WAYNE COUNTY GREENS TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS MAY 4

(HONESDALE) — As part of the Presidential nominating process of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS), the Wayne County Green Party Committee (WCGPC) invites all duly registered Green Party members in Wayne and Pike Counties to attend the 2008 Presidential Caucus. Attendees should meet in Honesdale’s Central Park at 3 PM on Sunday, May 4.  (In case of inclement weather, check the WCGPC website, www.greenwayne.org, or call 570-251-3637 for alternate meeting information. ) Guests are welcome.  Participants should bring food to share, blankets or chairs, and musical instruments, as the Caucus will also be a Spring Picnic and Celebration.

At the caucus, registered Green voters will discuss the Presidential candidates and then indicate their Green Party Presidential nominee preferences in rank order. The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) will use the results to determine how GPPA delegates should vote at the GPUS nominating convention, to be held in Chicago this July 10-13.

Each attendee will also be asked to decide whether the GPPA should support the GPUS candidate, or forego the GPUS nomination process and instead support the winner of the GPPA caucus.

There are four candidates actively seeking the Green Party nomination:

  • Jesse Johnson (www.jesse08. org) is a geologist and performing artist from West Virginia
  • Cynthia McKinney (www.runcynthiarun. org) is a former Democratic Congresswoman from Georgia
  • Kent Mesplay (www.mesplay. org) is a teacher and air quality inspector from California
  • Kat Swift (www.bexargreens. org/katforprez) is a political activist from Seattle

Ralph Nader (www.votenader. org) is not seeking the Green Party nomination is 2008, although many Greens support his candidacy. Caucus attendees have other alternatives as well. They may choose ‘No Candidate’ to support the idea that GPUS (or GPPA) ought not to run any Presidential candidate at all, or choose ‘Uncommitted’ to give the GPPA delegation to the GPUS Convention the freedom to follow their consciences.

 Please join us!