Green Party Elections - Candidates who know what sex is

Voting in Green Party leadership election opens 10am Thursday 2nd Sept and closes 10pm on 23rd September. Voting recommendations just received from [email protected]

These are our voting recommendations. Explanatory notes follow.

To vote ONLY for candidates who will defend sex-based rights:

1. Shahrar Ali
2. Martin Hemingway and Tina Rothery
3. RON (Re-Open Nominations)

To vote to defend women's sex-based rights AND have a say in any run-off between other candidates

1. Shahrar Ali
2. Martin Hemingway and Tina Rothery
3. Ashley Gunstock
4. Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
5. RON (Re-Open Nominations)

Our analysis of the election
This election uses Single Transferable Vote in which you are asked to rank each candidate/s in order of preference. The counting of the votes involves several rounds. After each round the lowest-scoring candidate/s is eliminated and their voters' preferences re-distributed to the remaining candidates until only one, the winner, remains. We have offered two voting suggestions: the first prioritising only those candidates who we believe will defend women's existing legal sex-based rights; the second allows you a say between other candidates if your top preferences were to get knocked out in earlier rounds.

Please note, you DO NOT have to cast all six votes and Re-Open Nominations can be used if you don't like any other candidates.

Our suggestions address only the question of whether the candidates' recent actions and words indicate an understanding of the importance of sex in the life chances of women and girls - and of the implications if 'sex' is replaced in all situations by a concept of 'gender identity', as some propose. You should weigh this with your other priorities.

Getting your vote
You will receive an email from the Green Party on Thursday 2nd September with a unique code and link to the online ballot. If you don't receive a voting link, contact [email protected] to obtain a voting code.

Thank you for the explanation Gretel

Thanks Gretel, you're doing a great job.

To vote in these elections for the executive committee you needed to be registered as a member by 27th July.

The election for a new leader runs for 3 weeks in September - and to vote in that you need to have been registered as a member by this Friday 27th Aug.

There are a number of candidates standing for leader who know what a woman is, and 2000 people have joined in the last month - many women looking for a political home. You can join the party for as little as £3.33 here: join.greenparty.org.uk/

And to stay in touch with other Green Feminists who know that sex matters drop a line to [email protected] and follow on Twitter @GreenFemsUK

I think new joins aren't eligible for the GPEx vote.

You get sent an email link to vote. I think you would have to request if you needed a paper vote.

Also waiting to vote -

Are people joining now too late to vote for executive commitee? I joined recently and have had no vote invite. I joined for the leadership vote but figure since I'm in if I can vote in the other one I will!

Thanks for the advice. Also wondering how to vote?

Does anyone know if ww will be sent a voting paper or is it done online?

Thanks WeAreWomen. I’ve just joined and am not familiar with how the voting system works, so that’s really helpful.

Bumping for newbies

Re bumping also to remind myself!

😂 thanks for the heads up.

[quote Doughnut100]@PumpkinSpiceWoman "good riddance??" Why the aggression? Have I invited this somehow? Why would you think I would vote UKIP?[/quote]
Ignore. PSW specialises in embarrassingly juvenile one-liner plops like that one.
Asking reasonable questions will get you nowhere.

@PumpkinSpiceWoman "good riddance??" Why the aggression? Have I invited this somehow? Why would you think I would vote UKIP?

@LibbyOTV what I meant was that I went to quite a lot of trouble to let them know why I was leaving. The online form thingy didn't work so I emailed them and asked for acknowledgment of receipt. When it came there was no response other than essentially "ok bye". So it really seemed like "they" - ie the people who I had emailed who handle membership - didn't care why I had left. I'm aware the party is split about the issue. But from my experience it doesn't seem like they are taking note of how it is affecting subscription. Of course there could be stuff going on behind the scenes that I'm unaware of but all I can go by is my experience.

If you click on BattyOrange's link for the SDP and scroll right down to the bottom you will see a 'Make Votes Matter' logo in purple, white & green. Are they telling us something?

They are indeed. I wish they'd field a candidate round here so I'd have someone to vote for. I joined after reading their policy on sex based rights. sdp.org.uk/policies/transgender-and-biological-sex-based-rights/

In the circles of feminists I've met since I had my children (many through bf groups) and then also via mn and social media who are all questioning the trans ideology, the majority are Green Party members. I know a small number who are Labour.

I was so surprised that so many are GP that, after also for a few years thinking that I did like many of their other policies eg education, it was the obvious decision to join.

Many local to me are academics and also working in science and medicine. More of those Gp members I know, since I've joined, have become more aware of this issue. And know their biology.

Especially since Emma was suspended from GPW and KB shut down the forum. Own goal.

Anyway @WichBitchHarpyTerfThatsMe thank you for listening. Let's see what happens.

I wish someone had explained this to me when I was a member of the greens! Didn't really understand the voting system. Left last year after tw elected. Told them why. They didn't care.

If you click on BattyOrange's link for the SDP and scroll right down to the bottom you will see a 'Make Votes Matter' logo in purple, white & green. Are they telling us something?