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Missouri
Green Party Members and Friends
Despite turning in over 10,000 signatures from Missouri voters to
the Secretary of State's Office to regain ballot access for the Green
Party in Missouri this year, we have been informed that we fell just
short of reaching the required 10,000 valid signatures. Thank you to
everyone whose efforts got us so close to breaking the two-party
stranglehold on Missouri politics this year!
Despite this setback, we learned several important lessons from our
efforts as we continue our quest to break the two-party trap:
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This can be done with a volunteer effort. We almost
did it this election cycle, even with Covid and so many other hurdles
in our way. With just a little more help we can bring corporate-free
candidates back to the ballot in Missouri in 2024 and beyond.
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The people of Missouri are hungry for more choices,
especially a choice like the Green Party that brings the only
candidates to the ballot that are not for sale to the highest
bidder. Candidates that serve People, Planet, and Peace Over
Profit. The Green Party is needed now more than ever!
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The best way to get out the Green Party message to our
neighbors is to go out to them and talk with them face to
face.The corporate parties have abandoned the public square
and have left it to us. Our neighbors will not come to us, but if we
go to them, we can build a movement that can challenge for power, but
only if we have ballot access.
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We need to start early and work steadily to
get the Green Party back on the ballot in 2024. If we get
started right after the 2022 November election, then we have
approximately 20 months to get 15,000 valid signatures (750 per
month); enough to give us a safe cushion to get 10,000 valid
signatures. Nathan Kline in Kansas City did at least 1/3 of that
alone this past election cycle. Will two other people in the state of
Missouri match that effort? Or will four people do 1/2 as much (125 a
month)? Or 8 people, 1/4 as much (63 a month [4 or 5 hours] per
month)? Or 16 people do 1/8 as much (32 signatures [2 or 3 hours] per
month). This is very doable. In a state with 6.2 million people, we
should be able to get 16 people to make a modest three-hour monthly
commitment to bring democracy back to this state. Will you step
up?
If you are ready to do more than stand by and watch the ongoing
disaster of the two-party system and are ready to do something about
it, contact Nathan Kline at [email protected] or call
816-561-0455.
In Solidarity,
Cris Mann
Outreach Coordinator
Missouri Green Party Outreach
http://www.missourigreenparty.org/
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