by Chris Blankenhorn | Sep 17, 2021
By Howie Hawkins The Freedom to Vote Act, the pared down voting rights legislation that Democratic Senators unveiled on September 14, must be supported to preempt GOP state laws for partisan gerrymandering, voter suppression, election subversion, and intimidation of...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Jul 31, 2021
Editorial by Howie Hawkins, 2020 presidential nominee, Green Party of New York State The platform of the Green Party of the United States calls for proportional representation (PR) for legislative bodies and ranked-choice voting (RCV) for executive offices. With...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Jul 31, 2021
Hawkins and Walker reflect on the 2020 election Editorial by Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker – Green Party President and Vice President Candidates 2020 was the most difficult year yet for a Green Party presidential run because the lesser-evil dynamic was stronger than...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Jul 17, 2021
by Howie Hawkins Originally published at https://www.tempestmag.org/2021/07/escaping-the-lefts-electoral-impasse/ Howie Hawkins argues for ranked choice voting and proportional representation as part of the fight to defend and expand democratic rights. Whether you are...
by Chris Blankenhorn | Jul 3, 2021
by Howie Hawkins Voting rights are not fully realized if they are only about the getting into the polling booth to cast a vote. Voting rights are also about the right to vote for who you want once you get to vote. Otherwise, we have will still have the kind of...
