Vice-Presidential Candidate Pat LaMarche Speaks in
Trenton
TRENTON,
NJ — At 10:00 a.m. Monday the Green Party of New Jersey
submitted 1,209 signatures on petitions to the N.J. Division
of Elections in Trention to get David Cobb and Patricia
LaMarche, its Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates,
on the ballot this November. This is 409 more than the 800
necessary.
The petitions were accepted by the Division of Elections.
Following this, several Green Party leaders, including
Vice-Chair Jane Hunter, former U.S. Senate candidate Ted
Glick and 12th Congressional District candidate Daryl
Brooks, spoke at a press conference on the Trenton
statehouse steps. They were followed by a main presentation
by Vice Presidential candidate Pat LaMarche, who had
journeyed from Maine to participate.
Questions from the press were raised about the objectives
of the Green Party's efforts this year. Ms. LaMarche
answered that two primary objectives were to increase Green
Party registration and membership and to support local
candidates for office like Daryl Brooks.
Another question concerned Maine's Clean Money public
financing system. Ms. LaMarche reported that half of the
state legislature are "clean money" candidates. Ted Glick
pointed out that legislation passed in New Jersey limits
"clean money" efforts here to no more than two assembly
district, and that the amount of money required to be raised
by candidates to become eligible for public financing was
tremendously larger than comparable districts in Maine.
