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Election News from CA: Incumbent greens re-elected, Governor candidate Laura Wells makes a showing, and Prop 23 is defeated

Posted on November 3, 2010 by kwilder

[See Green Party of CA 11/3/10 press release at bottom of this post]

The Green Party of California won on several levels on election day.

Gayle McLaughlin, a green incumbent, won re-election for Mayor of Richmond. Several incumbent and non-incumbent California greens won local offices. The Green Party CA Governor candidate, Laura Wells, received a lot of press attention for her exclusion from the debate. And, Laura Wells received 86,314 votes (one percent). In the CA Governor’s race, Jerry Brown (D) won decisively over Meg Whitman (R), a largely self-funded candidate.

In addition, the Green Party of California had taken a stand against Proposition 23. And, that measure did go down to defeat on election night.

From a September press release posted at cagreens.org: “The GPCA overwhelmingly opposed Prop. 23 (suspension of air pollution laws)…”

More about Proposition 23 and its defeat at The San Francisco Chronicle: Read more »

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Small snapshot of third party chances: Suffolk results coming in

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kwilder

11/3 Update on Green Party 0f NYS and ballot line: With 56,868 votes reported at The Washington Post election site, it appears that the Green Party has surpassed the mark and received 50,000 votes for Governor. That means that the Green Party of New York State has automatic ballot status (again). The Green Party will be on voter registration forms. And, it will be much easier for Green Party candidates to run for local offices throughout the state!

11/3 Update on all NY third parties and ballot line: So, it looks like the Green Party has the 50,000 votes. And, there is some chance that the Libertarians could get it, if they pick up a lot of votes on the recanvass, they have 44,696 on the election night tally. So, it is possible, but iffy, for the NY Libertarians. It looks unlikely that the Rent Is 2 Damn High Party, the Anti-Prohibition Party, or the Freedom Party could possibly come out with 50,ooo votes. Look for a chart at The Washington Post: here.

The four pillars of the Green Party are: Nonviolence/peace. Grassroots Democracy. Social and Economic Justice. Ecological Wisdom.

Late 11/4 update on Green Party/Howie Hawkins for Governor: Reports from around the state show that Howie is at 1% in many counties. Though, he was also showing 3% in Albany as results filtered in.

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With only 1.15% of precincts in Suffolk County, New York reporting, there are some hints at the chances for various third party candidates to reach the 50,000 vote threshold needed for automatic ballot status.

Howie Hawkins of the Green Party is at 1.06%. That’s fairly good news… Read more »

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Important Information about Google Buzz Class Action Settlement

Posted on November 2, 2010 by iwilder
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Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.

Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.

The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users’ concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.

Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before December 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on January 31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com.

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Voting problems in Park Slope, Brooklyn

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kwilder

If you are at a poll with polling problems, and want a hotline, you can call 1-866-ourvote. Read more »

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Voting Info? Voting Problems? Hotline, etc.

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kwilder

Democray Now! gave out some good voter information this morning. If you have trouble voting today, you can contact Election Protection‘s voting hotline at:

1-866-ourvote
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Ralph Nader makes Election Day appearance on Democracy Now!

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kwilder

from Democracy Now!

Ralph Nader joins us on Tuesday’s show to discuss the 2010 midterm elections. If you wake up in the middle of the night with a great question for Mr. Nader about specific candidates, campaign issues, or ballot initiatives, post it here. We hope to have time to take a couple of questions from our Facebook friends. Thank you!

Democracy Now!, a Pacifica Radio program that broadcasts on stations including WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, has announced via Twitter and FaceBook that Ralph Nader will be a guest on their show for Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Moments after the morning taping, DN! will usually have a rush transcript and/or video posted at its website.

Ralph Nader has previously run for President of The United States as a Green Party candidate, and later as an independent. This interview should provide a lot of time for third party discussion, attention, and election predictions.

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Green Party New York: Guv cand Hawkins Challenges Cuomo to Oppose Paterson’s Efforts to Leave Superfund

Posted on November 2, 2010 by iwilder

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, today called on Democrat Andrew Cuomo to join him in opposing Governor Paterson’s proposal to have the state pull out of the federal Superfund program.

“Governor Paterson is increasingly erratic,” noted Hawkins, “and one has to wonder who is actually running the state. Paterson appears to have declared an all-out war on the environment and yet Cuomo has remained silent as hundreds of millions of dollars from the Environmental Protection Fund are raided, DEC staffing is slashed, DEC Commissioner Grannis is fired for speaking the truth, NYSERDA is messing up implementation of the Green Jobs Green NY program, and now the bizarre suggestion to have the state pull out of Superfund while GE backpedals over removing PCBs from the Hudson.”

via Green Party New York » Blog Archive » Hawkins Challenges Cuomo to Oppose Paterson’s Efforts to Leave Superfund.

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Vote Single Payer – Vote Hawkins for Governor, Green Party, Row F

Posted on November 2, 2010 by iwilder

A single payer health care system – at the federal or state level – remains the best solution for the American health care system.

A vote for Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, is a great way to show politicians that you still want a single payer, improved and expanded Medicare for All health care system. Eliminate the waste and red tape of private health insurance. Make health care a right. If the Greens get 50,000 votes, they become an official party again. The Democrats and Republicans understand that this is a critical threshold, giving greater credibility to the issues that the Greens advocate for.

