Friend,

Right now is probably the most critical, urgent moment of our campaign. We need all hands on deck to get on the ballot in New York. As you may know, shortly after taking full control of NY state government Andrew Cuomo and the NY Democrats tripled the ballot access requirement to 45,000 signatures in a 6-week period, making NY arguably the most difficult state to get on the ballot. Halfway through the petitioning period, we are behind where we need to be. With just three weeks to clear this hurdle by the May 28th deadline, we need everyone to do what they can to help now.

Our most critical need right now is for people to collect signatures in New York. We are looking for volunteers as well as people who would like to get paid to petition. If you can come petition in New York, we need your help! Let us know if you’re willing to help collect signatures in NY and we’ll get in touch to make arrangements for your visit, including accommodations if you need them.

Please sign up to help now:

We also need everyone to donate whatever they can to help us fund this urgent ballot drive. Every dollar you can donate helps move us closer to the all-important goal of getting 45,000 valid signatures in New York. Please pitch in as much as you can now to help make it happen!

Our campaign is finally starting to break through after months of hard work. A recent CBS poll from Wisconsin had us at 8% in a 3-way race, including 22% among voters 18-30 and 16% among voters 30-44. Since I was arrested with my campaign manager and deputy campaign manager last week in St. Louis, we’ve had a flood of media inquiries and back-to-back interviews with major media outlets. We got a big endorsement from world-renowned Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and we’ve raised over $100,000 just in the last week. People seem to be waking up to the fact that ours is the one anti-genocide, pro-worker, climate action campaign with a real shot of being on the ballot in every state this November.

But it all depends on what happens in the next three weeks in New York. If we hit our goal in New York, we’re well on the way to nationwide ballot access - which would make us the first Green presidential campaign to achieve this milestone. With multiple systemic crises hitting at the same time and rejection of the establishment candidates at a record high, the sky is the limit for what lies ahead in this race - including a real shot at the White House.

But if we miss the ballot in New York, it would be a major blow to this campaign and to our hopes of building the new major party we so badly need.

This is a do-or-die moment, and we need you to rise to the challenge. I was in New York on day one to help launch the ballot drive, and I am planning to return as soon as possible to rally support to get our campaign and the Green Party back on the ballot. I hope you will join me - or support us however you can.

Right now, New York is the best hope the parties of war and Wall Street have to trip us up and smother the momentum we are building every day. We can’t let them get away with using their power to lock us out of democracy - not without fighting with everything we’ve got.

If you believe in this movement for people, planet, and peace that we have struggled so hard for so many years to build, I ask you to rise to meet the challenge of this historic moment and do whatever you can to help us get on the ballot in New York.

Please share this urgent message with your friends, family, and fellow activists. We can do this if we all work together, but we need everyone to answer the call.

Thank you for everything you do to fight for an America and a world that works for all of us!

In gratitude,

Jill Stein