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The contenders: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Oakland
The Green Party of the United States is preparing to decide on the site for the party’s 2008 national nominating convention, at which Green delegates from nearly every state will choose a presidential nominee.
The four cities under consideration are Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Oakland, California.
“The Green Party’s National Committee is discussing proposals from the four cities and is expected to vote on the site in late August,” said Ruth Weill, co-chair of the party’s Annual National Meeting Committee. “We’ve been very impressed with the presenters from the four sites, and we’re excited and looking forward to the National Committee’s decision.”
Ms. Weill noted that the National Committee will use ‘ranked choice voting’ (instant run-off voting) <http://www.fairvote.org> to choose the
site.
The proposals were introduced during the Green Party’s 2007 national meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania <http://www.gp.org/meeting2007>. Previous Green Party convention sites are Los Angeles, California (1996); Denver, Colorado (2000); and Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2004).
Proposals for the 2008 Green Party convention site:
• Chicago, Illinois http://www.greenconvention2008.com/
• Detroit, Michigan http://www.detroitgreens.org/anm08/
• Minneapolis, Minnesota http://www.gpus2008.mngreens.org
• Oakland/Berkeley, California http://rachel.cagreens.org/oakland/html/2008_convention.htm
Other videos from the Green Party Annual National Meeting in Reading PA:
- Daily Greens: Press Conference with presidential candidates
- Daily Greens: Pullano for Mayor of Reading, PA
- Daily Greens: Proposals for 2008 Green Party Presidential Convention
- Daily Greens: Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyawaisifza-Curry
- Daily Greens: Green Party Presidential Candidate Forum
- Daily Greens: Questions-and-Answers from Nader & Romanelli Press Conference
- Daily Greens: Nader & Romanelli Press Conference on Pennsylvania Ballot Access
- Daily Greens: Cynthia McKinney Video
- Daily Greens: Nader on Will He Run for President in 2008 video
- Daily Greens: Cobleskill Mayor Michael Sellers on Campaigns
- Clifford W Thornton Jr on Reparations for the Drug War
Posts reporting on Green Party annual national meeting in Reading PA:
- Daily Greens: Cynthia McKinney
- Ralph Nader: Why we (really, really) need 3rd parties
- Carl Romanelli: Why should we only have 2 parties?
We are also excited to share our youtube page where we collect the best videos posted about Local Green Campaigns, International Greens, Democracy and Ballot Issues, Ecology Initiatives (and more): http://www.youtube.com/wildervideo
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