April 2: At-Large Candidate Forum on Youth Issues
On April 2, 2011 from 2:30-4:30pm at Martin Luther King Memorial Library, YouthPAC will partner with DC Students Speak to host a At-Large Council Candidate Forum on Youth Issues.
Join young people and youth groups from across the city and ask candidates the hard-hitting questions that matter most to young people in the District. Whether your issues be the public education system, truancy, gang violence, youth-friendly businesses or civic engagement, this is the forum for you to attend.
Candidates who have confirmed for the forum so far:
- Councilmember Sekou Biddle
- Joshua Lopez
- Alan Page
- Bryan Weaver
- Patrick Mara
IMPORTANT: YouthPAC will be endorsing a candidate for At-Large City Council and State Board of Education in Wards 4 and 8! All registered members: be ready to make an informed decision and vote during the forum! Here are the rules of the endorsement:
- To vote in the YouthPAC endorsement on April 2, you must be a registered member of YouthPAC between the ages of 13 and 30 years of age.
- To vote, you must also be registered by Wednesday, March 30 by 11:59pm EST
- For the State Board of Education races in Wards 4 and 8, only candidates who turned in their questionnaires for the March 12th Endorsement will be eligible for the endorsement (as a result of a scheduled re-vote)
- All At-Large candidates that qualified to be on April 26th’s Special Election Ballot will be eligible for endorsement by the organization
- Candidates must gain 60% of the total vote in order to be endorsed by the organization
- If a candidate gains less than 60%, but wins the plurality, the candidate will get a letter of support from the organization, that will be released to the press.
- Voting for the endorsement will be open between 3:00pm and 4:30pm, after which the ballots will be taken for a public counting
- Campaigning will only be allowed outside of the library