[Marxism] Elaine Brown Removed from Ballot in Brunswick, GA Mayoral Race

[Steffie Brooks <steffie.brooks@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've spoken with local activists at the campaign office in Brunswick
and they are understandably outraged. They are planning a 24/7
presence at the campaign office through Election Day, Nov. 8th, and
are seeking national press coverage. As of yesterday (Thurs.)
afternoon the Glynn County Elections Commission is disallowing even
write-in votes for Elaine Brown because, they claim, she didn't
register as a write-in candidate a month before the election. She was
ruled off the ballot on Oct. 14th.

please get the word out, especially to press.

Steffie Brooks
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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:

Friday, November 4, 2005

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty@xxxxxxxxxx
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene@xxxxxxxxxx
Anita D. Collins, Elaine Brown Campaign Manager,
912-262-9811

GREENS DENOUNCE COURT RULING UPHOLDING ELAINE
BROWN'S REMOVAL FROM BALLOT IN MAYORAL RACE IN
BRUNSWICK, GA., SEE ELECTION FRAUD

Challenges against Brown's residency were filed
by two individuals who admiittedly don't know Ms.
Brown or where she lived.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders condemned
a court decision upholding the removal of Elaine
Brown from the ballot and from voter rolls in the
November 8 election for Mayor of Brunswick,
Georgia, and charged that Ms. Brown's
disqualification by challengers in an attempt to
crush the right of Brunswick's African American
voters to vote for someone who represents their
interests.

Greens are encouraging Brunswick voters to elect
two other candidates on the ballot in Brunswick,
Gladys Lyde and James Brooks, who are running for
City Commission seats.

"Republicans and their friends on court benches
have proven that they will stop at nothing to
remove competition and to fix elections," said
Gwen Wages, co-chair of the Green Party of the
United States.  "We saw it in the presidential
elections in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004,
and we see it now in a local race in Brunswick."
The court dismissed Ms. Brown's challenge to a
decision by the Glynn County Board of Elections
to remove her because it claimed she had not
sufficiently established residency in Brunswick a
year before the election, even though she had
registered to vote in Brunswick more than a year
before November 8, based on false claims made by
two challengers who admittedly didn't know Ms.
Brown or where she lived.  One of the challengers
against Ms. Brown is a close friend of the
current mayor, Brad Brown, a Lieutenant Colonel
in the Sons of Confederate Veterans; the
challenger's wife is a reenactor for same
organization.  Both challengers are supporters of
the Republican candidate and were represented by
the same attorney.

"The message of the decision is that elections in
Brunswick aren't open to third party candidates,
or to African American candidates," said Sundiata
Tellem, co-chair of the Black Caucus of the Green
Party.  Ms. Brown would have been the first
African American mayor of Brunswick, a majority
African American city.

Greens called the ruling a blow to the citizens
of Brunswick, especially to those who signed Ms.
Brown's petition to get on the ballot, to the
thousands of African American voters who planned
to vote for the first time because of the Brown
campaign, and to their right to a choice of
candidates on the ballot. Ms. Brown is continuing
to appeal the Board's decision in the courts and
on the streets.

"Elaine Brown is running against the forced
displacement of thousands of low-income African
American residents of Brunswick under Blueprint
Brunswick, a monster development scheme," said
Jody Grage Haug, co-chair of the Green Party of
the United States.  "Bryan Thompson, the CEO and
president of Blueprint Brunswick, is the
Republican candidate in the mayoral race.  Thanks
to the decision of the Elections Board and the
court's affirmation of the decision, this is now
a stolen election."

MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

Elaine Brown for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia
http://www.elainebrown.org
2802 Altama Avenue, Suite B, Brunswick, GA 31520
Telephone 912-262-9811
Facsimile 912-262-9813

Georgia Green Party http://www.greens.org/georgia
"Green Party Vows Support as Elaine Brown Fights
Disqualification"
Press release, October 19, 2005
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_19.shtml

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