2008 Green National Convention

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Venues

The convention was headquartered at the historic Palmer House Hilton, while the nomination event itself took place at the nearby Symphony Center on July 12.[2]

Theme

The theme of the convention was, "Live Green, Vote Green".[2]

Events

July 10

Main Events
  • Introductory news conference and a reception for international Greens.[2]
  • Welcome Reception with International Greens[3]
Additional Events
  • Credentialing Committee meeting[3]
  • Accreditation Committee meeting[3]
  • Diversity Caucus meeting[3]
  • Platform Committee meeting[3]
  • Lavender Caucus meeting[3]
  • International Committee Meeting[3]
  • Ballot Access Committee Meeting[3]
  • National Women's Caucus[3]
  • New York State Caucus[3]
  • Bylaws, Rules, Policies & Procedures (BRPP) Committee Meeting[3]
  • California State Caucus[3]
  • Workshops:[3][4]

July 11

Main events
  • National Committee Meeting
  • News conferences for elected Greens, Green presidential candidates, and candidates for other offices[2]
  • Presidential Candidates Forum.[2] moderated by Rich Whitney[2][5]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Evening reception with John Nichols[3]
Other Events
  • Morning Yoga[3]
  • Eco-Action Committee meeting[3]
  • Presidential Candidate Support Committee meeting[3]
  • Outreach Committee meeting[3]
  • Black Caucus meeting[3]
  • Dispute Resolution Committee meeting[3]
  • Disability Caucus meeting[3]
  • Youth Caucus meeting[3]
  • Maine State Caucus meeting[3]
  • Latino Caucus meeting[3]
  • Workshops[3][4]
    • Fundraising 101 (featuring panelists LaVerne Butler, Angel Torres, George Martin, David Cobb, Jody Grange, Emily Citkowski, Tamar Yager)
    • The Role of Peace Movement in an Election Year (presented by Bruce Gagnon, Steve Shafarman and moderated by Ann Wilcox)
    • What is Central to the Green Message: Ecology? Democracy? Social Justice? (presented Gloria Mattera, Ben Manski and John Rensenbrink, moderated by Mary Beth Sullivan)
    • Sustainable Activism (presented by Alison Duncan)
    • The 60th Anniversaries of the Palestinian Catastrophe (Nakba) and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Green Party's Response
    • The Constitutional MAP for Voter Disenfranchisement
    • Update on NAFTA and the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)
    • The Law of Diminishing Returns as a Principle for Deciding How to Deal with the Need to Reduce Consumption to Restore the Environment
    • Organizing Online for Everyone
    • Campaign Fundraising
    • Candidate Messaging
    • Making Green Food Choices – How our diet affects animals and the environment
    • Democratizing the Electoral College
    • Endless War and the Military-Industrial- Governmental Complex
    • Red, Black, Brown and 'Green': Positive Solutions to the Issues of Poverty, Immigration and Environment Destruction
    • A Democracy Movement for the U.S.A.
    • The Basic Income Guarantee - and the Power of Green Economics

July 12

Main events

July 13

Main events
  • National Committee meeting with the new presidential nominee[3]
Other events
  • Morning meditation led by Lewie Pell of the Network for Spiritual Progressives[3]
  • Green Alliance Meeting[3]
  • Workshops:[3]
    • Agrarian Revival at the End of Cheap Oil
    • What to say when you're called a spoiler: instant runoff voting & proportional representation
    • LGBT Activism: Recent Victories and Future Goals
    • History of US-Iranian Relations and Its Impact on Current Tensions Regarding Iranian Nuclear Power
    • Strategic Thinking for Campaigns
    • Elections for Radicals
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Malik Rahim
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Kathy Kelly

Speakers

Notable speakers included:[2][3][4][6][7]

Name Position/Notability
David Cobb Activist

2004 Green Party presidential nominee

Pat LaMarche Activist

2004 Green Party vice presidential nominee

Rich Whitney Green party nominee for the 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election
John Nichols Journalism
Malik Rahim Activist

Former Black Panther Green party nominee for LA-02 in 2008

Kathy Kelly
Cliff Thornton Jr Activist

Green party nominee for the 2006 Connecticut gubernatorial election

Omar López Green party nominee for IL-04 in 2008
Jill Stein Physician

Green party nominee in the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Brent McMillan GPUS Political Director (2004–2009)
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Ben Manski
John Rensenbrink Political sciencist

Conservationist Co-founder of the Green Party

Presidential nomination

The presidential nomination took place July 12 at Chicago's Symphony Center.[2]

Candidates

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On stage at the Symphony Center after Cynthia McKinney accepted the presidential nomination
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Illinois delegation at the convention

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Balloting

Candidate Green National Convention
Presidential roll call vote 		Percentage
Cynthia McKinney 324 59.89%
Ralph Nader3 85½ 15.80%
Kat Swift 38½ 7.12%
Kent Mesplay 35 6.47%
Jesse Johnson 32½ 6.01%
Elaine Brown 9 1.66%
Jared Ball4 8 1.48%
No candidate 6½ 1.20%
Uncommitted 2 0.37%
Total 541 100%
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3 Nader did not seek the Green Party nomination. His total includes 8 delegates from
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4 Endorsed Cynthia McKinney.
Green presidential nomination ballot[10][11]
Delegation
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Cynthia McKinney
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Ralph Nader
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Kat Swift
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Jesse Johnson
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Elaine Brown
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Jared Ball
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Other
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Black Caucus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of California.svg California 23 52 3 2 1 4 1 0
File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado 3 0 2 2 0 5 0 0
File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg Washington, D.C. 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
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File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1
Lavender Caucus 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine 15 0 1 0.5 1.5 0 0 0
File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland 6 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 13 3 1 3 1 0 0 0
File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan 17 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Template:Country data New York 28.5 2.5 0 2 3 0 0 0
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File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania 10 2 0.5 1 2 0 0 2.5
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0
File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Country data Washington 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin 19 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
Women's Caucus 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total delegates 324 85.5 38.5 35 32.5 9 8 8.5

Running mate

After McKinney's nomination, the convention delegates selected her stated choice of running mate, Rosa Clemente, for the vice-presidential nomination through a voice vote of delegates.[12]

References

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External links

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