2020 Green National Convention

The 2020 Green National Convention is an event in which delegates of the Green Party of the United States will choose its nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The convention was originally scheduled to be held from July 9–12, 2020, at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, but it was decided to instead hold the convention online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Green National Convention
2020 presidential election
presumptive nominees
Hawkins and Walker
Convention
Date(s)July 9–12, 2020
VenueOnline
Candidates
Presidential nomineeTBD
Vice Presidential nomineeTBD
Voting
Total delegates402 (350[1] actual)
Votes needed for nomination202 (176 actual)
Simple Majority

2020 U.S. presidential election
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Third parties
Related races
2020

Site selection

On August 18, 2019, the Green National Committee selected Detroit, Michigan, as the site for the 2020 convention, to take place from July 9-12 at Wayne State University. Greenville, South Carolina, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, were also considered to host the convention.[2] On April 24, 2020, it was instead announced that plans to have a physical convention were cancelled and that it would instead be held online, as Wayne State University informed the Green Party that it would be not able to accommodate them due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Delegate allocation

State Green Parties elect delegates to the presidential nominating convention, typically conducted through a state party convention, caucus or primary. National Green Party Caucuses also elect delegates to the convention. There can be up to 402 delegates in attendance, each committed to vote in reflection of their state party membership's preference. Utilizing proportional representation, many states send delegates representing multiple candidates, in contrast to a winner-take-all plurality voting system.[4]

The delegates of the presidential nominating convention are different from the elected delegates of the Green National Committee, the party's routine decision-making body.

Balloting

Party founder Howie Hawkins has enough delegates to win the nomination, and he has chosen Angela Walker to be his running mate.

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention Delegate Credentials Status (2020)". GPUS Credentials Committee. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
    2. "Selection of Site for 2020 Presidential Nominating ConventionANM". Green National Committee. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
    3. Saturn, William (April 24, 2020). "2020 Green National Convention to Take Place in Cyber". Independent Political Report. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
    4. "Convention Rules". Green Party of the United States. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
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