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[grvnc] Thursday, May 27 Candidate Deadline and Stakeholder Initiative Sent to DONE

Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council Update
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Time to decide!

May 27 is the deadline to declare yourself a
candidate for the June 27 Election.
Email your name, address, phone number, and office
sought to candidates@grvnc.org for 
the latest information.  If you mailed your name
to the League of Women Voters, please also
email candidates@grvnc.org as well.

Also, there is a new election page up at 
www.grvnc.org with vote by mail procedures, 
how to become a candidate, and 
candidate statements and pictures.

To request an absentee ballot, email 
vote.by.mail@grvnc.org for an auto-reply message.
You will have to send a copy of a credential in the
return mail with you ballot this year.
Please send general questions to 
elections@grvnc.org.


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1. June 27 Election and Stakeholder Initiative


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1.  On Thursday, the board voted to approve new
election procedures for the June 27th Elections.
These procedures do not rely on the fast adaptation of
the provisions in the stakeholder initiative that
was voted on on May 6.  This allows the June 27
election to stay on track, provided that the
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment approves
these new procedures.

The procedures require the same level of credential 
checking as in the just concluded Special Election
and they still prohibit 3rd party absentee ballot
requests.  Also, absentee voters need to return a copy
of one of the same credentials with the ballot, just 
like all other voters.  Also, different is the 
requirement that voters only vote for the district
representative where they live, work, own, or 
participate.  The credential shown will determine
the district in which you get to vote.

Read Here:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/Elections2004/GRVNC.Election.Procedures.5.24.04.corrected.htm

2. The board voted to submit the results of the 
Initiative Special Election to the Department of 
Neighborhood Empowerment as required by DONE, not
directly by the bylaws.

2. The board also voted to send a letter of opinion
to D.O.N.E. with concerns about the Initiative
Election
and asked for help conducting such special elections
in the future. 










	
		
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