[R-G] Green Line: Take Action - No War with Iran!

[james m nordlund]

Take Action - No War with Iran!
Action Alert, No War with Iran!

Recently the US Congress approved a $30 billion military aid package to
Israel which, combined with the approved Lieberman-Kyl amendment to the
Congressional military appropriations bill, has moved the US closer to war
with Iran.

Join the effort to prevent war with Iran. You can send an automated letter
to your Congressperson by clicking on the following link: 
http://www.gp.org/action/index.shtml

After failing to find WMD's in Iraq, President Bush seems poised to repeat
history and lead us into another illegal war. He has yet to produce hard
evidence to the world community to support his claims that Iran is
assisting Shiite militias in Iraq and plans to produce nuclear weapons for
an attack on western nations.

The Green Party remains the only major national party committed to peace
at home and abroad. Please join us by sending an automated letter to your
Congresspersons.

Ballot Access

.. ARKANSAS On October 17, the Arkansas Green Party was notified that its
petition has been certified. It is the only Arkansas party, other than the
Democratic and Republican Parties, that is on the ballot for all offices. 
http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/10/17/arkansas-says-green-party-is-on-ballot/

http://www.arkgreens.org

.. NEW JERSEY On October 17, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Neil H.
Shuster ordered that the state grant equal treatment to alternative
political 
parties. The ruling eliminates some of the structural advantages long 
enjoyed by the Democratic and Republican Parties, and concedes that New 
Jersey election law must treat alternative parties as official "political 
parties" for the purposes of campaign finance, lobbying, and voter 
registration. The lawsuit in the case was filed by the Green Party of New 
Jersey, the New Jersey Constitution Party, and the New Jersey Libertarian 
Party.  http://www.gpnj.org

2007 Green candidates to watch on Election Day

The Green Party is getting ready for Election Day next Tuesday and need
your 
help to make it a success. Please consider spending a few hours this
weekend 
or on Election Day to help make calls, distribute yard signs, or canvass
on 
Election Day. To find a campaign near you, click here. The Green Party is 
running over 120 races in 2007. So far this year, we've won 40% of our 
campaigns. We are looking forward to more victories on Tuesday!

Greens to Watch on Tuesday:

In Massachusetts, Chuck Turner (http://www.chuckturner.us/) is seeking 
reelection for his seat on the Boston City Council of Boston. Turner is
the 
highest ranking African American Green Officeholder in the US. He easily
won 
his primary election with 75% of votes cast.

In Worcester, Grace Ross (http://www.grace4worcester.org/) is running for 
Worcester Councilor at large. There are 12 candidates running for six
seats. 
Ross finished sixth in the primary. The Coordinated Campaign Committee 
assisted the campaign, awarding a $400 grant from GPUS. Grace Ross was the

Massachusetts Green Rainbow Party's candidate for Governor last year.

Luc Schuster (http://www.voteluc.org) is also running for reelection to
the 
Cambridge School Committee.

In Syracuse, NY, Howie Hawkins (http://www.howiehawkins.org) , candidate
for 
Councilor At-Large was endorsed by the Syracuse Post-Standard 
(http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion-2/1193734919100810.xml&coll=1)

on October 30. Hawkins ran for US Senate in New York against Hillary
Clinton 
in the 2006 election.

In California, Larry Bragman is running for re-election to the Fairfax
City 
Council. Bragman is currently the Mayor of Fairfax, CA. Lew Tremaine is
also 
running for re-election to the Fairfax City Council. Janice Brittain 
(http://www.janicebrittain.com) is running for Hermosa Beach City Council.

Brittain also received a GPUS campaign grant from the CCC.

Green Party of Virginia Candidate Josh Ruebner is seeking a seat on 
Arlington County Board for a second year in a row, has garnered favorable 
press coverage for his stance on affordable housing.

In Ohio, Justin Jeffre (http://www.justinjeffre.com/), former member of
the 
band 98 Degrees, is running for City Council in Cincinnati, OH. Since 
returning to his hometown, Jeffre has become involved in media reform 
issues, campaign finance reform, light-rail campaigns, and an initiative
to 
allow the public to vote on a proposed jail tax.

The Connecticut Green Party will run the most candidates on Tuesday- 14 in

all, including Hector Lopez who is up for reelection as Constable in New 
Caanan.

Nader Sues Democratic National Committee for 2004 Dirty Tricks

On October 30, Ralph Nader, Peter Camejo, and six voters who wanted to
vote 
for Nader in 2004, filed a lawsuit against the Democratic National 
Committee. The lawsuit, Nader v Democratic National Committee, was filed
in 
the District of Columbia Superior Court. The complaint is 70 pages long.
It 
details the national Democratic Party's extensive support for challenges
to 
Nader's ballot positions, in states in which elections officials had 
accepted Nader's petitions and placed him on the ballot.

The complaint goes into great detail, including a coordinated effort to 
sabotage individual petition sheets in Oregon (anti-Nader activists were 
instructed to sign a petition sheet in the space reserved for the 
circulator, and then to line it out, which had the effect of ruining all
the 
signatures already on that sheet). The complaint also talks about
harassment 
of Nader circulators in Ohio and Oregon.

The complaint also deals with incidents in Pennsylvania, Arizona,
Arkansas, 
Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New 
Hampshire, New Mexico, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The
lawsuit 
asks for a jury trial, in a claim for monetary damages.

>From Ballot Access News edited by Richard Winger: 
>http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/10/30/nader-sues-democratic-national-committee-for-2004-dirty-tricks/


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