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Ranked Choice Vote ID	80
Ranked Choice Vote	Election: Coordinating Committee, unscheduled vacancies, one female seat, remainder of July 2015 - June 2017
Type	Secret Ballot
Number of Seats	1
Ranked Choice Vote Administrator	Mike Feinstein
Phase	Closed
Discussion	03/08/2016 - 04/17/2016
Voting	04/18/2016 - 04/25/2016
Result	Results
Presens Quorum	12 0.5001
Candidates	No Other Candidate Mimi Newton

Background

This election is to fill one unscheduled vacancy for one female seat on the GPCA Coordinating Committee http://www.cagreens.org/committees/coordinating , resulting from resignation by Candice Yamaguchi, elected in June 2015 http://sga.cagreens.org/vote/irvresult?pid=65, to serve the remainder of the two year term running from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017. The Coordinating Committee's Duties and Authority are found here http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-1_Duties_and_Authority .

When such unscheduled vacancies occur, the Coordinating Committee shall publish a Notice of Vacancy and Call for Candidate Submissions to the active County Organizations, as per GPCA Bylaws 8-4.5 http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Section_8-4_Elections . This was sent on February 15, 2015.

According to GPCA Bylaws 8-2.1, "The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of up to 24 voting members, with 12 men and 12 women. Six men and six women shall be elected each year to serve staggered, two year terms" http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-2_Membership and 8-4.1 "Elections shall be conducted each year by the Standing Green Assembly using Ranked Choice Voting with a No Other Candidate option, with the six week discussion period beginning on the first Monday of May and the one week voting period commencing immediately thereafter" http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-03-23#Section_8-4_Elections . 8-4.3(b) adds that the election as it is posted to the Standing Green Assembly shall include: "A full and detailed explanation of Ranked Choice Voting, an explanation of the No Other Candidate option, and an encouragement that delegates make their choices seriously and a reminder that they do not have to fill all seats unless they feel there are enough qualified candidates."

Ranked Choice Voting is explained here http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/fair-representation-voting/choice-voting • http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/instant-runoff-voting • http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=876 • http://www.acgov.org/rov/rcv. Ranking 'No Other Candidate' (NOC) means once NOC passed the approval threshold, no further candidates will be elected, other than those (if any) who have already been elected before NOC reached the threshold.

Candidate Information

No Other Candidate

Mimi Newton
Biography: I have been continuously registered with the Green Party since the late 1980's and currently participate on the State Green Party’s Finance Committee. I live in Fairfax, California, in Marin County, where I am Co-Chair of the Marin Green Party. I have been an environmental attorney for more than 25 years, and now work as a hazardous waste attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco. During my free time, I’m a Planning Commissioner for the Town of Fairfax. Prior to becoming a Planning Commissioner in 2015, I was the chair of the Fairfax Open Space Committee for many years.

Objectives: I am applying to fill the remainder of the Female two-year Coordinating Committee Seat for the term running from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017. Initially, I hope to gain a better understanding of the functions, duties and role of the State Coordinating Committee and the State Party by-laws in order to gain a better understanding of how the Coordinating Committee and the State Party function and focus on where my help is needed most. Part of this effort would involve learning through osmosis by helping other Coordinating Committee members with any projects where help is needed. My longer term goals would be to help make the Green Party a more popular, powerful party of the future by pulling in younger voters and other disenfranchised populations, and weaving new ideas in with the wisdom of our elders. I believe strongly in building consensus among disparate interests where common interests can make us strong. A Flower Child of the Sixties Generation, I refuse to let go of certain patriotic ideals (freedom of speech, habeus corpus, etc.). And, I hang onto the notion that we should always strive for intelligent, practical strategies for dealing with the myriad of issues that pose huge challenges to those of us with the stamina to keep trying to hammer out solutions. I’d be honored to do everything within my power to help the Green Party in California.

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