Green Party Platform:
Democracy and Electoral Reform
We are committed to mobilizing the participation of large numbers of people at the local level and we challenge the notion that only experienced politicians and expert bureaucrats are needed in Sacramento and Washington.
Grassroots democracy, one of the Green Party's 10 Key Values, is a type of democracy in which we, as individuals and as communities, create our own futures, design our own lives, determine our own priorities and, thereby, exercise the fullness of our humanity. Our goal is direct, participitory, grassroots democracy centered around a deeply democratic community and neighborhood assemblies, and bioregional confederations. To accomplish this goal, our current focus is on proportional representation. It will givre voters more choice, allow more voters to vote for winners, and break up the two-party monopoly, which discourages participation.