Chlorophyll

One Person, One Vote

The choice of our Presidential ticket and our national leadership bodies must be based on the principle of "one person one vote". We must oppose all selection processes that disenfranchise members based on their location, or the registration laws of their state. All Greens must be fully respected with equality. This can only be achieved by implementing policies that assure every members vote is counted equally.

Then I want to hear what your plan is. Forrest Hill presented one a while back, and it was a travesty. (Details here.) Whatever you present better be a damn sight better. And I will not accept the idea that "we'll work that out later." The devil is in the details, and if you don't like how it was done last time, you need to present a detailed alternative.

Delegate Selection Must Respect the Vote of the Rank and File

The election of delegates to our national nominating convention and other national gatherings must reflect the will of the membership. All delegations based on the vote of the membership must be chosen through proportional representation.

I want details. What formula do you propose?

Candidates that receive votes must be able to select their own delegates. Delegates to national conventions cannot be pre-selected. They can only represent candidates they voted for in the primaries or caucuses.

Then why have a convention at all? As soon as the primaries and caucuses were over, we'd have all the numbers we needed to figure out who the candidate would be.

Conventions must be sovereign. Delegates, who represent the rank and file, the clearest expression of the will of our membership must be free to determine the rules and procedures, agenda, and policy decisions of each convention.

Then we'd better allocate a week for the convention. Minimum. I'm sure all the delegates could afford that.

Proportional Representation in Leadership Bodies

The Green Party should strive for proportional representation of elected officials on the national Coordinating Committee (CC). The number of delegates a state has serving on the CC should be allotted in as representative a manner as possible to ensure the party has the support and cooperation of its members.

So far, so good.

The domination of leadership bodies by one current not reflective of the Party as a whole is divisive and undemocratic. To help assure leadership bodies are inclusive, all candidates for national leadership posts must disclose their views on party issues to the membership.

Do we not have campaigns within the party? Is the "leadership" not elected by the CC?

Diversity representation within the Green Party must include political diversity as well as gender, race and sexual orientation.

I can only assume this isn't meant to mandate that political currents per se get proportional representation. That would be the most misguided idea in a very long time.

On Independence

The Green Party Must Declare its Complete Independence from the Two Corporate Dominated Political Parties.

The Green Party must declare as policy that it does not endorse, support or urge votes for any partisan candidate of either the Democratic or Republican Party.

I'm with you.

Green Party members as individuals or as ad hoc committees may support any candidate from any party they wish, but the Green Party as an independent entity does not.

The Green Party as a Party may work with, show respect for, and act together with members or elected officials from the corporate controlled parties on specific issues, however, this support must not include an endorsement of their candidates.

Steering Committee members who represent the Party to the public and the Green Party Presidential candidates must pledge not to work for, support, fund raise or call for a vote for candidates of either of the two corporate parties.

The Green Party welcomes collaboration and may involve itself in joint Campaigns, or form electoral blocs with non-Greens. Such efforts must be with independent or other non-corporate sponsored third party candidates whose values reflect key components of the Green Party platform.

About three quarters of this makes sense. In fact, most of it is so plainly obvious I'm not sure why it's an issue at all. Do we not have enough things to be upset about as it us? Why stir up problems where none existed?