TRAVIS COUNTY * GREEN PARTY

Dallas Morning News: July 17, 2010:

Travis County DA investigates GOP-backed Green Party petition drive

• MY SAN ANTONIO
  
  July 25, 2010

• SAN ANTONIO CURRENT
  
  July 14, 2010

July 9 Press Release

Green Party of Texas Responds To Texas Democratic Party Request For Dismissal

Today attorneys for the Green Party of Texas (GPTX) entered a response to a motion filed yesterday before the Texas Supreme Court by the Texas Democratic Party (TDP). In the motion, TDP concedes that the injunction ordered by a Travis County District Court, which was intended to keep Green Party candidates off the ballot in the 2010 General Election ballot, is now moot.

Democratic Party Attempts To Silence The Voices Of 92,000 Texans

Facts relating to the legal wrangling over the Texas Green Party's ballot access effort in chronological order:

from the press release

Republicans and Democrats Fight Over Ballot Access for Green Party

As Texans celebrate Independence Day, the Libertarian Party calls for voters to declare independence from corrupt political parties that try to use courts, tricks, and legislation to subvert the will of the voters.

"Recent events have further confirmed the corrupt practices of the Republican and Democratic parties in manipulating elections to their benefit" says Libertarian Party of Texas state chair Pat Dixon. "They prefer lawsuits, manipulations, and prohibitions. We prefer empowering voters to make choices in an open competition."

Courtesy of Jon Roland, Libertarian candidate for Texas Attorney General.

http://jonroland.org/tgp/tdp_v_tgp.htm

The Green Party of Texas called on the Texas Democratic Party to give Texans democratic options in the November elections. Over 90,000 signatures of registered voters were turned in to the Secretary of State in May. These petitioners indicated that they wished to see Green Party candidates on the November ballot. The day after the Secretary of State's office certified the petitions, the Texas Democratic Party filed a temporary restraining order against the Green Party, attempting to prohibit Green Party candidates from appearing on 2010 ballots.

Based on the unfounded allegations presented in the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Democratic Party accused the Green Party of accepting illegal campaign contributions. The Democratic Party claimed that its candidates would be "harmed" by the presence of Green Party candidates on the ballot.

In response to this action, Green Party of Texas co-chair Christine Morshedi stated, "Although we feel the ballot access laws in Texas are unnecessarily restrictive, it is the system that we are working under. We have complied fully with the spirit and the letter of the law. I regret that the Democratic Party has seen fit to launch a lawsuit based on unfounded allegations. We are determined to do all we can to bring an alternative message to the Texas public."

Free and Equal Elections is proud to stand next to the Green Party of Texas today to release this joint statement concerning Texas media reports involving Boyd Ritchie’s anti-democratic attack on the Green Party’s recent petition drive in Texas.