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Results of the October 28 Delegate Election

Everyone: thanks again for pulling together for the Annual Dinner. Here are the results of the delegate election:

To meet the majority vote threshold, 19 “Yes” votes needed to be cast for each successful candidate delegate. Congratulations to Tom Cesa (30 “Yes” votes) and Paul Fadelli (19 “Yes” votes), who will be delegates to the early endorsement caucus. Special shout-out to the remaining delegate candidates, Marlene Keller and Mollie Hazen, for volunteering as candidates.

For the five remaining slots, the E-Board has appointed the following delegates to represent ECDC:
Bob MacDonald
Ruby MacDonald
Dwight Merrill
Gloria Merrill
Sojeila Silva

Special thanks to Hilary Crosby for taking extra time to recruit volunteers for these important positions.

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT,
TIME SENSITIVE!!!!!

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 28, is the Annual El Cerrito Democratic Club Dinner.  It is also the day we will elect members to be delegates to represent our club at the California Democratic Party (CDP) endorsing caucus, which will take place in January, 2018.

If you were a member of the ECDC as of June 30, 2017 you are eligible to be a delegate.  Please submit your statement of up to 50 words to ecdc.pres@gmail.com by 8 pm tonight.

We will have ballots at our dinner which will be available for ALL ECDC MEMBERS at 6 pm whether they attend the dinner or not.  

Once again, in order to run, you must notify our club president Peter Chau via email by 8 pm tonight.  Please send an email to ecdc.pres@gmail.com.  Use “I want to run” as the subject line.  Include your statement of up to 50 words as the body of the email.

In order to vote, please come by the Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington Avenue, Kensington, between 6 and 7 pm and pick up a ballot.  

Ballots will be collected until 7 pm, and the results will be announced at the dinner.

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KNOW YOUR GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES!

For those who haven’t heard, there’s specific issues that distinguish the CA gubanatorial candidates from each other. Here is an article regarding a recent debate. Come prepared tomorrow with questions for Delaine Eastin at ECDC’s Annual Dinner! See you there!
[Apologies for linking, but East Bay Times fair use restrictions prevent us from posting the entire article — /KC]