[GPSCC-chat] About GPSCC candidate endorsements

[WB4D23 at aol.com]

October 23, 2013
 
In the past, the GPSCC has endorsed various local candidates  who have 
taken the initiative to request our endorsement and personally attend a  GPSCC 
monthly meeting.  I think that should continue to be a minimum  requirement.
 
In the past, the GPSCC also has created lists of "recommended"  candidates 
-- especially for nonpartisan elections by creating a committee or  
delegating to the County Council the role to review public information and/or  
conduct individual interviews.  The results were then posted on our web  page 
(without comments about candidates not considered or not recommened).   I also 
think that was a good alternative to "endorsements".
 
I have concerns about creating a policy about "endorsing"  nonGP candidates 
-- even under the current Prop 14 circumstances.  On the  state office 
level of candidates, it now appears that "holes" in the ballot for  any of the 
smaller political parties are going to result from "natural  selection" of 
the respective self-selection of candidates.  In the GPCA,  there is a 
statewide lack of candidates for legislative races.  That  includes Santa Clara 
County.  We have had this issue/"problem" for  decades.  People also should 
understand that it is very, very, very late in  the 2014 election cycle to 
begin talking about "recruiting"  candidates.
 
Warner
 
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