Berkeley – The printed ballots for the 2019 Pacifica local board elections were mailed on January 18, 2019.

If your local station has your email address, then you will receive an electronic ballot to save the trees and postage dollars.The online ballot will hit your inbox on Wednesday, January 23rd. 

If you get an online ballot but would prefer to vote by paper ballot because you hate computers, like pencils and do not trust online voting, you can send a request to [email protected] for a paper ballot to be mailed to you and your online ballot will be voided. If you get a postal ballot but would prefer to vote online because you love computers and hate stamps, you can also send a request to [email protected] and then an online ballot will be emailed to you and your paper ballot will be voided. Pacifica is using a professional election service, so your online ballots are secure and your selections will not be known by any Pacifica-related personnel. 

Please vote so Pacifica can make quorum and not have to spend extra money to extend the election period. 

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Berkeley – We’ve sent out more than a few Pacifica election schedules, but things change. In this case, what changed is people. The new national election supervisor is Renee Asteria Penaloza, who did the job back in 2010, and will be doing it again this year. She replaces Alma Vizcaino, who will remain the local election staffer in Houston. With the change in personnel comes one last change in the election schedule, which we’re pretty confident will be the final version. So here we go:

The record date for the election is November 19, 2018. What that means is that in order to be an eligible voter in the election, you need to have made at least a $25 donation to your station by November 19, 2018 or in the preceeding 12 month period. 

The final candidate list was posted as of January 7, 2019. So if you would like to get a head start perusing the choice of candidates at your station, you can do so at Pacifica’s elections website. As a listener-member, you can only vote for candidates in the listener-member category. Similarly, if you are on Pacifica’s payroll or are a regular volunteer programmer, then you can only vote for the candidates in the staff-member category. 

Ballots will be sent on January 18, 2019. If your local station has your email address, you should receive an on-line ballot on that date. Keep an eye out for it. If your station does not have your email address, then a ballot will be mailed to you on January 18 and will arrive at your residence later in the month. 

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