[Peace-discussion] New dissidentvoice.org article by our Chuck Giese: The Green
Party's Internal Democracy Problem: Presidential Politics
henry duke
henryduke2004@yahoo.com
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From: henry duke [mailto:henryduke2004@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 6:51 PM
To: 'OC Greens YahooGroup'; 'occp@yahoogroups.com'; 'Dean Inada';
'duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com'; 'Sharon Tipton'
Subject: The Green Party's Internal Democracy Problem: Presidential Politics
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-internal-dem
ocracy-problem-presidential-politics/
The Green Party's Internal Democracy Problem: Presidential Politics
by Chuck Giese / June 20th, 2008
The Green Party faces a problem - democracy. More specifically, how do you
treat each person's vote equally in a country where the two parties do their
best to undermine participation of new parties?
Efforts to craft democracy in the Green Party's presidential preference
process have failed in large part because some states allow third parties to
participate in tax-payer funded primary elections (as long as they meet
reasonable requirements), while many other states put very high hurdles in
front of third parties, effectively blocking their participation. Without
being on the ballot, third parties are largely invisible. Another factor
affecting party visibility is whether a state lists recognized political
parties on their voter registration forms, allowing the voter to affiliate
with a party - and how high the hurdles are before a party can be listed.
As a result, state Green parties use a variety of methods: government-run
presidential primaries, caucuses, state party conventions, party-run
balloting by mail, or some combination. With so many ways to count who is a
voter, it is challenging to ensure one-person, one-vote. This confusion has
allowed prevention of a truly democratic system by those who want small
state parties to have more power than large state parties.
As a result, the Green Party does not have anything close to a one-person,
one-vote process. Table 1 below shows the number of Greens voting in their
state presidential preference contest, and the number of delegates each
state gets at the coming national Green Party presidential convention in
July.1
<http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-internal-de
mocracy-problem-presidential-politics/#footnote_0_2210> The resulting ratio
of Green voters per delegate measures how much weight each Green's vote will
carry at the national convention. (These data are for the first 21 states
for which the vote count data is available.)
TABLE 1 - Popular Votes Received by Each Candidate (So Far)
(For the 20 states with data available)
State
Greens
voting
Convention
Delegates
Green voters
per delegate
CA
35,844
168
213
IL
2,672
44
61
AR
838
8
105
MA
1,941
32
60
DC
530
16
33
MN
187
12
15
WI
97
24
4.0
NJ
70
12
5.8
RI
36
8
4.5
OH
31
12
2.6
MI
47
19
2.5
WA
103
12
8.6
NC
31
8
3.9
CT
48
20
2.4
CO
27
12
2.3
TN
21
8
2.6
MD
70
16
4.4
VA
88
8
11
DE
12
8
1.5
NE
67
8
8.4
PA
134
32
4.2
If you group the 5 states each having a popular vote count of over 500 Green
voters, and you group the other 16 states each having less than 500 Green
voters, the average Greens voting per delegate at the nominating convention
is shocking:2
<http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-internal-de
mocracy-problem-presidential-politics/#footnote_1_2210>
5 states with >500 Greens voting: 156 voters per delegate
16 states with <500 Greens voting: 5 voters per delegate
An even more shocking way to look at it is that among these first 21 state
parties, the GPUS National Committee has given more convention delegates to
6% of the voters than it has to the disenfranchised 94% !!!
(CA+IL+MA together accounted for 40,457 of the 42,894 votes of these first
21 states, or 94.3%. These 3 states have 244 delegates between them. The
other 18 of these first 21 states accounted for 2,437 of the 42,894 votes,
or 5.7%. Together, these 18 states have 251 delegates.)
THE RESULT OF UNDEMOCRATIC STRUCTURE
The rejection of one-person, one-vote by the GPUS National Committee has
guaranteed that Ralph Nader had the deck stacked against him very, very
heavily. Nader probably realized this early in the nomination process and
thus decided not to seek the Green nomination.
