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With two days until the end of the 2016 presidential contest, Green Party candidate Jill Stein is campaigning as hard as ever to garner 5 percent of the popular vote, she said Sunday night at a University of Mary Washington rally.

That 5 percent would give Green Party candidates automatic ballot access in the future, as well as the public funding that is available to major and minor party candidates, though few have used it in recent years.

“We’re saying it’s time to reject the lesser evil, to stand up and fight for the greater good like our lives depend on it—because they do,” Stein said to cheers. “We hit the ground running on Nov. 9.”

Platform issues Stein and others spoke about Sunday included warnings about increased human impact on the environment through both consumption of resources and climate change; the need for a “Green New Deal” that would include an economic bill of rights, student loan forgiveness, and job creation, particularly in the green energy sector; and an emphasis on equality among communities, including support for the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBT people, and immigrants and refugees.