About the Green Party
The Green Party has its origins in the environmental, civil rights,
anti-war, anti-nuclear and feminist movements of the 1960s and
1970s. The first Green parties formed in Tasmania and New Zealand
in 1972. Today there are Green parties and political movements
in over 90 countries. Green parties have elected
representatives in all corners of the world at local, state
and national levels, and in the European Parliament. For information
about the Global Greens Network, visit http://www.globalgreens.org/
The Green Party began in the United States in 1984 with the formation
of the Green Committees of Correspondence. The Ten
Key Values were adopted at this time. In 1990, the Green Party
of Alaska became the first green party in the U.S. to achieve ballot
status. Today, the Green Party has ballot status in 26 states and
expects its 2020 presidential candidates to be on the ballot is
45 states. In 1986, only one green candidate stood for election
in
the United
States.
As
of
April
2020, 129
Greens
hold
elected
office
in the
US. For more information about the Green Party US visit http://www.gp.org/
One of the best ways to understand the Green Party is to read
our platforms.
The Green Party of New York
The Green Party
of New York retained ballot status in the 2018 general election.
GPNY first obtained ballot status in 1998 after organizing in
this
state since the
late 1980s. We lost ballot status in 2002, but won a federal
court order in 2005 directing the Board of Elections to continue
allowing New Yorkers to enroll in the Green Party or in any other
party that successfully places a candidate on the ballot in the
previous gubernatorial election. GPNY qualified again in 2010
and re-qualified in the 2014 general election.
Under the New York Election Law, political parties gain or lose
ballot status depending upon how many votes their gubernatorial
candidate receives. New York has one of the most restrictive ballot
access laws in the country, due to the fact that ballot status
hinges entirely upon one race every four years. In many states,
any statewide candidate or presidential candidate can qualify a
party for ballot status. In New York, only the gubernatorial race
qualifies.
The Green Party of New York and the Libertarian Party of New York
filed a Federal lawsuit on July 27, 2020 in the Southern District
of New York to invalidate restrictive ballot access provisions
passed as a rider to the FY2021 New York State Budget. Read
the GPNY press release.
The Steuben County Green Party
The Steuben County Green Party formed in 2002. We work on Green
issues and run candidates in local, state and federal elections.
Four members of the Steuben Greens have run for public office.
Most recently Elizabeth Whitehouse was the Green Party candidate
for Mayor of the City of Corning in 2019 and Jamie Cooney was the
candidate for Corning Town Council. Jamie was appointed to the
Village of South Corning Board of Trustees in 2020. Click
here for the list of our current officers and their contact information.
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