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Ranked Choice Vote Details

Ranked Choice Vote ID	350
Ranked Choice Vote	Election of the PNC Credentials Committee
Type	Open Ballot
Number of Seats	15
Ranked Choice Vote Administrator	Holly Hart
Phase	Closed - 15 Elected
Discussion	06-06-2008 - 06-09-2008
Voting	06-10-2008 - 06-16-2008
Presens Quorum	Two Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Candidates	Karen Grubb Brent White Jay Parks Terry Campbell Mike Feinstein Sanda Everett

Background

Proposal #300 - Rules, Policies Procedures for the National Nominating Convention Credentials Committee - adopted on 1/6/08, provides a process for the election of up to 15 members of the Green Presidential nominating Convention Credentials Committee. Due to the timing of this election, and election will be held for all of the seats at once.

From #330:
QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE ON THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
1 The Credentials Committee shall consist of not more than fifteen members.

2-1.2 No more than two members of the committee shall be from any one state. Members of the National Committee, in the election of the Credentials Committee, are urged to give preference to maximizing the number of states participating in the work of the Credentials Committee.

2-1.3 Any member of the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States and any other member of an accredited state party of the Green Party of the United States participating in the national convention endorsed by their state party, is eligible to be a member of the Credentials Committee, except that:

2-1.3(a) In states where party membership is defined by voter registration - and one can legally register Green ? one must be a registered Green Party member; or

2-1.3(b) In states where party membership is defined by voter registration - but one cannot legally register Green - one must be a member of the Green Party in that state, according to the state party?s rules, and one cannot also be a registered voter in another party; or

2-1.3(c) In states where party membership is not defined by voter registration, one must be a member of the Green Party in that state, according to the rules used by the state party, and one cannot also be a member of another party.

2-1.3(d) No member of the Steering Committee may simultaneously serve as a member of the Credentials Committee. Should a member of the Credentials Committee be elected to the Steering Committee, their election shall serve as notice of their resignation from the Credentials Committee. Should a member of the Steering Committee be elected to the Credentials Committee, their election shall serve as notice of their resignation from the Steering Committee.

2-1.3(e) No person shall be eligible for election to the Credentials Committee unless they have made a written declaration of their intention to attend the Presidential Nominating Convention and to participate in meetings of the Credentials Committee, including those meetings of the Credentials Committee held during and at the venue of the Presidential Nominating Convention.

2-1.4 Once elected, a member of the Credentials Committee shall continue to serve until the end of their Credentials Committee term, their resignation, or the certification of their ineligibility to serve, even if their term as a member of the National Committee has come to an end.

Candidate Information

Karen Grubb
Mountain Party of West Virginia

Brent White
Green Party of Washington State

Jay Parks
Green Party Lavender Caucus

Terry Campbell
Illinois Green Party

Mike Feinstein
Green Party of California

Sanda Everett
Green Party of California

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