Petition Drive Update

Today we submitted 21 more pages of signatures for our petition drive. Our filing officer spoke with the Director of Elections, Michael Cragun, who told us that we can continue our drive and submit petitions under the name “Green Party of Utah”, even though the unaffiliated group has completed their drive under the same name and has been certified. Mr. Cragun confirmed for us that when our drive is complete, he will determine whether or not we can be differentiated from another registered party and if we are not, he will inform us to choose a new name. It is likely that we can still use the word “Green” in a new ballot name.

Therefore, it is highly inappropriate for Beardall and his group to show up at events harassing and stalking our members telling what we as a party can and cannot do (not that is was “appropriate” prior to today, just confirming it). Mr. Cragun has directed us as to what the procedure will be.

Even though we are likely to have to choose a new political party name, we still have the non-profit arm of the political party, Green Party of Utah, which is incorporated and trademarked with the Utah Department of Commerce. We also still have all the documentation demonstrating that our claim to being a continuation of the historical Green Party of Utah is true whereas when Mr. Beardall makes this claim it is hollow and cannot be substantiated with such documentation.

The affiliated group, our group, still has the legal right to the name “Green Party of Utah”.