Seven Candidates For The 2008 Green Nomination Will Be On State Ballots For The Primaries

The Green Party will have up to seven candidates for the party’s presidential nomination on state ballots for the U.S. primary elections in 2008.

“The Green Party, in most states where Greens have ballot status, participate in the primaries just as Democrats and Republicans do,” said Jim Coplen, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. “Green voters will vote in the primaries the same way registered Democrats and Republicans vote.”

Among other primaries, the Green Party will participate primaries in four states on February 5. The Green Party has vowed to achieve 51 ballot lines in 2008 in all the states and the District of Columbia, and has committed party resources for this purpose. Greens currently have ballot access in 21 states Green Parties (including DC)

“We’re especially proud of the diversity and depth of political experience represented by our candidates. We look forward to a vigorous and friendly competition for the nomination,” said Ruth Weill, co-chair of the Green Party’s Annual National Meeting Committee.

The list of Green presidential hopefuls includes three women (two of them African American), one African American man, at least two candidates with Native American ancestry, one of Arab ancestry, a former member of Congress, two former Green presidential candidates, the former leader of the Black Panther Party, an environmental engineer, a college professor, a candidate who will turn 35 in June 2008, and a 73-year-old.

The nomination will be decided by about 800 delegates from state parties who will gather at the Green Party national convention in Chicago, Illinois, July 10-13.

Not all seven of the candidates will be on the ballot in every state where Greens are participating in primaries. In states where deadlines have already passed, most but not all of the campaigns have submitted required petitions with valid signatures to their respective elections offices.

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