Voting Outside the Box

Dear Editors,
    In last week's Austin Chronicle, you listed the candidates from the Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians for the November 2010 statewide election [“The Primary Candidates,” News, Jan. 22]. However, Texans should know that the slate of Green Party candidates can be found at www.txgreens.org. Interested voters will see that Austin's own Roger Baker is running for Travis County Clerk with a focus on bringing changes to the office to institute fair, transparent, and verifiable elections for Travis County voters – no more black box voting!
    In order to sign the petition for "alternative" political parties like the Greens, Libertarians, Constitution Party, Socialists, and others, voters should not vote in the primary elections for the status quo party(s) that have placed many unconstitutional barriers against electoral competition.
    Instead, registered voters can still vote for their favorite candidate in the November election and sign a petition to allow alternative candidates the opportunity to be on the ballot so that all of us will have a wider choice of qualified individuals that could be voted into offices and represent citizens' interests instead of only the present corporate duopoly that regularly purchases and/or creates legislation so that they think they own the ballot box!
    Save your vote for a party that will work to make certain your vote is counted fairly, verifiably, transparently.