Ecology Party of Florida

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Ecology Party of Florida
Basic facts
Location:	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Type:	Political party
Top official:	Cara Campbell, Chair
Year founded:	2008
Website:	Official website

The Ecology Party of Florida is a political party. As of September 2019, it was a ballot-qualified party in Florida.

Background

The Ecology Party of Florida describes itself as dedicated to the principles of environmental preservation and government accountability. The group earned recognition as a minor political party in Florida in 2008 and supported presidential candidate Ralph Nader during the 2008 elections.

Besides supporting candidates for public office, the Ecology Party of Florida has participated in issue advocacy activities. In 2012, the group worked with the Nuclear Information and Resource Service to oppose the development of a nuclear power plant in Levy County, Fla. The party has also opposed phosphate mining and the use of fluoride in public drinking water.

Party chair

Cara Campbell

Cara Campbell is the chair.

Party platform

The party's stated platform is composed of seven main issues:

• The precautionary principle
  "Which principle states that proponents of a potentially harmful technology or practice must demonstrate conclusively that the new technology or practice is harmless before the new technology or practice is adopted, or that damage is inconsequential and any harm easily mitigated at the proponent’s private expense."
• Political independence
  "The Party and its affiliates are forbidden to endorse candidates from the Democratic or Republican Parties and/or Democratic and Republican affiliated parties and/or parties that have cross-endorsed Democrats or Republicans in any political race."
• Respect
  "The Party will respect and count the votes of its voting members (as defined in the by-laws) and the members are expected, in return, to respect and carry out the core principles of the Party."
• Lead by example
  "The Party commits to support best and most sustainable practices (environmental, compassionate, socially responsible, feminist, fair-trade, organic, nonviolent, animal rights…) in conducting all its official business and events."
• Peaceful revolution
  "We must inspire and lead a dynamic and unyielding political and social revolt with the aim of restoring our ecological, social and political communities."
• Participatory democracy
  "We believe that those who participate in the work of promoting the core values and goals of the party, who are aware of, and keep abreast of the issues, should be the ones to make the internal party decisions."
• Opposition to corporate power
  "We strongly believe that corporations, which are legal fictions, created by state law, should not be accorded legal rights that the U.S. Constitution confers upon people."

Party rules and bylaws

See also: Rules of the Ecology Party of Florida

The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a summary of the Ecology Party of Florida's rules. This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:

• The state executive committee is the governing body of the party.
• The party is required to hold at least one annual meeting that is open to all members.
• The party may form "alliances and/or affiliations" with other political parties to support presidential candidates.

Party candidates

Note: The following table lists candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. This may also include candidates who filed to run with more than one political party. The list may not be comprehensive if the state's official filing deadline has not passed. This list may not populate if no candidates have filed to run with this political party. The table lists non-presidential candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. For more information on presidential candidates and elections, please click here.

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See also

• List of political parties in the United States
• Political parties in Florida
• Republican Party
• Florida

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Ecology Party of Florida homepage
• Ecology Party of Florida on Facebook