Gotta be on the dance card
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- February
- 25
As we ready for our Editorial Board election endorsement interviews, I’ve already ran into one problem. Two “write-in candidates” wanted to attend the hearing.
You have to be on the ballot to attend the hearing. It’s not personal. But that’s the rule and even for candidates who tried to get on the ballot but failed, we’re not bending it.
In this case, the candidates were pushed off the ballot through a challenge. Here’s their letter to the editor on the issue.
Anyone can mount a write-in campaign, so we can’t ever let some who say they are write-in candidates attend, because who are we leaving out? In fact, I would have to invite “Mickey Mouse” to every possible endorsement hearing, since he’s been a perpetual ballot write-in favorite for at least a half century.
Those write-ins, though, can participate in hearings that are Web-streamed and add their questions and comments to the live chats. Review hearing times here.
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on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 3:28 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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