[Iowa-dx] Green Party Candidate Questionnaire

[Green PartyRon]

I've never seen this form before, many thanks for providing it, Holly ! ! !

I am providing our group with a BLANK version (edited out all of the
pertinent data format provided by Alan Augustson, which may be
printed by our members for a personal questionnaire format for both
interviewing or considering ALL Green Party candidates who will be
running for local and national office.

Ron Kinum


Presidential Candidate
Questionnaire
[Approved May 1 2007]
Thank you for your interest in the Green Party. This questionnaire has
been designed to give registered Greens and Green Party members an
opportunity to learn about the contenders for the 2008 Green Party
Presidential Nomination. We hope that it will also give you an
opportunity to flesh out some of your campaign plans and your positions
on issues that are of particular interest to Greens. Return of this
questionnaire is part of the process for being considered formally
recognized by the party as a candidate for the Green Party nomination.
Responses will be made available to Green Party members, possibly by
being linked in their entirety from gp.org. Thank you for your time and
attention to this questionnaire.

1.  Contact Information

Name:  Title: - -  First:                          Last:
Street:                                              City:                   
     ZIP:
Day Phone                                         Evening Phone
E mail Address

2.  General Campaign Information

Do you meet all of the legal qualifications for the office of President of
the United States (Will you be 35 or older as of Election Day; are you a
natural-born U.S. citizen; have you been a U.S. resident for 14 years?)

3.  Is your candidacy currently on file with the Federal Elections
Commission (FEC)?

4.  Are you a Green Party member? If so, where, and for how long
have you been a member?

5.  Are you a member of any other political party?

6.  Do you intend to seek the support and/or ballot lines of any other
parties?

7.  What time commitment can you put toward campaigning? How
many hours a week can you spend now? If your hours are now limited,
will you have the ability to expand your hourly commitment every
week?

8.  Are you able and willing to travel, now and throughout the
campaign?

9.  Please briefly describe what motivates you to seek the Green
Party nomination for President of the United States. What qualifies you
to serve as President? How are you qualified to represent the Green
party?

10.  In what ways would you be able and willing to help build the Green
Party through your campaign?

11.  Numerous state parties will need assistance with signature collection
to become ballot-qualified. What resources can you bring to bear to
assist with the ballot drive effort? How high a priority will you make of
securing and retaining state party ballot lines?

12.  Are you committed to the Ten Key Values of the Green Party?

13.  What is the nature of your current base of support?

14.  How would you describe your fundraising ability?

15.  Will you agree not to accept contributions from corporations?

16.  What campaign finance policies will your campaign follow?

17.  Have you previously run for public elected office? If so, for what
and when?  (If possible, please provide web references.)

18.  Have you ever held an elected office? If so, what and when? (If
possible, please provide web references.)

19.  Are there any other particulars of your campaign structure or
strategy that you would like people to know?

Positions on Issues

Briefly state your position on the following issues and the reasons for
your position:

20.  Election Reform, including Instant Runoff Voting and Public
Financing

21.  Death Penalty

22.  Drug Policy

23,  Single-Payer Universal Health Care

24.  Women's Health / Reproductive Rights

25.  Global Warming

26.  Energy Policy

27.  Immigration Policy

28.  Civil Rights

29.  Economic Corporate Globalization

30.  Trade Policy

31.  Middle East Policy, including Iraq, Iran, and Israel

32.  Please briefly describe your opinion of the current two-party
system, the Green Party's current role within that system and any
future changes you would like to see in that system and the Green
Party's political role.

Background on Issues

For each of the following, please provide any relevant background or
experience regarding, and what you feel is your level of comfort in
speaking to, the following general issues:

33.  Foreign Policy and Peace

34.  Domestic Policy Issues

Additional Information and References

35.  Provide any other information you feel the party should be aware
of.

36.  Please provide a list of 3 references, including one Green Party 
official
(at any level of the party).

37.  Please include a c.v.

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