According to Green Party Watch, The Arizona Green Party has increased party registration to over 5,000 voters, including the growing number of Pinal County Greens. As the Arizona Green Party notes, this is an increase of almost 500 Greens since last August, so it appears that the party was greatly helped by the large number of candidates it ran for office in 2010, including those it unsuccessfully sued and tried to remove from the ballot as "sham" candidates.
From the Arizona Green Party's press release:
2010 marked the 20 year anniversary of the Arizona Green Party and they look forward to broadening their base by educating voters on their progressive positions on local and national issues. “Most people have this notion that a stereotypical Green Party member is this hippie tree-hugging environmentalist, and that isn’t always the case,” says Luisa Evonne Valdez, who was recently elected as AZGP Co-Chair this month. “What people don’t see enough of is the social justice and economic reform that the Green Party fights for. We focus on 10 Key Values that encompass a wide variety of issues. We believe in Single-Payer Health Care for all, we have been against SB1070 from the beginning, we believe in Marriage Equality and Equal Rights/Protections for our LGBTQ communities, we want to Close Corporate Tax Loopholes, fight for fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget that is based on fair taxation and not dependent on sales tax or through slashing funding for our most vulnerable populations. We support conservation of our land and resources, protecting our parks and wildlife, as well issues like strengthening our middle class and increasing green jobs in Arizona through clean energy. The more we can create awareness for the diverse and all-encompassing issues we strive to achieve, the more people will understand that being Green is more than just hugging trees, it is about restoring civility and humanity through compassion and common sense.”
Pinal County Greens totally support Luisa's statement. Congratulations to all of us in the Arizona Green Party for this accomplishment.
