GREEN PARTY OF MICHIGAN
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grassroots democracy • social justice
ecological wisdom • non-violence
www.MIGreenParty.org
www.facebook.com/migreens
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2020
CONTACT:
Matt Crehan, Communications Manager
616-438-2700
John Anthony La Pietra, Elections Co-ordinator
269-781-9478
Michigan Voters Will Have 30 Green Nominees to Support
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Bureau of Elections Resolves Challenge in Favor of
Redford Township Clerk Candidate Evelyn Pridemore,
One of Six Wayne County Greens on the Ballot
Eight Statewide Candidates Include Original Green New Dealer
Howie Hawkins for President, Susan Hubbard for Supreme Court
The Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) still has thirty nominees for this
fall's general election, eight on ballots statewide, after a late
challenge to one local candidate was withdrawn.
After a consultation with the State Bureau of Elections in Lansing, the
Wayne County Clerk's Office reversed an earlier decision and agreed that
Evelyn Pridemore had filed her nomination paperwork correctly -- so she
will be on the ballot for Redford Township Clerk.
All Michigan voters will have at least the eight statewide Green
nominees to vote for:
* Howie Hawkins -- the first person to run on a Green New Deal platform,
in 2010 -- and his fellow activist for workers, Angela Walker, as the
Green Presidential ticket;
* Marcia Squier for US Senate;
* Tom Mair for State Board of Education;
* Michael Mawilai for U-M Board of Regents;
* Brandon Hu and Robin Laurain for MSU Board of Trustees;
* Susan Odgers for Wayne State Board of Governors; and
* Susan L. Hubbard, nominated by GPMI for the officially "non-partisan"
position of Michigan Supreme Court Justice.
Five other GPMI candidates will join Pridemore on Wayne County ballots:
* D. Etta Wilcoxon and Clyde K. Shabazz for the 13th and 14th District
US House seats;
* Stephen Boyle and Anita Belle for Michigan House seats in the 3rd and
7th Districts; and
* James Cole, Jr. for Wayne County Commission District 2.
And GPMI has nominated 16 more candidates across Michigan -- three for
Congress, eight for the state legislature, and five for county and local
offices. Four would serve Oakland County, and two each in Isabella,
Kalamazoo, Kent, Midland, and Washtenaw Counties.
Elections Co-ordinator John Anthony La Pietra, who led GPMI's effort to
reach out to the Bureau of Elections and the Wayne County Clerk's
Office, thanks both offices for agreeing quickly to secure Pridemore's
spot on the ballot. "I'm glad the county won't have to re-print or
re-mail absentee ballots sent out with a Green Party candidate left off
them -- as it did in 2010."
State law says GPMI can only nominate its candidates at a state
convention or county caucuses, which must be held by the August primary
date, La Pietra said. A caucus of Wayne County Greens nominated
Pridemore July 25, so her forms were properly filed the next business
day with the County Clerk. Township candidates seeking spots on the
primary ballot are required to file with their township clerks.
A full list of Michigan's 30 Green nominees, with the latest contact
information available for their campaigns, is online at
For more information on the Green Party of Michigan, its platform, and
its Ten Key Values -- and how *you* can get involved -- please visit the
party's Website at
www.MIGreenParty.org
and the GPMI Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Official Press Release of the Green Party of Michigan
www.MIGreenParty.org
www.facebook.com/migreens
PO Box 2754; Grand Rapids, MI 49501
