Green Party presidential nomination, 2024

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Date: November 5, 2024
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The Green Party selected its presidential nominee at the 2024 Green National Convention, which took place virtually from August 15-18, 2024.[1] Delegates voted to select Jill Stein (G) as the party's 2024 presidential nominee. Stein previously ran as the Green Party's presidential nominee in 2016 and 2012. Stein selected Butch Ware (G) as her vice presidential running mate.

Prior to the national convention, state primaries and conventions were held to select the presidential nominating convention delegates. These delegates selected Stein at the convention by majority vote.[2]


Green National Convention

The Green Party held its presidential nominating convention on August 15-18, 2024. The nomination took place on August 17. The convention was held virtually.[3]

Presidential nomination

The Green Party selected Jill Stein as its presidential nominee on August 17, the third day of the national convention.

Green Party officials said voting would be conducted in rounds until one candidate received over 50% of the vote. On the first ballot, Stein received 91% of the vote.[4]

Green presidential nomination final vote
Candidate Votes Percent
Jill Stein 261 91.1%
Jasmine Sherman 13 4.4%
Uncommitted 7 2.4%
None of the above 3 1.0%
Davi 2 0.7%
Randy Toler 0.5 0.2%
Ajamu Baraka 0.5 0.2%
No Nominee 0 0%
Robert Cooke 0 0%
Jorge Zavala 0 0%
Cornel West 0 0%
Total 293 100%

List of 2024 registered Green presidential candidates

See also: List of registered 2024 presidential candidates
Green candidates who have filed for the 2024 presidential election
Candidate Party
Adam Hollick Green Party
Anita Belle Green Party
Emanuel Yi Pastreich Green Party
Jackie Tate Green Party
Jasmine Sherman Green Party
Jill Stein Green Party
Jorge Zavala Green Party
Keith Bagley Green Party
Mason Vicent Cysewski Green Party
Randy Toler Green Party
Robert Cooke IV Green Party
Samantha Joy Narins Green Party
Tyler Gray Green Party


2020 Green Party platform

The text of the Green Party platform as amended by the Green Party National Committee in September 2022 can be found on their website. The platform's table of contents can be viewed below.

I. Democracy
Introduction

A: Political Reform

  • Proportional Representation
  • Abolish the Electoral College
  • Enact Ranked Choice Voting
  • Presidential Debates
  • Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns
  • DC Statehood
  • Publicly-Owned, Open Source Voting Equipment

B: Community

  • Families and Children
  • Alternative Community Service

C: Free Speech and Media Reform

D: Foreign Policy

  • Authorization for Use of Military Force
  • Defense Budget
  • Road to Peace in the Middle East
  • The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
  • Foreign Policy - Trade
  • Human Rights
  • Women's Rights
  • Puerto Rican Independence
  • Kurdistan

E: Domestic Security

F: Demilitarization and Exploration of Space

II. Social Justice
Introduction

A: Civil Rights and Equal Rights

  • Respect for Diversity
  • Women's Rights
  • Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
  • Social Equality
  • Reproductive Rights
  • Economic Equality
  • Violence and Oppression Against Women
  • Nordic Model
  • Dialog and Understanding of Violence Against Women and Girls
  • Pathway to Citizenship
  • Reparations for United States Afrodescendants (i.e., Black Americans, African Americans)
    • Symbols of the Confederacy
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Justice for Native Hawaiians: Kanaka Maoli
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • Rights of the Disabled
  • Religious Freedom and Secular Equality
  • Youth Rights
  • GI and Veterans' Rights
  • Consumer Protection
  • Adoptee Rights

B: Environmental Justice

C: Economic Justice / Social Safety Net

D: Welfare: A Commitment to Ending Poverty

E: Education and the Arts

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • The Arts

F: Health Care

G: Labor

H: Criminal Justice

  • Prison Conditions, Prisoner Treatment and Parolees
  • Right to Vote for the Incarcerated
  • Criminal Justice Reform
  • End the War on Drugs

