The Green Alliance of Southwest Missouri invites people of all political parties to learn more about new Missouri ballot initiatives.

The group gathered for a town hall style meeting at The Plaza of Webb City this afternoon. There, speaker Gary Winston Apple, a National DNC member, shared his ‘Power to the People’ plan. This includes a few ballot initiatives within the green party platform, such as ranked choice voting, proportional representation, and a green new deal. Coordinators with the group say they want to raise awareness about these initiatives, because civic responsibilities expand beyond elections.

Ron Burch, Co-coordinator with the Green Alliance of SWMO says, “You have to be engaged in the civic process and in politics more than just during the election. This gives people a chance to come together, find out more about the ballot initiatives, what they are, what you know how to implement them, and to get more people involved, basically. Because it takes an army to do something like this.”

Members of the alliance will start the process of collecting signatures to help implement the ballot initiatives in the area.