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Democrats were considering an appeal. Kennedy, West and Cruz were challenged for collecting signatures in the name of the presidential candidate, rather than each of the 16 elector candidates. Stein was challenged over whether the Green Party had ballot access in 20 other states. [51] Kennedy was also challenged over his address. [52]
On February 4, 1990, Greens gathered at California State University, Sacramento, authored bylaws, founded the GPCA, and started a voter registration drive. [1] The GPCA adopted the leaf-G logo which cartoonist Harry Driggs designed for the Green Party of San Francisco in the 1980s and which represents the letter G of the party name as a leaf.
The Green Party's membership encompasses the fourth-highest percentage of registered voters in the United States, with a total membership of 234,120. [58] The Green Party has its strongest popular support on the Pacific Coast, Upper Great Lakes, and Northeast, as reflected in the geographical distribution of Green candidates elected. [59]
However, the party lost automatic ballot access in a May 2024 ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court, meaning party officials and candidates would have to petition for ballot access. [172] The party was also ballot-qualified in Nebraska, but no candidates qualified for the May 14 primary. Instead, the state affiliate party nominated Cornel West.
In California, Kennedy will be on the ballot thanks to the American Independent Party, a group founded in the 1960s to promote segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s third-party bid in 1968.
Jill Stein, the Green Party's nominee for president in 2012 and 2016, was the only candidate on the California primary ballot, although she was followed by three write-in candidates. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Stein won the primary and earned all 59 of the state's delegates.
The bipartisan elections commission in February unanimously approved ballot access for the Green Party’s presidential nominee this year because the party won more than 1% of the vote in a ...
The Green Party has run candidates for president in every election since 1996.Consumer advocate Ralph Nader was the party's nominee in 1996 and 2000.Political activist David Cobb was nominated in 2004; former U.S. congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was the nominee in 2008; physician and activist Jill Stein was nominated in 2012 and 2016; and activist Howie Hawkins was the Green nominee in 2020.