I: Population

J: Housing and Homelessness

III. Ecological Sustainability
Introduction

A: Climate Change

  • Strong International Climate Treaty
  • Economic Policy For A Safer Climate
  • Repay Our Climate Debt
  • More Efficiency And Conservation
  • Clean, Green Energy and Jobs
  • Regenerative Agriculture
  • Carbon Sequestration Using Ecological Restoration

B: Energy

  • Encourage Conservation
  • Move to Renewable Sources
  • Eliminate dirty & dangerous energy sources
  • Decentralize the Grid
  • Re-localize the Food System
  • Electrify the Transportation System
  • Requirements for Energy Transition

C: Nuclear Issues

D: Transportation

  • Pedestrians and Bicyclists
  • Mass Transit
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Air Travel
  • Freight

E: Zero Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

F: Clean Air / Greenhouse Effect / Ozone Depletion

G: Land Use

  • Land ownership and property rights
  • Urban land use
  • Rural land use
  • Public Lands

H: Water

I: Agriculture

J: Biological Diversity

K: Ethical Treatment of Animals

L: Forestry Practices

M: Ocean Protection

N: International Environmental Policy

O: Rights of Nature

IV. Economic Justice and Sustainability
Introduction

A: Ecological Economics

  • EcoSocialism

B: Measuring Economic Health

C: Curbing Corporate Power

D: Livable Income

E: Fair Taxation

F: Local Economic Development

G: Small Business and the Self-Employed

H: Work and Job Creation

I: Banking and Insurance Reform

  • Insurance reform
  • Prohibit Corporate Insurance Fraud
  • Broader financial industry reforms
  • Reduce Excessive Executive Pay

J: Pension Reform

K: Anti-Trust Enforcement

L: Advanced Technology and Defense Conversion

  • Telecommunications
  • Open Source Software
  • NanoTechnology

M: National Debt

N: Monetary Reform (Greening the Dollar)[5]

Ballot access

See also: Ballot access for presidential candidates and Minor party presidential ballot access, 2024

According to state election authorities, Jill Stein (G) appeared on the ballot in the following states. This list also displays where Stein qualified as a certified write-in candidate.[6]

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware (write-in)
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois (write-in)
  • Kansas (write-in)
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York (write-in)
  • North Carolina
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

Some states have special provisions permitting parties to place presidential candidates on the ballot without attaining full ballot status. In 2020, the Green Party achieved presidential ballot access in 30 states and had write-in status in nine states. In 2016, the Green Party achieved presidential ballot access in 44 states. They had write-in status in an additional three states.[7]

Green presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1996-2020

The following chart shows the Green presidential ticket from every presidential election between 1996 and 2020.

Green presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1996-2020
Year Green presidential nominee Green vice presidential nominee General election result
1996 Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke Lost
2000 Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke Lost
2004 David Cobb Pat LaMarche Lost
2008 Cynthia McKinney Rosa Clemente Lost
2012 Jill Stein Cheri Honkala Lost
2016 Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka Lost
2020 Howie Hawkins Angela Nicole Walker Lost

Green Party annual meetings, 2001-2024

The following table shows the date and location of Green Party annual meetings, including presidential nominating conventions, since 2001.[8]

Green Party annual meetings, 2001-2024
Date City
2024 Virtual
2023 Virtual
2022 Virtual
2021 Virtual
2020 Virtual (previously Detroit, MI)
2019 Salem, MA
2018 Salt Lake City, UT
2017 Newark, NJ
2016 Houston, TX
2015 St. Louis, MO
2014 St. Paul, MN
2013 Iowa City, IA
2012 Baltimore, MD
2011 Aflred, NY
2010 Detroit, MI
2009 Durham, NC
2008 Chicago, IL
2007 Reading, PA
2006 Tucson, AZ
2005 Tulsa, OK
2004 Milwaukee, WI
2003 Washington, D.C.
2002 Philadelphia, PA
2001 Santa Barbara, CA

See also

Green Party presidential nomination, 2016-2024
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