The state has recognized a new political party, the Green Party, as an official political party for the 2008 elections.

That brings the total number of official parties to four – the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the Librarian Party and now, the Green Party. Together, they account for approximately 73 percent of all voters statewide. About 27 percent of voters statewide have independent status because they don’t belong to any of the official parties.

The Greens achieved official status by filing at least 20,449 voters signatures, as well as affidavits from 10 voters asking that they be recognized as Greens, according to the Secretary of State’s office. The Greens did better than required. They submitted 22,570 signatures on April 8.

As an official party, they’ll have their own primary elections on Sept. 2, and their candidates will be listed on the general election ballots on Nov. 4.

According to the Arizona Green Party’s Web site, it will adhere to the four pillars of Green parties everywhere – grassroots democracy, social justice, non-violence and ecological wisdom.

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