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class="s1">Hope this finds you and your loved ones well. We
are writing to you today with information regarding needed
actions for your participation in our GPVA 2020 Presidential
Primary as well as links to candidate websites to learn more
about officially recognized and active campaigns and
designated discussion groups where Virginia Greens can lobby
for and learn more about candidates.</span></p>
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class="s1">The GPVA Presidential Primary will be conducted
from April 20th to 26th. All Greens presently residing in
Virginia are eligible to vote in this primary. Here are the
details:</span></p>
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class="s1">1) You must be registered on the GPVA website, <a
href="http://vagreenparty.org">vagreenparty.org</a>. (If for
any reason you cannot register online, please contact your
local rep or the GPVA General Secretary for assistance.)</span></p>
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class="s1">2) After logging in to the GPVA website you can
request a voter code by using the "Request a Voting Code" form
under the "Contacts" menu. You may only request a code one
time.</span></p>
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class="s1">3) By Monday, April 20th, you will receive your
voting code by email, together with instructions for how to
cast your ballot.</span></p>
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class="s1">4) The online ballot will include the name of
every active candidate, but officially recognized candidates
will be identified as such. The ballot is "ranked choice,"
that is, on your ballot you will rank some, none, or all of
the candidates as you choose.</span></p>
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class="s1">5) Information on all active candidates for the
Green Party Presidential Nomination is available at this link
(<a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lsfRXRZTMYsHRp7SMrjdPo3SZiE9NX8ThSkdxzmxL3A/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lsfRXRZTMYsHRp7SMrjdPo3SZiE9NX8ThSkdxzmxL3A/edit</a>)</span></p>
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<p class="p1"
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class="s1">Note that you are eligible to vote in the GPVA
primary if you currently or permanently reside in the state of
Virginia and have registered as a Green Party of Virginia
member on our website. Registration as a voter in the state of
Virginia is not required, and immigration status does not
affect eligibility.</span></p>
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class="s1">The Green Party of the United States Presidential
Nominating Convention is currently scheduled for July 9-12 at
Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The GPVA is
allotted five delegates, and your vote in our primary will
help determine who our presidential candidate will be. Please
go to <a href="http://vagreenparty.org">vagreenparty.org</a>
now and request your voter code. </span></p>
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class="s1">Below is a link to this same information on our
Facebook page where you can help our algorithms by liking and
sharing with fellow Virginia Greens.</span></p>
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class="s2" style="text-decoration:underline"><a
href="https://www.facebook.com/401597013284189/posts/2689799487797252/?d=n">https://www.facebook.com/401597013284189/posts/2689799487797252/?d=n</a></span></p>
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class="s1">Individual voter codes will be sent out on April
20th, 2020 along with information about the candidates,
including a summary of our state party's interactions with
them.</span></p>
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class="s1">There has been a thread created on our GPUS
Facebook Discussion Group for Virginia Green members to lobby
for and discuss candidates. Look for the thread here by
searching “Presidential Primary in the search bar at the top
of the page: <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/vagreens/?ref=share"><span
class="s2" style="text-decoration:underline">https://www.facebook.com/groups/vagreens/?ref=share</span></a></span></p>
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style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal"><span
class="s1">Also the GPVA website has a Forum section to start
discussion threads: <a href="https://vagreenparty.org/forum"><span
class="s2" style="text-decoration:underline">https://vagreenparty.org/forum</span></a></span></p>
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class="s1">For more information, here is a link to the January
2020 GPVA Candidate Event attended by Dario Hunter <a
href="https://www.dariohunter.com/"><span class="s2"
style="text-decoration:underline">https://www.dariohunter.com/</span></a> and
Howie Hawkins <a href="https://howiehawkins.us/"><span
class="s2" style="text-decoration:underline">https://howiehawkins.us/</span></a> who
were the 2 GPUS officially recognized candidates at that
time: <a href="https://youtu.be/gPr_M5G8YCE"><span class="s2"
style="text-decoration:underline">https://youtu.be/gPr_M5G8YCE</span></a>
Also posted on our Fb page here: <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/401597013284189/posts/2523106164466586/?d=n"><span
class="s2" style="text-decoration:underline">https://www.facebook.com/401597013284189/posts/2523106164466586/?d=n</span></a></span></p>
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class="s1">Thank you all for supporting the GPVA and the only
corporate-free political choice in Virginia. Please feel free
to contact us with questions or comments.</span></p>
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class="s1">Best,</span></p>
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class="s1">Tina</span></p>
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class="s1">Tina Rockett, GPVA Co-Chair</span></p>
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class="s1"><a href="mailto:cochairs@vagreenparty.org">cochairs@vagreenparty.org</a></span></p>
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class="s1">B. Sidney Smith, GPVA General Secretary</span></p>
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class="s1"><a href="mailto:bsidneysmith@gmail.com">bsidneysmith@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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class="s1">Ryan Wesdock, Ballot Access Coordinator</span></p>
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style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:normal"><span
class="s1"><a href="mailto:ryan.wesdock@gmail.com">ryan.wesdock@gmail.com</a></span></p>
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