Chris Henrichsen, the 2012 Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Wyoming, writes in this column on Patheos.com that he has registered to vote as a member of the Green Party. He now lives in Nevada. The Green Party is not currently ballot-qualified, but it will regain its place on the ballot if it can get its registration up to 9,738. The party believes it has approximately 4,000 registrants in Nevada, but the exact number is difficult to know because Clark County, the most populous county in the state by far, won’t release the data.
The party could also get back on the ballot if it submitted a petition of 9,738 valid signatures.
Henrichsen was unopposed for the Democratic congressional nomination in Wyoming in 2012. At the time he was a 35-year old political science instructor at Casper College. He is a member of the LDS church and campaigned in 2012 as a pro-life candidate. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.
“…campaigned in 2012 as a pro-life candidate.”
So, does that mean the Nevada Greens have no membership requirements, such as agreeing with the Party’s primary document? At least in my opinion, being pro-life is a direct contradiction to two of the Greens’ Ten Key Values (social justice and gender equality).
Well, the article says he registered as a Green; it says nothing about him joining the Green Party as a dues-paying member. Presumably the Nevada Greens (or any state Green Party for that matter) can’t prohibit anyone from changing their voter registration to Green, regardless of the politics they actually hold.
Nevada Greens have a history of being pro-gun too, which seems against “non-violence”
Peter speaks truth. 🙂
It means he checked a box on the voter reg form.
Las Vegas has lots of churches. There is a weird coexistence of “morality” and decadence. I don’t know yet what to make of it. I don’t know why male politicians even take a position on abortion/pro-life when they aren’t the ones who carry the babies, for example.