FSRN Growing Green Party Holds Presidential Ballot in Arizona
Channel: Reddebrek
Date: 29/02/2012

Voters in Arizona also go to polls today to elect a Green Party presidential candidate. About 5,000 people in Arizona are registered as Greens and this is the first time the state party has qualified for a presidential primary election. In addition to Arizona, front-runner Jill Stein is on the ballot in 17 other states and the District of Columbia, and has qualified for federal matching funds in California and Massachusetts. Stein, a physician, is increasing her lead after winning last week's online primary in Illinois. On the Thom Hartmann show last week, Stein explained why the country needs a Green New Deal. Stein faces five other candidates on the ballot in Arizona, including Kent Mesplay, who's also running a national campaign. Mesplay is an air quality inspector for San Diego County, and ran for the Green Party presidential nominee in 2004 and 2008. Mesplay, who grew up in Paupua New Guinea and is part Blackfoot Indian, says he is running to counter the conservative attacks on immigrants, Mexicans, and Native peoples. Three candidates on the Arizona Green ballot are local, and another from Colorado, Gary Swing, is running for Congress too. Actress Rosanne Barr did not qualify in time, but may secure votes as a write-in candidate.

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