Moore Can't Run In Green Senate Primary, State Party Says

Cementing their exclusion of Buddy Moore from the Green ticket this year, the Colorado Green Party statewide council passed a resolution last week detailing why the would-be U.S. Senate candidate was an invalid candidate for the 2008 elections.

The resolution held that under state election law, a minor-party candidate cannot have been registered with as a Republican or Democrat for one year prior to the minor party's nominating convention, according to a press release sent out Monday afternoon.

Moore was registered as a Democrat from November 2007 until early February 2008. The Green Party state convention is scheduled for May 3, 2008, the release stated.

In the press release, the Greens stated last week's resolution was aimed squarely at Moore, who has continued to campaign as a Green even after his local party chapter, the Adams-Jefferson Greens, ruled he was ineligible under state law.

Moore claims party bylaws supersede state law and has threatened to sue the state Green Party to get on their primary ballot against Green U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kinsey.

Moore said he was "very disappointed" by the ruling, and said it was "unknown" if he would continue to campaign as a Green.

"I'll be reforming my plan and see what happens," Moore said, mentioning a write-in campaign as a possible alternative to seeking the Green nomination.

Moore is running for Senate mainly to advance a few key issues, including a constitutional amendment banning the import or export of weapons abroad, impeaching President Bush and other administration officials, and seeking a new investigation into the 9/11 attacks.

Moore, a 52-year-old former police officer and ski patrolman from Wheat Ridge, joined the Greens after the state Democratic Party ruled in December that he couldn't legally enter the 2008 Democratic Senate primary.

Moore admits he is only seeking the Green Party nomination so he only has to collect 1,000 signatures to make the primary ballot - a far more achievable number than the 10,000 signatures needed to run for Senate as an independent in Colorado.