http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:15:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-196551 David Gaines Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:10:31 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-196551 Actually it's likely that fewer people would be interested, not more, based on her highly controversial & negative media profile. What you do is you just say something to the effect of "will you sign this petition to put the Green Party on the ballot next year" since most people you approach have never heard of any of the names you could put at the top of the petition, whether it's Cynthia McKinney or anyone else. The few you encounter who will have heard of McKinney are very likely to have a negative opinion of her. Using Jared Ball or Kat Swift or someone like that who has no media profile whatsoever is a smart move. Actually it’s likely that fewer people would be interested, not more, based on her highly controversial & negative media profile. What you do is you just say something to the effect of “will you sign this petition to put the Green Party on the ballot next year” since most people you approach have never heard of any of the names you could put at the top of the petition, whether it’s Cynthia McKinney or anyone else. The few you encounter who will have heard of McKinney are very likely to have a negative opinion of her. Using Jared Ball or Kat Swift or someone like that who has no media profile whatsoever is a smart move.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-196541 Trent Hill Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:46:16 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-196541 Seems like it would have been smarter to list Rep. Cynthia McKinney--as more people would be interested in signing that petition. Seems like it would have been smarter to list Rep. Cynthia McKinney–as more people would be interested in signing that petition.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-195708 Mike Feinstein Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:12:09 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-195708 Thanks Richard for the correction on the year. That's why we think of you as the Encyclopedia Richard Winger! Thanks Richard for the correction on the year. That’s why we think of you as the Encyclopedia Richard Winger!

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-195681 David Gaines Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:54:05 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-195681 Richard, as you know, I'm all over that issue like white on rice. ;-) Richard, as you know, I’m all over that issue like white on rice. ;-)

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-195673 Richard Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:34:22 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-195673 Oops, I should have said 1998. Oops, I should have said 1998.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-195672 Richard Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-195672 I wish minor party activists in Virginia would ask their state legislators to introduce a bill for a procedure by which a group could transform itself into a qualified party. If 39 other states have that, why can't Virginia? Such a bill did pass the Virginia House in 1997, but the Senate killed it. I wish minor party activists in Virginia would ask their state legislators to introduce a bill for a procedure by which a group could transform itself into a qualified party. If 39 other states have that, why can’t Virginia? Such a bill did pass the Virginia House in 1997, but the Senate killed it.

]]> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-195670 David Gaines Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:30:40 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/12/31/virginia-greens-choose-stand-in-presidential-candidate/#comment-195670 The Virginia State Board of Elections has been very cooperative regarding matters like this over the years. Virginia is not that easy for 3rd parties at presidential election time, but I have to say that the staff at SBE are (at least in my experience) very professional, scrupulously fair, and as accommodating as the law allows them to be. I felt sorry for them when the Democratic Party of Virginia unleashed its circus at the SBE offices in Richmond on the day in 2004 when the Nader campaign tried to file their signatures. The Virginia State Board of Elections has been very cooperative regarding matters like this over the years. Virginia is not that easy for 3rd parties at presidential election time, but I have to say that the staff at SBE are (at least in my experience) very professional, scrupulously fair, and as accommodating as the law allows them to be. I felt sorry for them when the Democratic Party of Virginia unleashed its circus at the SBE offices in Richmond on the day in 2004 when the Nader campaign tried to file their signatures.

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