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Clifford Thornton of the Green Party of Connecticut has accepted the nomination for the Green Party Steering Committee vacancy. Clifford is a former Green Party candidate for Governor of Connecticut and an active member of the Green Party Black Caucus.
Clifford is the founder of Efficacy, a non-profit organization that has been concentrating efforts on drug policy reform.
Prior to working full-time in drug policy, Mr. Thornton was a middle-level manager with Southern New England Telephone Company in Connecticut. He was in charge of the delivery of all internal telecommunications to the corporation, serving some 10,000 employees with a $50,000,000 annual budget, supervising 23 people. He worked at SNET for 25 years. He was (and is) very active in community projects as well. He served as Vice President of the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz for three years. This three-day event attracted approximately 75,000 people every year with a mere $50,000 budget. He also served as Parliamentarian of the Greater Hartford African American Alliance and was president of Jazz Radio New England.
The NOMINATION PERIOD WILL BE OPEN FOR 2 WEEKS, Monday OCTOBER 8 - Sunday OCTOBER 21.
DISCUSSION WILL RUN 2 WEEKS, Monday OCTOBER 22 - Sunday NOVEMBER 4.
VOTING PERIOD WILL RUN 1 WEEK, MONDAY NOVEMBER 5 - 11:59 p.m. PT, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11.
NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO secretary@gp.org and may also be sent to the national votes list. Self-nominations are allowed.
The voting will be conducted using a ranked choice (IRV) vote with NOTA as an option.
Clifford's maturity and leadership ability would be an asset to the Steering Committee and the Green Party as a whole. Please vote for Cliff and encourage other national delegates to do the same. He will be my first choice.
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