According to the campaign for the Illinois Democratic gubernatorial nominee, the Illinois Democratic Party no longer objects to the Green Party’s statewide Illinois petition. Earlier in the year, various Democratic Party officials had challenged the petition. This led to a check of that petition, which showed the party had more than 27,000 valid names (25,000 are required). The possibility still existed that the challengers would try to overturn the conclusion that the petition had enough names. However, the Greens now seem safely on the ballot. The decision won’t be official until the State Board of Elections meets on August 31.
This is only the 2nd time in history that the Green Party has appeared on the statewide ballot in Illinois (the other time was 2000). It is also the first time that any statewide minor party petition in Illinois has withstood the challenge procedure since 2002, when the Libertarian petition survived a challenge.
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Missouri Green Affiliate Qualifies for Ballot
August 27th, 2006
From KMBC-TV…
Missourians will have a fourth choice this November when voting for senator, auditor and some other top offices.
The Progressive Party said that it has been approved by the secretary of state to field candidates in six races this fall. The party had to submit more than 10,000 petition signatures to make the ballot.
Party organizers said they are affiliated with the Green Party of the United States.
The Democrat, Republican and Libertarian parties all have automatic spots on the Missouri ballot based on the number of votes their candidates received in the last general election.
The Progressive Party candidate for U.S. Senate is Lydia Lewis of St. Louis. It’s auditor candidate is Terry Bunker of Kansas City.
forwarded from http://www.ThirdPartyWatch.com
Don Lake, Ruskin HS KCMO, U. of Misery