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Published on: 1/1/2004
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Rachel Jackson is co-chair of the state Green Party.
JACKSON: "We're sort of in a catch-22.
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JACKSON: "We don't have the resources... financial resources... either in our state party or in our national party to support such an extreme amount of petitioning as the Libertarians have been able to do."
That, once again, is Rachel Jackson, co-chair of the Oklahoma Green Party.
JACKSON: "In the Presidential election of 2000, we had an enormous effort to get Nader on the ballot, and I think we were something like a couple thousand signatures short, which was-- to many people-- quite defeating.
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I ask Rachel how successful the Green Party's petition drive was this election season.
She can't remember the exact figures off-hand, so she goes to her room and comes back a few minutes later with a folder.
JACKSON: "Uh...
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JACKSON: "Well, many people warned... many people in our party were very much concerned that it would be an embarrassment, but those of us who went ahead and pushed for the petition felt like-if anything-it is symbolic of a protest of the ballot access laws in our state."
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JACKSON: "Well, I believe that a filing fee is probably most fair, as far as access is concerned, as long as-you know-the amount is small..."
That's Rachel Jackson from the Green Party again.
JACKSON: "...However I know that there are some concerns that if that happens, anybody-you know-can get on the ballot, and some people think that that would lead to loss of control."
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Here's Rachel Jackson again.
JACKSON: "In talking to people, both as the co-chair of the state Green Party and just as a friend and neighbor, there are many people in Oklahoma who are anti-death penalty, who are pro-labor, who are pro-environment, who are anti- you know- corporate power, who do not feel that their opinions and their perspectives are being represented by candidates who are running in the two major parties.
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Rachel Jackson is co-chair of the state Green Party.