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From: Green Party of the United States <gpinfo@gp.org>
Subject: Australian Parliament Goes Green - Congress is Next!
To: gangammai@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, August 23, 2010, 8:47 AM
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Congratulations to the Australian Green Party!
Last weekend the Green Party elected its first member of the Australian
House of Representatives. The party also won 14% of the vote in the
Australian Senate, winning the balance of power in that body. Because
neither of the major parties hold a majority, each must come to the
Greens to build coalitions for new legislation. Greens around the
country celebrated this historic victory.
We need your help to follow suit and elect Greens to Congress.
Party Leader Bob Brown called the showing a "Greenslide". Greens won
in each of the country's six states, taking a total of ten
seats. Commentators in the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the win
was "phenomenal" and that the Greens are taking the Senate on "quite a
move to the left after years and years of being dominated by the
right."
Australian Greens can thank a proportional voting system for a small
part of their success. Greens here continue working to break through
exclusionary debates and media silence to elect Greens to office on the
local and state level.
With your support, we can elect Greens to Congress.
The 300th Green candidate declared their run for office here in the
United States earlier this month. Check out all of our 2010 candidates
and find a candidate near you.
Please support our Green Party candidates on the county, state, and
federal levels by making a contribution to the Green Party of the
United States. With your help, we can follow the Australian lead and
elect a Green to Congress!
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