DFA Asheville Endorsement Process for Candidates for Buncombe County Commission

Written by: Doug Gibson on Feb 18, 2008 6:28 PM EST

Starting today, Asheville Democracy for America invites candidates running in the Democratic primary for the Buncombe County Commission to apply for our endorsement. Our endorsement process will follow these steps:

1. DFA Asheville will not formally invite anyone to apply for an endorsement. Instead, candidates must seek our endorsement, though individual members may encourage their preferred candidates to apply. Candidates seeking our endorsement should contact Doug Gibson as soon as possible. 2. All Democratic candidates for Buncombe county commission seeking our endorsement must a) complete and return our questionnaire by midnight on Sunday, March 2, and b) attend, or send a representative to, our March meeting -- 7pm, March 12, at the North Asheville Public Library. (Our questionnaire has been posted here, is available for download here, and will be sent via e-mail upon request.)

3. We also encourage candidates to prepare a brief (2-3 minute) video appeal for those members who can't make the March meeting and wish to participate online. We ask candidates to make them available as YouTube videos (and send us a link) several days before March 12 so we can post them on our group blog.

4. A separate vote will be taken for each candidate seeking our endorsement. Only DFA-Link members who joined before February 5, 2008 will be able to vote. Members will be able to vote at the March meeting and then via e-mail for a week afterward.

5. To receive our endorsement, a candidate must receive at least 3/5 of the total votes cast at the meeting and via e-mail.

We will post our endorsement process for statewide and state legislative primaries soon; we plan on voting on those endorsements at our April meeting. Please note that until May 6, we will only endorse candidates running in contested primaries. At that point we will provide information on our process for endorsing candidates in the general election.

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Location: Asheville, NC 28801