Are you thinking of running for partisan office in California in 2010?
1) To Run as a Green for Partisan Office in 2010, one must either be
registered Green or 'decline to state' by March 11th, 2009 [EC 8001(a)(2)]
and then if registered 'decline to state' by March 11th, 2009, then
registered Green no later than December 11th, 2009 [EC 8001(a)(2)].
2) The partisan offices up in 2010 are:
80 State Assembly
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/legislators_and_districts/districts/assemblydistricts.html http://www.assembly.ca.gov/clerk/MEMBERINFORMATION/memberdir_1.asp 20 State Senate
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/legislators_and_districts/districts/senatedistricts.html http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/SEN/senplan/senate.htp http://www.senate.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.htp 52 Congressional Seats
http://www.alllaw.com/state_resources/california/congressional_delegation/ http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/congdist/pagecgd110_ca.pdf http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#ca 11 State Constitutional Offices
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller,
Treasurer, Attorney General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and four Board of Equalization districts
To get a sense of the deadlines, requirements and fees for these
races, here are helpful links from the 2008 election cycle:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_calendar2008.htm http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_cand.htm http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_runningforoffice_08.htm For the platform of the Green Party of California, see
http://www.cagreens.org/platform/ If you are thinking of running as a Green in 2010 and are in LA County, contact
gplac-info@cagreens.org If you are thinking of running as a Green in 2010 and are outside of LA County, contact the Greens Campaigns & Candidates coordinator Warner Bloomberg at
wsb3attyca@aol.com For more about the deadlines to be registered Green, see this section ofthe California Election Code:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=elec&group=07001-08000&file=8000-8004 Please forward to others who you think might be interested.
www.cagreens.org/lacounty
