No wonder so many people have lost interest in our electoral process.

Two Republicans have filed their intent to seek the Green Party nomination for governor and lieutenant governor. One is a conservative who until very recently was running as a Republican for U.S. Senate, and the other is a former Republican candidate for the House of Delegates and Republican Central Committee.

Neither of them has ever been to a Green Party meeting or been active in the Green Party in any manner; which makes sense, since as of a few hours ago, they were both still registered Republicans.

I've heard Mr. Vaughn frequently on local talk radio and suffice it to say that what comes out of his mouth is directly opposite to the Green Party values of economic and social justice, grassroots democracy, community-based economics and environmental stewardship. When Mr. Vaughn ran for Senate in 2006 he thought the solution to our energy problems was to take Iraq's oil, since we had won the war. That's not even a sane Republican position, much less one the Green Party would take.

What in the world would possess anyone who declared his intent to run as a Green on the same day he withdrew as a Republican candidate to think he could possibly be given the Green Party's nomination? Not smart, not honest and just plain dirty politics.

Maria Allwine, Baltimore

The writer is a candidate for the Green Party nomination for governor.