Right now I’m in a battle for the future of independent politics and I need your help.
Go to jillstein.net to learn about our fight to ensure independents and alternative parties can get on the ballot, challenge the ruling elites and build real democracy!
Go to jillstein.net to learn about our fight to ensure independents and alternative parties can get on the ballot, challenge the ruling elites and build real democracy!
We're fighting an FEC decision that limits independents’ and alternative parties’ use of public matching funds to get on the ballot. The FEC is demanding our 2016 campaign repay $175K in public matching funds we used to complete ballot drives - over 5 years ago!
The FEC is now refusing, after the fact, to recognize our use of matching funds for ballot drives during the 2016 primary. With our 2016 campaign account all but closed, the FEC is attempting to hold me, as the candidate, liable for repaying $175K from my own retirement funds.
If this FEC ruling is allowed to stand, future grassroots candidates will run out of money before overcoming repressive ballot access restrictions around the country.
Go to jillstein.net to help me fight the FEC and defend the future of independent politics!
Go to jillstein.net to help me fight the FEC and defend the future of independent politics!
Together we've set the progressive agenda, from the real #GreenNewDeal & #Medicare4All to #RankedChoiceVoting & more.
Now in the face of climate crisis, crushing inequality & endless war, we need independent politics more than ever to fight for the solutions our lives depend on.
Now in the face of climate crisis, crushing inequality & endless war, we need independent politics more than ever to fight for the solutions our lives depend on.
If this FEC ruling is allowed to stand, the precedent of getting a ruinous bill from the government years after an election will be a massive deterrent to future grassroots candidates who need matching funds to challenge power without selling out to corporate political machines.
Election laws in many states make ballot access dependent on presidential campaigns. So if this FEC decision is allowed to stand, it would be far more difficult to run in local “down-ballot” races where Greens and other independents have had the most success.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. Independent politics provides that demand. Without it, power elites don’t budge.
With fires raging, seas rising, and nuclear extinction a button push away, the imperative for independent opposition politics has never been greater.
With fires raging, seas rising, and nuclear extinction a button push away, the imperative for independent opposition politics has never been greater.
We're eager to challenge the FEC's unjust decision in court. But to move forward we need to cover the latest round of legal and operating costs, and prepare in case justice does not prevail. jillstein.net
FEC rules prohibit me from contributing much-needed funds to my own defense since it would exceed the max I can donate to my own campaign - as if it were a donation to influence the 2016 election! So I must depend on your generosity to defend myself & the matching funds program.
Polls show unprecedented hunger for a new party, disgust with the political establishment & strong support for our visionary solutions.
That’s why this battle for public funding is so critical: to protect our right to a politics that's independent of the corporate money machine.
That’s why this battle for public funding is so critical: to protect our right to a politics that's independent of the corporate money machine.
To make our fight with the FEC for independent politics winnable, please donate now at jillstein.net.
Thank you so much for your support at this critical moment, as the future of democracy, humanity and the planet hangs in the balance. 💚
Thank you so much for your support at this critical moment, as the future of democracy, humanity and the planet hangs in the balance. 💚
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