The Illinois Green Party is holding it’s convention in Peoria this weekend. I would have loved to go down and mingle with this well-meaning left-wingers, but I have to work today. Too bad the Libertarian Party in Illinois has essentially collapsed. Anyway, they picked their senate candidate today. Good luck trying to keep her and [...]

Via the State Journal-Register:
Admittedly running against “great odds,” Green Party candidate Sheldon Schafer is entering the race to replace U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Peoria.
Schafer, 59, of Peoria and a political novice, hopes to offer a different choice at the ballot box in November and advance the beliefs of the Green Party, which was established in [...]

Via a press release:
In their meeting Thursday, the Illinois Board of Elections dismissed objections to all four Green Party candidates for President: Jared Ball of Washington D.C., Howie Hawkins of New York, Kent Mesplay of California and Cynthia McKinney of California.
The decision by the board sets the stage for the state’s first ever contested Green [...]

From a press release:
The Green Party officially supports adding a recall provision to the Illinois Constitution. The party’s 2004 National Platform states, “We advocate citizen rights to initiative, referendum and recall in all states.” The current version of the National Platform was adopted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in June of 2004.
“We have been, and still are [...]

A poll authorized by Copley Newspapers poll authorized by Copley Newspapers says Blagojevich would get 44 percent of the vote, compared to 40 for Republican Judy Baar Topinka and 7 percent for Green Party candidate Rich Whitney, and another 9 percent remain undecided. The poll’s margin or error is four percentage points. Other polls give [...]

I’ve received the following press release:
Rich Whitney, the Green Party’s candidate for Illinois Governor, today responded to news that a security vulnerability at the Chicago Board of Elections has exposed the Social Security numbers and birth dates of more than 1 million registered voters to potential identity theft and other privacy violations.
“This regrettable and [...]

I just received the following press release:
Rich Whitney, the Green Party’s candidate for Illinois Governor, claims that he is facing widespread media bias and is requesting fair coverage.
“While this campaign has been gratified by the favorable response by many front line reporters, the fact is that when it comes to the top of the institution, [...]

This what Jeff Trigg is up to these days:
The Illinois Free & Equal Elections Coalition (FREE) is a coalition of political parties, independent citizens and civic organizations formed to promote free and equal elections in Illinois.
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I received the following shocking email:
An independent Zogby poll, recently published in the Wall Street Journal, shows that Rich Whitney, the Green Party’s candidate for Illinois Governor, has broken into double digits with 11.3% support. Whitney has also earned the official endorsement of the State School News Service.
The State School News Service made the following [...]

Press release from the Illinois GReen Party:
Rich Whitney, the Green Party’s candidate for Illinois Governor, has been invited to participate in a gubernatorial debate in Marion, Illinois, on September 26th, 2006. The debate is co-sponsored by the Southern Illinoisan, the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIUC, and WSIU Public Broadcasting.
Governor Rod Blagojevich and challenger [...]