Important For WBAI Radio- Participate And Vote (By October 15th) In the 2019 Local Station Board Elections- Candidate Interviews, Electronic Ballots

During the last WBAI elections we posted information about the important of WBAI and how important it is to vote in the Local Station Board elections: WBAI Radio- An Important Voice- Keeping It Meaningful & Alternative (Library Defenders Running For Its Local Station Board).

Right now there is the added factor that it is important to vote in the WBAI elections to protect WBAI, which was just shut down by a renegade group.  See: Resolution of WBAI’s Local Station Board Responding To Shutdown of WBAI New York.

The WBAI shutdown and elimination of web pages about the election have made it harder to vote, but voting, no matter who you vote for is the most important thing.  Voting, no matter what, is the most important thing. We need about 200 more people to vote to reach a quorum and that is critical.  You need to vote ASAP and at least by October 15th.

You have the right to vote if you have contributed $25 more more between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.

You will need to vote electronically. Here is what you need to do. 

Your voting email should probably come in to you from . . vote@simplyvoting.com
. . . with the subject line:  2019 Pacifica Station Elections - WBAI Listener.

If you specially request a ballot the subject line may be: Your e-ballot is here.

If you are having trouble finding your election emails to vote, A helpful search of mails is for: wbailb.
 
You will be sent to a link to vote and supplied with information to enter there like:

Elector ID - wbailb119XX
Password - DTKRXX

After that you can use drop down menus to assign numbers to rank the candidates you want. You can vote for as many candidates as you like in the order of your preference.

Who should you vote for?  Candidates are running on three slates.  One slate is the Indy Slate on which Citizens Defending Libraries co-founders, Carolyn McIntyre and Michael D. D. White, ran and were elected in the last election.  There is also a brand new slate of candidates, the Red Wave candidates, with a lot of candidates who are from DSA.  The candidates from all three slates of candidate are unanimously opposed to the shut down of WBAI that has occurred.

If you want to listen to the candidates (or watch a video) of the candidates debating, and perhaps learn about various aspect of running a radio station like WBAI and the Pacifica Network, here are links- (the debates were moderated by CDL co-founder Michael D. D. White):

Audio:

First Atrium WBAI Local Station Board Election 2019 Candidates Debate

Second Atrium WBAI Local Station Board Election 2019 Candidates Debate

Third Atrium WBAI Local Station Board Election 2019 Candidates Debate

Video:

WBAI Local Station Board Candidates Questioned 9/15/2019

If you want advice on who to vote for, it can make a difference, the way that the ranked choice voting formulas work, if people vote similarly.

There is a recommended ranking of voting that was widely distributed that combines candidates from the Indy and Red Wave slates.  It is below:

   
The listener candidate names in ranked order above are:

1.    DeeDee Halleck
2.    James Sagurton
3.    Marilyn Vogt-Downey
4.    Jim Dingeman
5.    Maxine Harrison-Gallmon
6.    Jack De Palma
7.    Katherine O'Sullivan
8.    Ana Garcia
9.    Safia Albaiti
10.    Simone Norman
11.    Steve Finkelstein
12.    David Andersson
13.    Rosa Palmeri
14.    Jez Zerbe
15.    Michael Mordowanec