election Archive

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  Verde que te quiero verde. Should Marina stand for President? - by frog

  
  
  
  The pressure is coming on in Brazil for the former environment minister, Marina Silva, to stand as the Green Party candidate for President of Brazil. It’s a wonderful debate, with some coming out with unconditional support and others more guarded, worrying about her Christian beliefs.  All signs point towards a political shift in Brazil if [...] read more
  August 21, 2009 9:48 am - 1 Comment
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  Two Reasons to Vote Green - by frog

  
  
  
  Except for the funny accent and that fact that we’re not part of the EU, this could just as easily be a video to support our very own Green New Deal and Green Stimulus Package right here in New Zealand. If I were Irish, I know how I’d be voting this year! read more
  June 3, 2009 10:54 am - 60 Comments
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  Hot Green Party contest for Illinois 5th district - by frog

  
  
  
  The vacancy created by the departure of Rahm Emanuel from Illinois’ 5th District has presented an excellent opportunity to implant progressive rhetoric into the debate surrounding the election process. The Primary Election season was highlighted by the first contested Green primary for a non-presidential race in Illinois history, as Matt Reichel ran against Deb Gordils, [...] read more
  March 18, 2009 10:09 am - 3 Comments
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  Kennedy Graham comes home - by frog

  
  
  
  It’s official. The electoral commission has published the final results of the election, and the Green Party is up one more MP than previously announced. Kennedy Graham, the number 9 on the party list, is officially in parliament. Ken teaches (taught?)  international politics and international law at the School of Law, Canterbury and Victoria University, [...] read more
  November 22, 2008 3:15 pm - 150 Comments
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  Greens are now number 3 - by frog

  
  
  
  With all other minor parties failing to make it over the 5% threshold, the Green Party is now the undisputed number three in the House. The only question remaining is whether or not our number 9, Kennedy Graham, will make it into parliament. With special votes and the magnifying effect of the NZ First throw [...] read more
  November 9, 2008 9:07 am - 251 Comments
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  Normal Transmission Resumes - by frog

  
  
  
  After a roller coaster of a night, normal transmission resumes here at frogblog. I have liberated the few comments we had overnight. Now it is time to celebrate the Green Party´s fresh new faces and contemplate a new government. But first, coffee! read more
  November 9, 2008 8:14 am - No Comments
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  Four polls in 12 hours - by frog

  
  
  
  Fairfax Nielson has the Greens up to 8 percent, the Herald Digipoll up to 5.8 percent, TVNZ up to 9 percent, and TV3 also up to 9 percent. Improvements in four out of four ain’t bad.  I don’t know if Roy Morgan is also coming out today.  I assume so. It’s last result was 11.5 [...] read more
  November 7, 2008 7:01 am - 29 Comments
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  Garth George accidentally endorses MMP - by frog

  
  
  
  Does anyone understand Garth George in the Herald today? He concludes: As for me, both my ticks on Saturday will go to National. Thus do I vote against both Labour and MMP. Ok, so no surprise he’s not fond of MMP, except that he notes earlier: The Greens have earned a presence in Parliament… And: [...] read more
  November 6, 2008 11:13 am - 3 Comments
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  Green Party campaign closing broadcast - by frog

  
  
  
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  November 5, 2008 4:51 pm - 15 Comments
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  Counting your vote - by frog

  
  
  
  Slate has a complicated mathematical piece trying to explain to Americans why their vote really does count even though it seems pointless in among the tens of millions of votes that will have no effect at all on the race to the White House.  The end result seems to be you should vote in the [...] read more
  November 1, 2008 8:16 am - 16 Comments
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  IEA´s unnaproved draft oil report - by frog

  
  
  
  For those who follow the oil game, the IEA´s announcement last May that their complete review of the world oil supply situation wouldn´t come out until the week after the US Presidential election came as no surprise. The last thing that any American administration would want to do is spook the markets just prior to [...] read more
  October 30, 2008 10:31 am - 17 Comments
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  The biggest party with the biggest misconception - by frog

  
  
  
  Brian Rudman sets National straight today on its misconception that being the biggest party automatically gives it a moral mandate to govern, even if more people voted for it not to be in government: The sniping about MMP is a smokescreen for the critics’ inability to adjust to the new rules. They’re talking horse racing [...] read more
  October 29, 2008 2:25 pm - 15 Comments
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  Green Party Billboard Wins International Award - by frog

  
  
  
  The Green´s rangitoto girl billboard has won an award as best outdoor advertisement of the week on BestAdsonTv.com. This week’s guest judge was Alan Russell, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Canada, Vancouver,who said: First Choice goes to Green Party. It’s so damn simple I ask myself, as with all the best work, why didn’t someone think [...] read more
  October 28, 2008 11:45 am - 6 Comments
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  Buckle up John! - by frog

  
  
  
  I know it is petty but I just can´t help myself. Whenever I see that John Key television commercial with him in the front seat of the car, I don´t hear a word he is saying. I´m simply waiting for the driver to slam on the brakes and for the dear leader to go through [...] read more
  October 25, 2008 9:27 am - 18 Comments
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  Greens top 6.8% in Canadian elections - by frog

  
  
  
  I forgot to follow it up this week, but the Canadian general election is over and the Greens have failed to secure a parliamentary seat, despite a nationwide average of 6.8% and party leader Elizabeth May taking 32.2% of the votes in her home riding. In contrast, “The Block” which only garnered 9.97% of the [...] read more
  October 18, 2008 4:23 pm - 1 Comment
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  Fishy rhetoric - by frog

  
  
  
  This week the House debated the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Bill (No 2). This Bill simply allows for the Minister to set Total Allowable Catch (TAC) limits under the Quota Management Scheme (QMS) with incomplete information about the state of the fish stock. The Minister has to be able to do this because only 24 [...] read more
  September 26, 2008 4:16 pm - 4 Comments
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  Pike River Coal Mine gets a Gold Star from DoC - by frog

  
  
  
  Yeah, great work with the ducks and trees; now about all those carbon emissions… But the climate is not DoC’s responsibility of course, it’s just the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff for the 25% of biodiversity the IPCC estimates may go extinct by the end of the century… At least the Greens made [...] read more
  September 15, 2008 5:34 pm - No Comments
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  Green’s Conservation Policy launched - by frog

  
  
  
  Ending Conservation Week in style, Metiria Turei today launched our conservation package [2Mb PDF], designed to significantly increase New Zealand’s commitment to protecting our precious natural environment. It includes a $100 million boost for the Department of Conservation, elevating the status of the Conservation Minister in Cabinet, and doubling pest control funding. Meyt says: At [...] read more
  September 12, 2008 1:11 pm - 79 Comments
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  It’s the 8th! - by frog

  
  
  
  The Prime Minister has finally announced what we mostly knew already. Time to set your timers… read more
  September 12, 2008 1:00 pm - 7 Comments
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  Canadians may beat us to the polls - by frog

  
  
  
  Despite four planned and payed for by-elections scheduled for September 8th, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is tipped to call a snap election this week as his minority government struggles to get any work done. This would infuriate the Greens, who have a realistic chance of picking up one of the seats in the by-elections next [...] read more
  August 30, 2008 2:13 pm - 4 Comments