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Amidst the cacophony of insulting chants from both Democratic and Republican protesters, the party that wants to be heard most at the so-called “green” debate was the California Green Party, whose candidate, Laura Wells, had been invited but then barred from the debate.

Wells and other third party candidates were told they could qualify to be in the debate if they received 10 per cent in a voting poll; only problem was, the poll only included two names, that of Whitman and Brown.

Neither of the mainstream candidates are willing to address Prop 13, largely seen as the elephant in the room of the California budget chaos, whereas Wells, a financial analyst, is more than eager to look for remedies that include redressing the tax code.

The Green Party supports Instant Runoff Voting and proportional representation, an electoral system which improves political discourse and eliminates the stigma of a spoiler vote.

“Seriously Green” is a documentary aimed to be released in 2011 that tells the story of electoral activists representing an environmental platform and the barriers they must overcome.

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