THE LATEST FROM THE ILLINOIS GREEN PARTY
Letter to the Editor: Demand Electoral Reforms
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...
Position Paper from 50th Ward Greens on the Workers’ Rights Amendment
Conflicts of interest, serious disagreements and oppositional viewpoints, contradictory philosophies and belief systems, even interpersonal hostilities occur in all areas of life. One of these arenas is the employer-employee workplace, which for the majority of adult...
IVI-IPO Endorses Toneal Jackson for MWRD Commissioner
The Independent Voters of Illinois – Independent Precinct Organization has endorsed Toneal Jackson, Green candidate for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner! The IVI–IPO has been in existence since 1944. It has been dedicated to good government...
Who I Am Promo (Toneal Jackson for MWRD)
https://youtu.be/MyQpJN2tdvw International Award-Winning Author, publisher, podcaster and organizer. Founder of Artists Promoting Success and I’m Glad to be a Woman, Jackson uses her platforms to educate and empower. Her podcast, Toneal Talks Politics has helped bring...
50th Ward Green Party Endorses Abortion & Full Reproductive Rights National Day of Action
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...
Statement from Anna Schiefelbein, Candidate for Illinois State House, IL-85
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...
Chicago Tribune: Berwyn voters endorse concept of ranked choice voting, an electoral method some call the future of democracy. Evanston might soon do it for real.
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...
Green MWRD Slate On the Ballot!
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 District,...
Green MWRD Candidates Submit Signatures to Get on November Ballot
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...
ILGP Opposes HB5589: Nuclear Moratorium Repeal
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...