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The Nebraska Green Party is the state party organization for Nebraska of the Green Party of the United States. The Nebraska Green Party is a small but swiftly growing party. The party held its first convention in August 2000 at a Unitarian church in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the 2004 election three Congressional candidates, Roy Guisinger, party Co-Chair Steve Larrick and Dante Salvatierra garnered a total of over 10,000 votes statewide. The party lost its ballot access after the 2004 general election. In order to maintain status as an officially recognized party in Nebraska, Green Party candidates must garner at least five percent of the vote in federal or state electoral races. In 2004, these offices were limited to President and the House of Representatives. This led to the Green Party being recognized in the 1st District but not in the 2nd District and 3rd District. Petition drives qualified the Greens in all three districts in 2006. During the 2006 elections Doug Paterson received Over 5% of the vote for Secretary of State earning the party Statewide Ballot Status for 2008. According to Nebraska voter registration statistics there were 444 registered greens in the state in 2006. By the November 2008 election that total had more than doubled to 1,041.〔http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/pdf/10-28-08_Final_VR_Report.pdf〕 In November 2007 Steve Larrick declared his intention to run for US Senate in the 2008 elections 〔()〕 ==Presidential elections== In 2000, Ralph Nader was the Green Party nominee. His campaign received 3.51% of the statewide vote. In 2004, Green Party nominee David Cobb received 978 votes statewide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History Nebraska Greens )〕 In 2008, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney received 1,028 votes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2008 OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS )〕 In 2012, national Green Party nominee Jill Stein was not on the Nebraska presidential ballot and officially received 0 votes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nebraska Green Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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