Before Nader dropped out of the Green nomination process on Feb. 29,
however, his name was included in some primaries, where he gained a large
popular vote lead. This early boost has kept him in the popular vote lead -
even to this day. The leader in delegates in those same 20 states, however,
is Cynthia McKinney. Here are the standings in those first 20 states, in
order of popular vote:3
<http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-internal-de
mocracy-problem-presidential-politics/#footnote_2_2210>
TABLE 2 - Green Presidential Popular Vote & Delegates Won
(First 21 States, except NE & NJ*)
Hank
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2008 6:51
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'OC Greens =
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'occp@yahoogroups.com'; <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">'Dean =
Inada'</st1:PersonName>;
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> The Green =
Party’s
Internal Democracy Problem: Presidential =
Politics</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><b><font size=3D6 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:24.0pt'>The
Green Party’s Internal Democracy Problem: Presidential =
Politics<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=3Dbyline><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>by Chuck Giese / June 20th, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The Green
Party faces a problem — democracy. More specifically, how do you =
treat
each person’s vote equally in a country where the two parties do =
their
best to undermine participation of new =
parties?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Efforts
to craft democracy in the Green Party’s presidential preference =
process
have failed in large part because some states allow third parties to
participate in tax-payer funded primary elections (as long as they meet
reasonable requirements), while many other states put very high hurdles =
in
front of third parties, effectively blocking their participation. =
Without being
on the ballot, third parties are largely invisible. Another factor =
affecting
party visibility is whether a state lists recognized political parties =
on their
voter registration forms, allowing the voter to affiliate with a party =
—
and how high the hurdles are before a party can be =
listed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>As a
result, state Green parties use a variety of methods: government-run
presidential primaries, caucuses, state party conventions, party-run =
balloting
by mail, or some combination. With so many ways to count who is a voter, =
it is
challenging to ensure one-person, one-vote. This confusion has allowed
prevention of a truly democratic system by those who want small state =
parties
to have more power than large state =
parties.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>As a
result, the Green Party does not have anything close to a one-person, =
one-vote
process. Table 1 below shows the number of Greens voting in their state
presidential preference contest, and the number of delegates each state =
gets at
the coming national Green Party presidential convention in July.<sup><a
href=3D"http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-i=
nternal-democracy-problem-presidential-politics/#footnote_0_2210"
title=3D"Source for Table 1, “Green Voters and Delegates by =
State”: The number of Greens voting and delegate counts =
come from Table 2 in “Green Party of the U.S. 2008 Presidential =
Nomination Race So Far: Popular Vote & Delegates Won”, June 7, =
2008. The number"
id=3D"identifier_0_2210">1</a></sup> The resulting ratio of Green voters =
per
delegate measures how much weight each Green’s vote will carry at =
the
national convention. (These data are for the first 21 states for which =
the vote
count data is available.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>TABLE 1
— Popular Votes Received by Each Candidate (So =
Far)</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>(For the 20 states with data
available)</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<div align=3Dcenter>
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<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
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=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>State</span></font></b><o:p><=
/o:p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Greens =
</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>voting</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Convention =
</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Delegates</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Green voters =
</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>per delegate</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>CA</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>35,844<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>168<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>213 =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>IL</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2,672<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>44<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>61 =
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=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>AR</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>838<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>105 =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MA</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>1,941<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DC</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>530<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>16<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>33 =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MN</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>187<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>15 =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>WI</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>97<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>24<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>4.0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NJ</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>70<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>5.8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>RI</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>36<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>4.5<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>OH</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>31<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2.6<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MI</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>47<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>19<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2.5<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>WA</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>103<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8.6<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NC</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>31<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>3.9<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>CT</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>48<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>20<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2.4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>CO</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>27<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2.3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>TN</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>21<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>2.6<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MD</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>70<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>16<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>4.4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>VA</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>88<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>11 =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DE</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>1.5<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NE</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>67<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>8.4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
=
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>PA</span></font></b><o:p></o:=
p></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>134<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>32<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
<td valign=3Dtop style=3D'padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dright style=3D'text-align:right'><font =
size=3D3
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>4.2<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>If you
group the 5 states each having a popular vote count of over 500 Green =
voters,
and you group the other 16 states each having less than 500 Green =
voters, the average
Greens voting per delegate at the nominating convention is =
shocking:<sup><a
href=3D"http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-i=
nternal-democracy-problem-presidential-politics/#footnote_1_2210"
title=3D"The following calculations were made from the data in Table =
1: CA+IL+MA+AR+DC: (41,825 voters/268 delegates)=3D156 =
voters/delegate Other 16 states: (1,069 voters/227 =
delegates)=3D5 voters/delegate"
id=3D"identifier_1_2210">2</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter =
style=3D'margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><font
size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>5 =
states with
>500 Greens voting: <strong><b><font face=3D"Times New =
Roman">156</font></b></strong>
voters per delegate<br>
16 states with <500 Greens voting: <strong><b><font face=3D"Times New =
Roman">5</font></b></strong>
voters per delegate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>An even
more shocking way to look at it is that among these first 21 state =
parties, the
GPUS National Committee has given more convention delegates to 6% of the =
voters
than it has to the disenfranchised 94% !!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>(CA+IL+MA
together accounted for 40,457 of the 42,894 votes of these first 21 =
states, or
94.3%. These 3 states have 244 delegates between them. The other 18 of =
these
first 21 states accounted for 2,437 of the 42,894 votes, or 5.7%. =
Together,
these 18 states have 251 delegates.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>THE
RESULT OF UNDEMOCRATIC =
STRUCTURE</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>The
rejection of one-person, one-vote by the GPUS National Committee has =
guaranteed
that Ralph Nader had the deck stacked against him very, very heavily. =
Nader
probably rea<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">liz</st1:PersonName>ed this =
early in the
nomination process and thus decided not to seek the Green =
nomination.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Before
Nader dropped out of the Green nomination process on Feb. 29, however, =
his name
was included in some primaries, where he gained a large popular vote =
lead. This
early boost has kept him in the popular vote lead — even to this =
day. The
leader in delegates in those same 20 states, however, is Cynthia =
McKinney. Here
are the standings in those first 20 states, in order of popular =
vote:<sup><a
href=3D"http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party%E2%80%99s-i=
nternal-democracy-problem-presidential-politics/#footnote_2_2210"
title=3D"Source for Table 2, “Green Presidential Popular Vote =
& Delegates Won”: Popular vote and percent come from =
Table 1, delegates and percent come from Table 2, in “Green Party =
of the U.S. 2008 Presidential Nomination Race So Far: Popular Vote & =
Delegates "
id=3D"identifier_2_2210">3</a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font =
size=3D4
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>TABLE 2
— Green Presidential Popular Vote & Delegates =
Won</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>(First 21 States, except NE =
&
NJ*)</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Hank<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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