October 26, 2006

The Statewide Election of new officers has been completed. Your new officers are:

Position	Name	Campus affiliation
President	Jen Smith	Los Angeles
Northern Vice-President	Laura Wynholds	Davis
Southern Vice-President	Judy Sweeney	Los Angeles
Secretary	Wilhelmina "Billie" Buchanan	Los Angeles
Treasurer	Debbie Ceder	Santa Barbara
Chief Steward	Mary Higgins	San Francisco
Trustee	Allan Crosthwaite	Riverside
	Helen Jefferson	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
	Silvia Marquez	Santa Barbara

We want to welcome our new officers and thank all candidates for their willingness to run for office to ensure that CUE continues to have the people resources to fight against UC's attempts to cater to greed at the expense of all clerical employees.

You will note that the election results are announced later than posted on the election calendar. There was a staffing shortage at the Post Office that resulted in a delay in delivering over 300 ballots to the CUE Statewide office. After an investigation, we determined that these votes must be counted to give every candidate a fair chance, and every voting member the right to have their ballot counted. The additional ballots were counted on Saturday, October 21, 2006. The results above reflect the combined count from Oct. 14 and Oct. 21.

The Election Committee is in the process of writing a complete report on the activities and decisions of the Committee during the election process. This report will be posted on the Statewide web page by the end of this week. If you would like a paper copy of the report, please send an e-mail to Jennifer Carrington (click button below to reveal email address) and include your current mailing address. According to the CUE Union Constitution, under Appendix A in Section 2 under Letter D, CUE members are allowed to challenge the election results. Please refer to the CUE union website address for protocol regarding challenging elections (Appendix A). All challenges of the electoral results must be filed with Jen Smith, the new statewide president, who can be reached by email (click button below to reveal email address) . An individual has ten days to challenge the results of the election, putting the deadline at October 31st, 2006.

Statewide Election Committee

This year's Election Committee is comprised of the following volunteers:

Rebecca Anshell (UCSD)
Aaron Dailey (UCD)
Anytra Henderson (LBNL)
C. J. Williams (UCB)
Kathi Young (UCOP)
Linda Moser (UCD)

To contact the Committee, send e-mail to: cue-elections@sbcglobal.net

6/2/06: Notice of nominations for statewide offices

Nominations for this election closed at 12 A.M. (midnight), July 29, 2006. Here are the candidates:

Position	Nominee Name	Comments
President	Jen Smith (LA)	Statement Word or PDF
	Bert Thomas (LA)	Statement Word or PDF Rebuttal Word or PDF
Northern Vice-President	Randy Ortega (SF)	Statement Word or PDF Rebuttal Word or PDF
	Laura Wynholds (D)	Statement PDF Rebuttal Word or PDF
Southern Vice-President	Jill Blackman (LA)	Statement Word or PDF
	Judy Sweeney (LA)	Statement Word or PDF
Secretary	Wilhelmina "Billie" Buchanan (LA)
Treasurer	Debbie Ceder (SB)	Statement Word or PDF Rebuttal Word or PDF
	Susan Ervin (LA)	Statement Word or PDF
Chief Steward	Mary Higgins (SF)	Statement Word or PDF
Trustee	Allan Crosthwaite (R)	Statement Word or PDF
	Diane Dickerson (LA)	Statement Word or PDF
	~~Irma Huckaby (LA)~~	Withdrew nomination 8/29/06
	Helen Jefferson (LBNL)	Statement Word or PDF
	Silvia Marquez (SB)	Statement Word or PDF

2006 Election Calendar

REVISED 2006 ELECTION CALENDAR


May 26	Email to members calling for volunteers for the Election Committee
June 1	Letter to non-email members calling for volunteers and notifying them of the opening of nominations on June 16. Email to other members notifying them of opening of the nomination period on June 16. Both messages will include instructions on how to nominate someone.
June 16	Nominations open. Email to members reminding them that nominations are now open.
June 16 - July 1	Nomination period. Nominations due by 5 PM 7/01/06.
July 2 - 5	Contact nominees for acceptance of nomination if not already accepted.
July 6 - 9	Committee reviews campaign and balloting instructions with nominees (by phone).
~~Aug. 17~~ Aug. 23	Committee sends campaign rules and requirements to nominees. Individual questions answered by e-mail/phone.
~~Aug. 24~~ Aug. 31	Statements due from nominees not later than 5 PM.
~~Aug. 25~~ Sept. 1	Statements from nominees emailed or faxed to opposing candidate(s) for rebuttal.
~~Aug. 28~~ Sept. 5	Rebuttals due from nominees no later than 5 PM.
~~Aug. 30~~ Sept. 8	Formatted information for all candidates + ballot info. to State Office. Include information of obtaining duplicate ballots.
~~Sept. 15~~ Sept. 25	Ballots mailed (assuming printer and mail house schedule followed).
~~Sept. 22~~ Oct. 2	E-mail reminder of ballot deadline and last day to request a duplicate ballot.
~~Sept. 29~~ Oct. 12	Ballots due to mailbox by 5 PM.
~~Sept. 30~~ Oct. 14	Ballot count at State Office. Ballots, candidate statements and any additional election items sealed and signed by Committee.
~~Oct. 1~~ Oct. 15	All candidates contacted with election results.
~~Oct. 3~~ Oct. 16	Election results ~~announced to members by e-mail~~ sent to jurisdiction Notice of right to review all ballots and other materials.