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Date:
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 5:00am
Annual Precinct Meetings
Annual precinct meetings
will be held on March 11 this year, typically but not always at the
precinct polling place. At this year’s meetings, precincts will fill
any missing positions in the precinct leadership, elect delegates to
the County Convention, and get organized for the upcoming elections.
Precincts are the foundation of the Democratic Party in Orange County,
the grassroots party organizations. Precincts register voters, make the
person-to-person contacts that are most effective in getting voters to
the polls, and man the polling places on Election Day.
We have exciting and important races at all levels – local, state, and
national. In addition to full support for our local candidates, Orange
County Democrats must provide a big turnout for the state and national
elections, where the Democratic plurality in Orange County can make the
difference in the statewide races. A victory in November starts with
strong precinct organizations now. So attend your precinct meeting!
Date:
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 3:00pm
Students are voting today in this year's student body elections. You can't walk through the main part of campus without being assailed by a horde of shouting, sign-bearing, leaflet-handing campaign workers. But, if you don't spend time on campus or read the DTH, you probably had no idea. While some local elected officials have certainly benefitted from their experience with student government (I'm looking to you, Mark Kleinschmidt), one might wonder just how much influence the student body president and congress has on the larger issues affecting the town and university. I worked my butt off for Tom Jensen's unsuccessful 2005 student body president campaign, which was the first and only time I recall sitting council members weighing in (Tom was endorsed by Bill Strom and Sally Greene). Other than that, do town folk care?
Below are excerpts from each Student Body President candidate's town relations platform...
J.J. Raynor:
Keep your eyes on the Board of Elections website starting at noon today. Since there are a number of candidates that have already declared to the media, I expect them to come out strong and try to scare off potential competitors quickly. It will be interesting to see in which districts some of them choose to run, especially incumbent Valerie Foushee.
I am going to be very busy with work (again, ug) so please post any new additions to that page in the comments here. Links to candidate websites are especially appreciated. :-)
The News of Orange reminds us today that is also a judicial race on the ballot this year as well as the County Commissioners, County School Board, State House Reps & Senators, and Congressional seat. Candidate filing for all of the above starts Monday, and there are already three judicial challengers announced. (I didn't know that!)
Props to candidates Glenn Gerding and Page Vernon, they've already got web sites up.
Four district court judge seats will also be put to a vote this fall, with M. Patricia DeVine retiring and Beverly Scarlett running for her first elected term since being appointed to the seat in 2007. Judges Lonnie Coleman and Charles Anderson are also up for re-election.
Because judgeships are non-partisan positions, the primary vote will only be held if more than two candidates seek one seat. Judgeship candidates must declare the seat for which they intend to run.
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