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Green Party of Ohio
| Green Party of Ohio | |
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| Location: | Columbus, Ohio |
| Type: | Political party |
| Affiliation: | Green |
| Top official: | Bob Fitrakis, Co-chair Anita Rios, Co-chair |
| Website: | Official website |
The Green Party of Ohio is the Ohio political party affiliate of the national Green Party. The group is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Note: This party was previously ballot-qualified in Ohio. As of March 8, 2022, it is no longer ballot-qualified. The content here reflects the most current information as of March 8, 2022.
Background
The Green Party of Ohio can trace its origins to the Green Party of Northeast Ohio, which developed in the early 1990s. Green Party principles grew in popularity across the state and resulted in the formation of a statewide party with affiliated local chapters. The Green Party of Ohio currently has ballot access and is a recognized minor political party in the state.[1]
Platform
The party's stated platform is composed of 10 main issues:[2]
- Grassroots democracy
"The Green Party of Ohio calls all public officials of the State to the highest possible ethical standards. No State Public Official shall receive personal benefit or campaign advantage from those entities that receive public benefits." - Justice and nonviolence
"We support a preventive approach to justice issues. Investment in job training, job creation incentives, poverty elimination and adequate social services, are offset by savings from reduced crime that results from such investments." - Environmental wisdom and energy
"Environmental wisdom is the key to Ohio's health and the capacity to sustain a positive future. Investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy is key to sustainability and job creation." - Agricultural sustainability
"The Green Party of Ohio endorses, supports and seeks to implement an Agriculture Policy in the State of Ohio that follows basic Green principles that will insure a healthy food supply in Ohio." - Healthcare
"Healthcare is an undeniable right. We call for passage of legislation that guarantees comprehensive benefits for all Ohioans in a single payer system, administered by the state, which can be funded by the private and public monies currently committed to health care." - Education
"Ohio needs to educate all of Ohio's children to sustain the well being of the entire state. We support funding of programs that offer adult literacy education, vocational training, and family literacy as a means to break the cycle of illiteracy and poverty. We support public schools and universities and oppose the privatization of education." - Labor and employment
"Labor is the activity of sustaining our future and ourselves. Job creation should have the goal to both increase environmental sustainability and support real quality of life issues as listed in the Green Party’s 10 Key values. We support the right of workers to form or join labor unions of their own choosing." - Economy and taxation
"Ohio corporations are chartered by the State, "for the public good", and the State has the power to control corporations through their charters. We need to implement a state corporate code, that will enable Ohio citizens to control corporations for our service. We also need to ensure that state officeholders, specifically the Attorney General, fulfill their obligations to challenge corporations that exceed their chartered authority or seek to govern." - We believe
"We believe that Ohio should, where private enterprise fails to do so, create publicly owned, democratically controlled enterprises to promote an environmental agenda, workers’ rights, and social equity in our society." - We oppose
"We oppose racism, and discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, ethnicity, national origin, language, creed, religion and we fight and work for legal, social and economic equity and justice in our society."
Rules and bylaws
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- See also: Rules of the Ohio Green Party
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 Ohio Green Party's rules. This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:[3]
- The party holds a state convention every two years.
- The executive committee is made up of the two co-chairs, the secretary and the treasurer. Officers are elected by the state central committee.
- The party is made up of the state central committee and county central committees.
Convention
The date of the 2016 presidential nominating convention for the Green Party of Ohio, when the party selects its delegates to the 2016 Green Party national convention, was April 3, 2016.[4]
Leadership
The Green Party of Ohio has the following state leadership:[5][6][7]
- Bob Fitrakis, Co-chair
- Anita Rios, Co-chair
- Sean Nestor, Political director
- Phil Mohorich, Press secretary
- Mark Lause, Volunteer coordinator
- Philena Farley, Digital media coordinator
- Phil Mahrich, State central committee member
- Joe DeMare, State central committee member
- Suzanne Patzer, State central committee member
- Tekla Lewin, State central committee member
- Gwen Marshall, State central committee member
- Logan Martinez, State central committee member
- Connie Gadell-Newton, State central committee member
- Jim Villani, State central committee member
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Green Party of Ohio, "History," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ Green Party of Ohio, "Platform," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ Green Party of Ohio, "Bylaws," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ Green Party of Ohio, "Green Party of Ohio announces results of presidential nominating convention," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ Green Party of the United States, "Ohio Green Party announces political director and other positions," November 5, 2015
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Ohio Green Party keeps ballot access thanks to Anita Rios' showing in gubernatorial race," November 5, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Ohio, "Minutes of the Ohio Green Party State Central Committee meeting," December 14, 2014
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