On February 19, the Illinois Green Party released election results for its privately-administered presidential primary. Only party members could vote, and they could either vote on-line or by postal mail. Here is a copy of the ballot, which listed five candidates and a choice for no preference.
The results: Jill Stein 119; William P. Kreml 5; Kent Mesplay 2; Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry 1; Darryl Cherney 0; uncommitted 10. As a result, Stein received 20 delegates, 2 delegates are unpledged, and one is for Kreml. Thanks to John Andrews for this news.
so does that mean only 250 people voted?
fewer.
I hope that one of these years a candidate with a couple million dollars who really believes in the party’s platform decides to wage a serious outsider campaign to win the Green Party nomination. It would be interesting to see what that situation would look like.
First we need instant runoff voting to spread. I am so hoping that it passes in Maine later this year. That could start a trend.