by Chris Blankenhorn | Jan 26, 2023 | Ballot Access, Chapter Post, Elections, LTE, Member Post, News
by Joshua Hellman (Shawnee Green Party) According to the most recent Gallup poll on the subject, 56% of Americans want a third or more parties. In another series of Gallup polls, Congressional approval often hovers between 10-20%. There are currently only two parties...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Jul 22, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, Media Release, News, Petitions
July 19, 2022 As many of you know, I collected 1,353 signature petitions as a Green Party candidate for the State House, District 85 race and was 147 signatures shy of the 1,500 requirement to file. The signatures I collected were more than three times the number of...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Mar 25, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD
The Illinois Green Party’s 2022 slate for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District will be on the ballot in the November 2022 General Election after no challenges to their signatures were submitted. Green candidates for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Mar 15, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD
Green candidates for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Toneal Jackson and Mark Buettner, filed their petitions to get on the ballot for the 2022 General Election on Monday (3/14/22). The MWRD, which occupies most of Cook County, plus a few townships...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Feb 24, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD, News
Like all candidates in Illinois, we are required to collect signatures in order to get on the ballot. Usually for Greens this means collecting between 5 and 25 times more signatures than their recognized party counter parts. Luckily, our past runs for MWRD (over a...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Jan 25, 2022 | Ballot Access, Elections, MWRD, News
The Illinois Green Party holds an established party status in the The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) and is currently gathering petitions for ballot access. Cook County Green Party and Illinois Green Party Recognized Candidates for...