Gubernatorial Debate Fairview Heights, IL 10-19 6PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 18, 2006
WHITNEY TO PARTICIPATE IN NON-PARTISAN GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, will participate in a non-partisan gubernatorial debate, sponsored by the Illinois Free and Equal Elections Coalition (FREE) on Thursday, October 19, 2006. Mark McCoy, the Libertarian Party write-in candidate, and Randy Stufflebeam, the Constitution Party write-in candidate, have also confirmed participation in the debate. The debate will be held at the Fountains Conference Center at Four Points Sheraton, in Fairview Heights, Illinois.
The debate will begin at 6:30 pm with doors opening at 6:00.
Venue address and contact information are as follows:
Fountains Conference Center at Four Points Sheraton
319 Fountains Pkwy.
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
(618) 622-9500
An independent poll of 600 likely voters, conducted by the Glengariff Group on October 13-15 showed that "an overwhelming 77% of the state’s voters believe the gubernatorial candidates should hold televised debates before election day" and "70% of the state’s voters believe these debates should include Green Party candidate Rich Whitney." 80% of Independents, 70% of Republicans, and 65% of Democrats believe Whitney should be involved. The results also showed Rich Whitney polling at 16% amongst central Illinois voters, and 15% amongst Independents, while drawing equal support from Democrats and Republicans statewide.
"It's very unfortunate that Governor Blagojevich has chosen to run away from his civic responsibility to put his ideas to the test of a thorough debate with all ballot-qualified candidates. All candidates were invited to the debate that is to take place tomorrow evening in Fairview Heights. This may be considered an extension of the open challenge that I issued on October 10th; but whether they appear or not, the voters will at least have an opportunity to hear my point of view, as well as a couple of candidates that would have probably been on the ballot with me, if not for Illinois' extremely repressive ballot access laws," said Rich Whitney. Whitney is not a write-in candidate and will appear on the General Election ballot in November, as the Green Party's candidate for Governor.
MORE INFORMATION:
www.whitneyforgov.org
www.freeandequal.org
WHITNEY TO PARTICIPATE IN NON-PARTISAN GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, will participate in a non-partisan gubernatorial debate, sponsored by the Illinois Free and Equal Elections Coalition (FREE) on Thursday, October 19, 2006. Mark McCoy, the Libertarian Party write-in candidate, and Randy Stufflebeam, the Constitution Party write-in candidate, have also confirmed participation in the debate. The debate will be held at the Fountains Conference Center at Four Points Sheraton, in Fairview Heights, Illinois.
The debate will begin at 6:30 pm with doors opening at 6:00.
Venue address and contact information are as follows:
Fountains Conference Center at Four Points Sheraton
319 Fountains Pkwy.
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
(618) 622-9500
An independent poll of 600 likely voters, conducted by the Glengariff Group on October 13-15 showed that "an overwhelming 77% of the state’s voters believe the gubernatorial candidates should hold televised debates before election day" and "70% of the state’s voters believe these debates should include Green Party candidate Rich Whitney." 80% of Independents, 70% of Republicans, and 65% of Democrats believe Whitney should be involved. The results also showed Rich Whitney polling at 16% amongst central Illinois voters, and 15% amongst Independents, while drawing equal support from Democrats and Republicans statewide.
"It's very unfortunate that Governor Blagojevich has chosen to run away from his civic responsibility to put his ideas to the test of a thorough debate with all ballot-qualified candidates. All candidates were invited to the debate that is to take place tomorrow evening in Fairview Heights. This may be considered an extension of the open challenge that I issued on October 10th; but whether they appear or not, the voters will at least have an opportunity to hear my point of view, as well as a couple of candidates that would have probably been on the ballot with me, if not for Illinois' extremely repressive ballot access laws," said Rich Whitney. Whitney is not a write-in candidate and will appear on the General Election ballot in November, as the Green Party's candidate for Governor.
MORE INFORMATION:
www.whitneyforgov.org
www.freeandequal.org
posted by Duane Short | 10/18/2006 04:04:00 PM
1 Comments:
Anonymous said...
I have heard Mr. Whitney speak.
He makes perfect sense. Others who have heard him agree with me!
If you are free, please make an effort to attend the debate.
It will be worth it!
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