Hawkins wants New York to be the first state in the country to implement a single payer Medicare for All program that would save New Yorkers $28 billion annually by 2019 (compared to the Congressional insurance mandate) according to a recent state-funded study.

via Green Party New York » Blog Archive » Vote Single Payer – Vote Hawkins for Governor, Green Party, Row F.

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NY Guv Issues: Cuomo v. Paladino v. Hawkins

Posted on November 1, 2010 by iwilder

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2010 Elections: Election Results for Suffolk County, Nassau County, and NYC

Posted on November 1, 2010 by kwilder

2011 (General) Election Results
at Suffolk County Board of Elections: here

2011 (General) Election Results
at Nassau County Board of Elections: here.

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2011 Primary Election Results
Story and Links at LI Politics: here.

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2010 Election Results:

Here is a link to the
Suffolk County Board of Elections 2010 Results Page.

11/9-10 update: As far as I can tell, the latest news is that Bishop was in court Wed afternoon to ask for a full hand recount, and nothing was decided, but the Bishop camp is claiming it was good news the court is considering it. Story: here.

11/6/2010 at 1:38am: Machine recount shows Altschuler is actually the leader in the 1st CD Altschuler/Bishop race!
Story at 27east: here.

11/4/2010 am: Three Suffolk races still undecided.
(Including Bishop/Altschuler) Story at CBS: here

The Nassau County BOE is less dynamic in their reporting of results. Though, sometime after the polls close at 9pm, they should have some initial results reported: here.

New York City Election Results link at the Gotham Gazette: here. (Or, maybe later, the NYC BOE is: here.)

Onthewilderside will be having election coverage, blogging and updates throughout the day on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. We will include a third party perspective.

You can also find good election coverage of NY Statewide races at The Albany Times Union/Capitol Confidential Blog: here.

Democracy Now! (The war and peace report) will stream election coverage from 8pm to 2am. Guest commentators include Michael Moore. Click: here.

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Friends Thinking of Voting for the Working Families Party?

Posted on November 1, 2010 by iwilder
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A vote for the Working Families Party is a vote for Democrat Andy Cuomo and his conservative economic agenda – plain and simple.

The message to the Democratic Party is that no matter how bad their candidates are, they’ll just pick up the votes on the WFP line rather than the Democratic line. No need to change. The WFP is the safety valve for the Democrats.

Cuomo very publicly stated he would only take the WFP line if they agreed with his agenda and rejected their own platform on issues such as taxing the rich and opposing the property tax. The WFP decided their own base of support was too weak to get 50,000 votes and publicly said they were abandoning their principles to endorse Cuomo. They recently weakened their position on hydrofracking to mirror that of Cuomo.

The WFP argue that they have a real impact on issues at the State Capitol. That is untrue.

The NYS Legislature remains the most dysfunctional in the country, even after the Democratic Party won control of the State Senate. And many of the key Democrats that blocked progressive legislation the last two years, such as the Farm workers Bill of Rights, were the candidates that the WFP helped elect, such as Sen. Aubertine and Johnson.

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Friends Scared about Paladino? Tell Them This.

Posted on November 1, 2010 by iwilder
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Every progressive will prefer the program of Howie Hawkins and the Green Party to the conservative economic agenda of Andrew Cuomo (D-I-WFP). But many people vote their fears rather than their values and hope.

Polls show that Paladino has no chance of winning. Every time he talks he alienates more voters. He trails Cuomo by over 20 points. The only question is how bad he will lose.

If voters fear Paladino, they should also fear Cuomo. While they differ on social issues such as abortion, the reality is that the Assembly will block major changes on these issues.

Cuomo himself has argued that Tea Partiers should vote for him because his economic agenda is similar to Paladino but he will be more effective in getting the Tea Party agenda implemented because he is nicer when talking to the public.

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For NYC voters: Careful filling in the ovals

Posted on November 1, 2010 by kwilder

An article about this and other of NYC 2010 election concerns is at the NY Times: here.

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(excerpt from) Fox News
New York City Nominated for Ballot Bungle Booby Prize
Published October 28, 2010

New York City’s election ballot is so confusing it’s starting to get national recognition.

The city’s paper ballot has drawn jeers in recent weeks over a series of potential flaws, leading to the firing of the election board’s director on Tuesday. Most prominently, the instructions tell voters to fill out the oval “above or next to” a candidate’s name, though the corresponding ovals on the ballot are actually below each candidate’s name… Read more »

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Guv cand Rich Whitney, LeAlan Jones & IL Green Party Sue WTTW over Debate Exclusion

Posted on October 30, 2010 by iwilder

 

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Rich Whitney

 

The Illinois Green Party and candidates Rich Whitney and LeAlan Jones filed suit in federal court late yesterday against public television station WTTW, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service and President and CEO of WTTW Daniel J. Schmidt. Gubernatorial candidate Whitney and Senatorial candidate Jones were both excluded from debates which occurred on WTTW this week. This happened despite the Illinois Green Party being one of only three legally established political parties in the state. Furthermore, Whitney received over 360,000 votes in the 2006 gubernatorial election.

The complaint alleges that WTTW, PBS and the CPB violated their 501(c)(3) status by conducting debates that had the effect of participating in, or intervening in a political campaign “on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” These debates plainly had the effect of supporting the Democratic and Republican candidates, who alone were provided with a forum to propagate their views, to the exclusion of the two ballot-qualified Green Party candidates. The suit also charges these three corporate defendants with having violated the Federal Communications Act, including its Equal Time provisions pertaining to political candidates, by sponsoring a debate that gave the Democratic and Republican candidates more time than their Green Party challengers.

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