militarism and War
Updates on numbers and other details for clarity/accuracy.
Section I: Human Rights, Equality, and Social Justice
Updates bringing language in line with modern norms and identity group labels.
Section J: Voters’ Rights and Electoral Reform
Most updates related to updating our official preference to Proportional Representation via Ranked Choice Voting in Multi-Member Districts.
Section K: Workers’ Rights and Workers’ Power
Updates our commentary on trade agreements.
Section L: Civil Liberties and the Rights to Privacy
Formatting change.
Section M: Reproductive Rights
Languge updates.
Section N: State Budget Issues
Language updates and removes commentary on canabis legalization.
Section P: Finance, Banking, and Monetary Policy
Language Updates.
Section Q: Immigration Policy
Language Updatres.
Section R: Crime and Criminal Justice
Adds language about abolition and community control of the police.
Section S: Agriculture and Food Policy
Language updates.
Section T: Media, Arts, and Information
Language updates.