Green Party on Technology Party Platform

We support all efforts to achieve net neutrality

• We support all efforts to achieve net neutrality. Internet users should be able to access any lawful web content they choose and use any applications they choose, without restrictions or limitations imposed by their Internet service provider or government, except for restrictions that exist to prevent spam e-mail, viruses, and similar content that will harm the provider's network or internet access devices.
• Return ownership and control of the electromagnetic spectrum to the public.
• We urge the public to reclaim the airwaves. The privatization of the broadcast airwaves has caused serious deformations of our politics and culture.
• End the privatization of broadcast frequencies and reserve them for the creation of new not-for-profit community broadcasters around the country and for broadband and wifi networks owned and operated by cities, counties and towns.

Protect software by copyright, not patent

Develop bikeway networks and pedestrian-friendly streets

• Pedestrians and Bicyclists
  • Make streets, neighborhoods and commercial districts more pedestrian friendly.
  • Utilize traffic-calming methods, where the design of streets promotes safe speeds and safe interaction with pedestrians. Create auto-free zones.
  • Develop extensive networks of bikeways, bicycle lanes and paths. Include bike racks on all public transit.
  • Maintain free community bicycle fleets, and provide necessary support for cyclists.
• Mass Transit
  • Redirect resources that currently go to enhancing auto capacity into expanding human-scale transit options.
  • Develop affordable mass transit systems that are more economical to use than private vehicles.
  • Encourage employer subsidies of transit commuter tickets for employees, funded by government Congestion Management grants.
• Air Travel:
  • Make airports accessible by local transit systems.
  • Emphasize the use of light and heavy rail for freight transportation.
  Source: Green Party Platform adopted, July 12-15 2012 in Baltimore , Jul 15, 2012

  Internet access should be a taxpayer-funded utility

  Broadband Internet access should be open to bidding, not simply the current choice between cable or telephone company monopolies, where grassroots Internet service providers must merge or go out of business. Broadband access should be a taxpayer-funded utility, like water and sewer, ending the "digital divide" that keeps low-income folks from access to the Internet.

  The Internet is a commons, developed with public funds, and must insure freedom and equality of access. The Green Party opposes Internet access tiered service controlled by an Internet service provider (ISP), with independent (not housed with the ISP) most costly and inaccessible. ISPs and advertisers should not be gatekeepers.

  Source: Green Party Platform adopted, July 12-15 2012 in Baltimore , Jul 15, 2012

  Electronic voting machines must have verifiable paper trail

  As legislatures are updating voting equipment in response to the federal Helping America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2001, we support the growing movement of citizens calling for a strict requirement of a voter-verified paper audit trail for all voting machines installed across the United States. Electronic voting machines must include a verifiable paper trail that allows every voter to verify that his or her vote was recorded and counted accurately, coupled with random audits based on the paper trail. Technology must be used that incorporates a voter-verified paper trail that is accessible to vision-impaired voters.

  Vote-counting software codes manufactured by private corporations have been deemed proprietary, banning public review of the means by which elections are determined. Therefore, to protect against fraud, voting machine source code must be open for public inspection and verification before and after an election.

  Source: Green Party Platform adopted at 2004 National Convention , Jun 30, 2004

  End space-based military aggression

  The Green Party calls for the end of Space militarization and opposes any form of space-based military aggression. We support only the peaceful and sustainable exploration of Space, including the signing of the International Treaty for the Demilitarization of Space. We advocate a reduction of human-staffed space flight due to the high cost and risk for human life and the availability of automated technology that can perform necessary functions in space-based research. Source: Green Party Platform adopted at 2004 National Convention , Jun 30, 2004

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