OCYD Endorsement Meeting Notification
Fellow Democrats,
After the June 2010 election results of Proposition 14, elections will now follow an open primary system in which only the top two vote-getters advance, even if they are from the same political party. Because of the need for OCYD to potentially lend support to its endorsed candidates earlier than it normally would and with the California Democratic Party Annual Convention this February, OCYD has decided to consider early endorsements in select races.
The first endorsement meeting of 2012 is scheduled for
Thursday January 12, 2012: 7:30pm
Bistro 400 400 W 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701-4531
Below, you will find the list of races that we will endorse in:
- 45th Congressional District
- 46th Congressional District
- 47th Congressional District
- 69th Assembly District
- 72nd Assembly District
To obtain OCYD’s endorsement, candidates must obtain 60% of the vote of present eligible members. Voting will take place by secret ballot. Each candidate will have 5 minutes to address our membership before the vote. To check if you are eligible to vote, please email us at info@ocyd.org to confirm your membership status.
Candidates seeking OCYD’s endorsement have the opportunity to submit a 250 statement by no later than Monday, January 9th. These statements will be emailed to our membership on Tuesday, January 10th. They will also appear on the printed ballots. Please submit statements to jose@ocyd.org.
If a candidate seeking OCYD’s endorsement cannot attend the meeting they may send a representative to speak on their behalf. Representatives of a candidate must be submitted to jose@ocyd.org prior to the meeting by an official campaign representative.
OCYD will make a good faith effort to contact all the candidates to notify them of this endorsement meeting.