Ecology Party of Florida
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| leader1_name = Cara Campbell{{cite web|title=Ecology Party of Florida|url=https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/committees/ComDetail.asp?account=45815|website=dos.elections.myflorida.com|publisher=Florida Secretary of State|access-date=1 August 2016}}
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| headquarters = Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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| ideology = Anti-vaccinationhttps://ecologyparty.org/?p=164/
Environmentalism
Regionalism
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The Ecology Party of Florida is a minor environmental political party in the United States state of Florida. Founded as a front group to support Ralph Nader's 2008 presidential candidacy, it has remained minimally active in the years since that election.
History
=Ralph Nader=
The party, which describes itself as "peacefully revolutionary", was founded by supporters of Ralph Nader in 2008 (under Florida elections law, political parties are recognized upon filing a statement of existence with the Florida Secretary of State naming a chair and a treasurer).{{cite news|title=Florida's Small Parties Short on Candidates|url=http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/floridas-small-parties-short-candidates|access-date=1 August 2016|work=Sunshine State News|date=10 June 2010}}{{cite web|title=Constitution|url=http://ecologyparty.org/?page_id=20|website=ecologyparty.org|publisher=Ecology Party of Florida|access-date=1 August 2016}} The party was formed to give Nader easy access to the Florida ballot line in that year's election; Florida elections law allows any registered political party to place a candidate for president of the United States on the election ballot, but requires unaffiliated candidates (which Ralph Nader was in 2008) to submit a petition signed by 119,316 registered voters.{{cite news|title=Five States Require Substantially More Signatures for Independent Presidential Candidates than for Minor Parties|url=http://ballot-access.org/2014/11/19/five-states-require-substantially-more-signatures-for-independent-presidential-candidates-than-for-minor-parties/|access-date=1 August 2016|work=Ballot Access News|date=19 November 2014}} The party nominated Nader for president of the United States in 2008. Nader accepted the nomination and appeared on the ballot in Florida as a candidate of the Ecology Party of Florida, while running in most other states as independent or unaffiliated.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Adam|title=Nader: Florida's Ecology Party nominee|url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/nader-floridas-ecology-party-nominee|access-date=1 August 2016|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=10 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818163548/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/nader-floridas-ecology-party-nominee|archive-date=2016-08-18|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last1=Amato|first1=Theresa|title=Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-party Tyranny|date=2009|publisher=New Press|isbn=978-1595583949|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/grandillusionmyt0000amat}}
=After Nader=
In 2009 the party registered as a co-intervener in an attempt to stop administrative licensing of two proposed nuclear reactors in Levy County, Florida.{{cite news|last1=Man|first1=Anthony|title=Ecology Party tries to block two Florida nuclear reactors|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-mtblog-2009-02-ecology_party_tries_to_block_t-story.html|access-date=1 August 2016|work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=9 February 2009}} Contributions from an anonymous donor allowed the party to retain legal representation in support of its efforts.{{cite news|last1=Penn|first1=Ivan|title=Ecology Party of Florida to battle over environmental concerns surrounding the Levy County nuclear plant|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/ecology-party-of-florida-to-battle-over-environmental-concerns-surrounding/1259100/|access-date=1 August 2016|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=30 October 2012}}
The party did not nominate a candidate in the 2012 presidential election.{{cite news|title=2012 Florida Presidential Results|url=https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/president/florida/|access-date=1 August 2016|work=Politico|date=19 November 2012}}
In 2015 the party joined with a number of other groups, including Greenpeace, the Tea Party Network, Sierra Club, and Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship, in pushing a ballot initiative in Florida that, if passed, would permit businesses to produce "up to two megawatts of power a day{{sic}}" and sell it directly to businesses and residences on adjacent property.{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Jim|title=Second group launches solar energy ballot initiative|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/consumer/fl-nsf-solar-energy-proposal-20150716-story.html|access-date=16 July 2016|work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=2 August 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{official|http://ecologyparty.org}}
{{United States state and local political parties}}
Category:Political parties in Florida
Category:Political parties established in 2008
Category:Green political parties in the United States
Category:Progressive parties in the United States
Category:Regional and state political parties in the United States