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Endorsement Meeting Today! May 23, 2021

May 23, 2021

Reminder of 2021 Endorsement Meeting starting this morning, Sunday, May 23rd at 11:00am!

Virtual Doors open at 10:00am for checking in.

It’s an exciting time of year when our meetings turn to evaluating and eventually endorsing candidates for office!

If you are not already registered, please register as early as possible for the meeting - we must build voting credentials for everyone, and we would like to avoid delays and bottlenecks at the start of the meeting.

When: May 23, 2021 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We will start at 11:00am with a brief orientation on the voting methods we will employ, we will formally ratify our new Treasurer, and then move directly into the races. Generally, the races will be in the order they appear on the ballot:

First, we have one motion to endorse in all races where a Democrat is unopposed by another Democrat (as a group).

Then, we proceed in this order:

Metropolitan King County Proposition 1
King County Executive
King County Council, District 1
Port of Seattle Races (Port races are countywide)
Contested Judicial Races (if any)
Kenmore Races
Lake Forest Park Races
Seattle City Races
Northshore School District
Shoreline School District
Seattle School District has no districts in the primary
Special Purpose Districts

We may do a first round of balloting in some races, and come back for subsequent rounds in the same race, but we continue with speeches and voting in other races as the votes are tabulated.

Voting in the endorsement meeting is a bit more tightly controlled than in regular meetings.

You must be a member in good standing to vote. This is PCOs, Dues paid 2021 members, and members who have had their dues waived for 2021.

All Democratic supporters are welcome to watch.

You must be IN the Zoom meeting to vote, and we do check before every single vote (so you can't register, and have someone in the meeting send you the ballot - that will not be valid, and we will catch you.)

Under our Bylaws, proxy votes are not allowed at meetings of the 46th LD Democrats.

Members in good standing, we hope to see you in the 2021 endorsement meeting today!

Reminder! May Candidate Forum Weds., May 19th - 7pm! Environmental Caucus 5:30pm!

May 16, 2021

Reminder of the Candidate Forum Wednesday, May 19th, 7:00pm and the Annual Endorsement Meeting on Sunday, May 23rd, at 11:00am

(2021 Candidate Forum Night #2)

5:30pm - Environmental Caucus at
6:30 - 7:00pm - Voting Orientation for the endorsement meeting on May 23rd
7:00pm - Candidate Forum starts at

It’s an exciting time of year when our meetings turn to evaluating and eventually endorsing candidates for office!

Our May regular meeting time is focused on these activities, with a candidate forum for the races on the ballot in November that we did not feature in April.

Reminder of the May 2021 Candidate Forum sponsored by the 46^th LD Democrats

To save your seat, and register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldemvqD4jHtZT6cpWobWZPK-D1_6CduKU

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

5:30pm: Environment and Climate Caucus (same link)
6:15pm: User Orientation for the voting methods to be used on May 23rd
6:45pm: Check your Tech / Meet and Greet / Get Some Snacks Break
7:00pm: Candidate Forums begin!

Run of Show for the May 19, 2021 Candidate Forum:

2021 Candidate Night #2

7:00pm: Let's Begin!

Native Lands Acknowledgement
Reminder: 2020 lapsed members have until Sunday morning to renew and vote in the endorsement meeting!

7:05pm: King County Executive Forum

7:40pm: Seattle City Attorney Forum

8:00pm: Introduction to Kenmore candidates

8:15pm: Introduction to Lake Forest Park candidates

8:30pm: Seattle City Council Position 9

9:30pm: Goodnight!

Save the Date - Thursday Evening (5/20): Do you want to help stress test the voting interface and programming for the endorsement meeting? We'll be asking for volunteers to join us on Thursday evening for a stress test of the system. If you are free on Thursday, consider joining in for the testing team! Details at the May 19th gathering.

Don't forget! Sunday, May 23rd is our Annual Endorsements Meeting!

Please register early for the meeting - we must build voting credentials for everyone, and we would like to avoid delays at the start of the meeting.

When: May 23, 2021 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We will start at 11:00am with a brief orientation on the voting methods we will employ, we will formally ratify our new Treasurer, and then move directly into the races. Generally, the races will be in the order they appear on the ballot:

All races where a Democrat is unopposed by another Democrat (as a group)

Metropolitan King County Proposition 1
King County Executive
King County Council, District 1
Port of Seattle Races (Port races are Countywide)
Contested Judicial Races (if any)
Kenmore Races
Lake Forest Park Races
Seattle City Races
Northshore School District
Shoreline School District
Seattle School District has no districts in the primary
Special Purpose Districts

Voting in the endorsement meeting is a bit more tightly controlled than in regular meetings.

You must be a member in good standing to vote.

You must be in the Zoom meeting to vote, and we do check before every single vote (so you can't register, and have someone in the meeting send you the ballot - that will not be valid, and we will catch you.)

Members in good standing, we hope to see you on Sunday, May 23rd!