Hington journal continues. Host back with Howie Hawkins the green Party President ial candidate and hell tell us how his campaign is going and what the green party offers for his candidacy for president. Howie, good morning. Guest good morning. Host we havent seen each other on this show since july. So tell us what has happened with your campaign from july until now and how your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate angela walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and i
Since july. Tell us, what has happened with your campaign from july until now . Your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate Angela Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is gettin
Thank you to the press and the immediate why for getting the word out and most importantly, we want to make sure that voting is easy. If you have any questions or concerns, what is interesting this past weekend, i heard from a lot of folks that said i didnt get my ballot yet, what is going on . What is happening. So people seem to be very excited about voting. We also want to make sure that folks are able to get their ballots and theyre able to get their questions answered and we make it as simple as possible and we also keep everybody safe. When were showing up to our polling places, or our Dropoff Center or this particular center here across the street from city hall, were all using the wash center to wash our hands and were wearing our masks and complying with our Health Orders because thats how were going to be able to continue to not only get through this but adapt to the needs to make sure that we are able to not only vote but vote safely. Thats what this is all about and so than
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And the public, city hall is closed. This precaution is being taken pursuant to the local, state orders. Commission meetings will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the same extent as they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone call by calling 4156550001. Again, its 4156550001, meeting id 146 7977410. Then press pound and pound again. Then you will hear the meeting discussions which will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly, and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways, email myself, alisa. Somera sfgov. Com. Madam chair, that