Hi ,

You've surely heard the news by now that yesterday, presumptive Democratic Party nominee, Joe Biden, settled on former California attorney general and US Senator, Kamala Harris, as his running mate.

Are they serious?

Our VP candidate, Angela Walker, tweeted yesterday that, "two months into massive uprisings in EVERY American city, Joe Biden's VP pick makes it abundantly clear he isn't listening to the electorate.  You still think you can push him further left?"

Angela is exactly right, and this underscores why she and Howie Hawkins are running today.  Progressive voters need a choice that won't have them holding their noses at the ballot box, and we need to build something that belongs to US, not to corporate funders or the private prisons industry.

How do we build?  We've said from the beginning that ballot access is the key.  With ballot access, state parties can more easily put Green candidates on every line on the ballot, to challenge neoliberal policies like the ones Biden and Harris championed their whole careers, from our school boards to our city councils and state legislatures...all the way to Congress.

You know we've been fighting on the ground for ballot access, and we've had some stunning victories recently.  Now we are on the ballot in Washington, Arkansas, New Jersey.  We turned in more than enough petitions in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

But now Democrats are trying to claw back our victories.  There have been legal challenges filed to invalidate the thousands of signatures we successfully submitted in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  A judge just ruled in favor of the Democrats' complaint in Montana too, knocking the Green Party off the ballot again.

We are still deep in petitioning season, but now we have the added burden of having to fundraise to protect our ballot lines via a legal defense.

We need your help.  Can you donate today to ensure we have enough resources to protect our Green Party ballot lines?

If the Green Party is not on the ballot, there will be no one to tell the truth about how ingrained is the Democratic ticket with the private prisons industry.

No other campaign will be advocating for Medicare for All and a sound pandemic and economic relief that we all need to address the very real corona depression happening right now.

No other campaign will be working toward ending the new nuclear arms race that threatens our very existence.

No other campaign will be fighting to end climate meltdown, which is the primary existential threat we face today.

Help us protect the Green Party's gains and to build for the future.  Please make a donation of any size today.

In solidarity,

Team Howie

P.S.: We're still in our matching funds period, until August 24.  Every dollar you donate will be matched 1:1 by the federal government until then, so donate now to double your money.