Monday, December 18, 2023
Green Party To Add Delegates to PA State
Committee
At the State Committee meeting of the Green Party of
Pennsylvania (GPPA) on November 12, the 30 elected delegates voted by
consensus to change the Rules (think “by-laws”) of the party to
include more elected delegates from unorganized parts of the
Commonwealth. Before this vote, around thirty percent of the GPPA’s
10,000 registered members lived in unorganized counties.
GPPA Co-Chair Jeremy
Griffin (Delaware), explained, “The main reason this amendment had to
be passed was to insure that we give a voice to unorganized Greens, no
matter in which county they live. The amendment was discussed and
approved by the Steering Committee, and I believe it will strengthen
the GPPA’s democratic process at the state level.”
Green Party of Lancaster County Chair Tim Runkle,
said: “The GPPA State Committee is both the governing body of the
Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) and the representation of Greens
across our Commonwealth. Our Green Party rules had been built in a way
which ensures local representation through organized county
committees. The rules, however, have failed to provide the vast
unorganized areas of the Commonwealth a voice on the State Committee.
The rule change proposed by the delegation from Lancaster County
intended to resolve that issue as well as to preserve the intent of
local representation. This change permits any registered Green in PA
to participate in the State Committee while holding true the Green
Party's Four Pillars of grassroots democracy and the Ten Key Values of
decentralization.”
GPPA Communication Team Co-chair Chris
Robinson (Philadelphia) predicted, "This will be the first step in
building new Green Party Chapters in our Commonwealth's 50 unorganized
counties. With a presidential election in 2024, it will be important
to give a voice to every Green Party member."
The Rules of the Green Party of Pennsylvania, Rule II
State Committee, Section 2.b) has been amended to read:
“All State Committee members shall be elected as
determined by the rules of the County Committee of the county of their
residence to one year terms, or a part thereof. Registered Greens who
have no organized County Committee in their county of residence shall
be elected by the State Committee during the first meeting of the
calendar year. The number of members permitted for unorganized County
members shall be no more than two per county.”
For More Information Please see:
Green Party of Pennsylvania
https://www.gpofpa.org/
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