by Illinois Green Party | Sep 29, 2022 | Chapter Post, Event, Issues Statements, Local Action, Media Release, News
The 50th Ward Green Party fully endorses the planned Abortion & Full Reproductive Rights National Day of Action march and rally on October 8 at noon at Federal Plaza, 219 S. Dearborn, in Chicago. This action is designed to build on the recent vote in Kansas where...
by Illinois Green Party | 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 Illinois Green Party | 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 Illinois Green Party | 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 Illinois Green Party | 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 Illinois Green Party | 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...