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 | Jul 7, 2022 | Elections, News
Chicago Tribune John Keilman July 1, 2020 Originally Published at https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-ranked-choice-voting-ballots-election-berwyn-evanston-20220701-onobe3i7bnbulp3x7hptwygpoy-story.html The ranked choice voting item on Berwyn Township...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Mar 12, 2022 | Environmental, Issues Statements, News
In line with our platform, which calls for an energy future that is “carbon-free and nuclear-free,” the Illinois Green Party opposes HB5589, which would repeal the moratorium on new nuclear reactor construction in Illinois. HB5589 was introduced on January 28 by...
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 | Feb 10, 2022 | Issues Statements, News
The Illinois Green Party Coordinating Committee has approved signing on to Popular Resistance’s No War with Russia Open Letter. (Text of the letter below.) Stop the War with Russia over Ukraine! We must act now to stop the war with Russia over Ukraine, a war...
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...
