Local Green Party activists ask: When it is clear to you that the president has moved too far to the right on critical policy concerns, and the local Democratic Party has failed to give you candidates to support, what do you do?
When you feel the two-party system that dominates the American political realm has been thoroughly co-opted by corporate interests, what can you do?
For one thing, says Bob Kinsey, a retired high school history teacher and the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, you can register Green.
“People need to realize that that’s one way to voice their opinion that they don’t think the major parties are moving in the right direction,” he says, “and that the Green Party has some answers.”
This November, voters in El Paso County will have an opportunity to support three Green Party candidates. Karyna Lemus and Brad Harrisare running for county commissioner seats, while Misha Luzov is seeking to oust U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.
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Read more of Greening the Ballot by Chet Hardin in the Colorado Springs Independent.
