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In any decision it’s wise to consider what you are doing and why. When it comes to electing the next president of the United States, this becomes of ultimate importance.

The Journal has initiated this process of wise judgment by presenting a local op-ed that gives seven reasons for voting for Gary Johnson. I would like to continue the process by listing seven reasons to vote for Jill Stein.

To begin, let me introduce Dr. Jill Stein. Jill is one of the best-kept secrets in American politics and media.

If you are not “major” party, you get next to no coverage and are dismissed for being low in the polls. Actually, Green Party candidate Jill Stein is on the ballot in enough states, including New Mexico, to be elected president.

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Here are seven reasons to elect Stein:

1. Stein has consistently supported and worked to accomplish the goals that Bernie Sanders so effectively brought to the fore in his campaign for a political revolution and that have been enthusiastically endorsed by a large majority of the American people.

2. Stein has shown her commitment to all these issues through her work as a physician, a Green, and an activist for health care for all, care for the environment, economic equality, racial and social justice, Social Security expansion, concern and opportunities for youth and the next generation, women’s rights, fiscal responsibility and electoral reform that keeps money out of politics, etc.

3. In addition, Jill is both knowledgeable and concerned about U.S. foreign policy and relationships with other nations around the world. She is a strong voice for peaceful solutions to problems through dialogue, sustainable development and work for justice rather than through wars and a proliferation of destructive weapons.

4. Stein and her vice-presidential candidate, professor Ajuma Baraka, have the background and ability to work successfully with others to accomplish these goals. They have the backing of an established party framework, and her administration would include persons equally committed to a change in policies that have failed.

5. The two-party system is no longer working to represent all Americans; it even prevents us from knowing other candidates by restricting their inclusion in presidential debates.

6. The two major candidates are viewed unfavorably by most Americans. This election has become a choice between the lesser of two evils.

7. Jill Stein is a person of integrity who we can be confident will follow through with campaign promises and will work hard to put this country back on the right track in accordance with our stated ideals and the rule of law.

To conclude, I have to say that four of the seven reasons given to vote for Gary Johnson are poor alternatives to consider as workable or good for our system of government; in addition to “What is Aleppo?” And frankly, I cannot think of seven reasons to vote for either Trump or Clinton.