North Carolina Green Party

The North Carolina Green Party is a political party in the state of North Carolina, and the NC affiliate of the Green Party of the United States.[4] It has officially qualified for ballot access as of 27 March 2018, until 2020 statewide election.[5][2][3] Since 2006, it has worked in collaboration with other organizations seeking to reform state election laws.[2]

North Carolina Green Party
ChairpersonTony Ndege and Tommie James
Senate leaderNone
House leaderNone
Founded2005[1]
Headquarters146 Robert Alston Jr. Dr., Pittsboro, NC 27312
IdeologyGreen Politics,
Progressivism,
Civil libertarianism,
Eco-socialism
Anticapitalism
Electoral Reform[2][3]
Political positionEco-socialist
National affiliationGreen Party
Colors  Green
Seats in the Upper House
0 / 50
Seats in the Lower House
0 / 120
Website
www.ncgreenparty.org

The state party has five chapters, which are located in the Charlotte, Triad, and Triangle metropolitan areas and the Eastern and Western areas of the state.[6]

It is listed in The A to Z of the Green Movement, which was published in 2007.[7]

The party ran four candidates in November, 2018, including state legislative and congressional races.[8][9]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

The party ran a write-in campaign for former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney for U.S. president in 2008. As only 158 votes for McKinney were reported,[10] the party questioned the counting of the votes and if all were counted.[11]

In 2016, the party came close to gaining statewide ballot access, closer than the other six new parties, but still fell short of getting the required amount of signatures.[12] The party, in collaboration with the Stein/Baraka presidential campaign, helped garner more write-in votes for Jill Stein than any presidential write-in candidate has ever received in North Carolina.[13]

Local elections

In 2010, Richard Weir ran as a Green write-in candidate for the NC Senate in Pitt County[14]

In 2013, Michael Zytkow ran for the Charlotte City Council seat representing District 4 as an independent with the Green Party's endorsement. [15] Zytkow garnered 33% of the vote. [16]

On June 22, 2017, the Western chapter of the party endorsed Dee Williams for Asheville City Council[17]

In June of 2018, NCGP nominated Keenen Altic to run in the Forsyth County Commissioner At-Large race and he accepted choosing to run as a Green.[18] 'Speaking of his first time running in politics and the first time the Green Party has run in Forsyth County, Altic said, “Having 4,500 or more votes demonstrates that there is a certain viability to our message. We have at least 4,500 or more potential socialists ready to organize.”'[19] At 4,756 votes he received 3.5% of the vote in a three way race.[20] Altic's campaign distributed about 5,000 leaflets and candidate cards.

Current issues

On August 18, 2017, the Party voiced support for removing Confederate monuments and statues of Robert E. Lee.,[21][22] in response to a recent Ku Klux Klan rally and counter protest in Durham[23] resulting in a General Lee statue being torn down by vandals.[24]

On August 23, 2018, the NC Green Party endorsed the 2018 National Prison Strike[25]

Personnel

The former chair of the party was Doug Stuber.[26][27] In 2000, Stuber ran Ralph Nader's Green Party presidential campaign.[28] As of 2019, the co-chairs for the party were Tony Ndege and Tommie James.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Corporations". sosnc.gov. North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. "HISTORIC BALLOT ACCESS BILL PASSES IN NORTH CAROLINA: GET THE GREEN PARTY ON THE BALLOT NOW!". North Carolina Green Party. 27 March 2018.
  3. Schwartz, Benji (22 August 2016). "Third parties in North Carolina fight for ballot access". Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  4. "State Parties". Green Party US. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. Robertson, Gary (27 March 2018). "NC Green Party becomes latest official party". Burlington Times.
  6. "Contact and Officers". North Carolina Green Party. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  7. The A to Z of the Green Movement by Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis
  8. "Meet the North Carolina Green Party's Candidates for 2018". North Carolina Green Party. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  10. Winger, Richard (25 November 2008). "Presidential Vote Totals Chart Changes of November 25". ballot-access.org. Ballot Access News. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  11. Independent Political Report - Ballot Access: North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from Green Party and Libertarian Party (press release)
  12. Hesse, Dan (September 1, 2016). "Party crashers: The fight for the right to N.C. ballot access". Mountain Xpress. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  13. Winger, Richard (6 December 2016). "Jill Stein Sets New Record for a Write-in Presidential Candidate in North Carolina". ballot-access.org. Ballot Access News. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  14. "» Interview with Green Party Candidate for NC Senate – Richard Weir". zcomm.org.
  15. "Famed Occupier runs for City Council | News Feature | Creative Loafing Charlotte". clclt.com.
  16. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/Mecklenburg/48722/124204/Web01/en/summary.html
  17. "Western NC Green Party Endorses Dee Williams for Asheville City Council". North Carolina Green Party.
  18. Green, Jordan (2018-09-27). "Forsyth County Commission at-large race draws three candidates". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  19. Journal, Fran Daniel Winston-Salem. "Kaplan defeats Collins and Altic to keep his Forsyth County commissioner at-large seat". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  20. "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  21. "North Carolina Green Party Supports Durham Protesters, Removal Of Confederate Monuments and symbols". NC Green Party Website.
  22. "North Carolina Green Party Supports Durham Protesters, Removal Of Confederate Monuments".
  23. "Anti-hate protesters march in Durham, North Carolina, after KKK rally rumors".
  24. "Eight people charged for toppling Confederate statue in Durham as scores line up to confess". Washington Post.
  25. "NCGP endorses National Prison Strike". NC Green Party Website.
  26. "Korea and Beyond". Lulu.com – via Google Books.
  27. Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy, By David H. Holtzman - Page 221
  28. Elliston, Jon (August 23, 2000). "Ballot Blues - Will North Carolina voters have the Nader option?". Indy Week. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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