|
Green Party of Michigan
http://www.migreens.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 19, 2003
For More Information Contact:
----------------------------
Marc Reichardt -- Party Chair, GPMI phone: 734-668-9628 e-mail: chair@migreens.org
Ray Ziarno -- GPMI Candidate/Secretary of State, 2002 e-mail: razar@voyager.net
Green Party Leader to Testify at Election-Reform
Meeting
2002 Secretary of State Candidate Ray Ziarno to
Attend Meeting of "Help America Vote Act" Planning Committee
Will Urge State to Plan for Free, Fair, and Full Choices in Election
Equipment, Training and Advanced Voting Methods.
WHO: Ray Ziarno -- the candidate of the Green Party of Michigan
(GPMI) for Secretary of State in the 2002 election, and
a representative of Michigan Focus on Reforming Elections
(M-FORE) -- will attend.
Other members of GPMI and/or M-FORE may also attend.
WHAT: Ziarno will testify at the first scheduled meeting of the
State Plan Advisory Committee required by the Federal
"Help America Vote Act" during the required 30-day state
public-comment period during which the preliminary plan
can be revised before it is submitted to the new Federal
Election Assistance Commission.
WHEN: The meeting is scheduled to run from 10am to 12 noon EDT
on Friday, June 20, 2003.
WHERE: The hearing is to be held in Ballroom 5 of the Lansing
Center (333 East Michigan, Lansing).
WHY: Ziarno will present testimony on the need for the state's
HAVA implementation plan to provide for equipment and
software, training, and other preparations to enable the
state and smaller jurisdictions within the state to hold
elections using ranked-choice voting methods (such as
instant-runoff voting, IRV) and other voting and election
methods being used elsewhere in the United States. His
remarks will be grounded in two of the Four Pillars of
the Green Party: grassroots democracy and social justice.
For further information about the "Help America Vote Act" and
the
State Plan Advisory Committee, visit:
http://www.michigan.gov/hava/
For more information on the Green Party of Michigan and its position
on election reform, visit:
http://www.migreens.org
# # #
Green Party of Michigan * 548 S. Main Street *
* Ann Arbor, MI 48104 * 734-663-3555
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The Green Party of Michigan was formed in 1987 to address environmental
issues in Michigan politics. There are Greens organized in all 50 states
and the District of Columbia. Each state Green Party sets its own goals
and creates its own structure, but US Greens agree on Ten Key Values:
Ecological Wisdom * Grassroots Democracy
Social Justice * Nonviolence
Community Economics * Decentralization
Feminism * Respect for Diversity
Personal and Global * Future Focus/
Responsibility Sustainability
created/distributed using donated labor
|
