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People's Alliance PAC 2020 Endorsement Meeting Scheduled
for Tuesday, January 14
PA PAC members will meet at
Shepherd Magnet Middle School (2401 Dakota Street, Durham, NC 27707)
on Tuesday, January 14 at 7pm to debate and endorse those candidates
for local and statewide races, in preparation for the March 3, 2020
statewide primary, who share our progressive values.
Doors open at 6pm and all attendees
must check in, join or renew their membership in order to participate.
The meeting will start promptly at 7pm.
Click
here to join or renew your People's Alliance membership online. If
you are not able to join or renew online, please arrive to the
endorsement meeting as early as possible to sign up or renew on
site.
Childcare will be
provided.
For information about voting and
participation eligibility, please visit: https://www.peoplesalliancepac.org/
Candidate questionnaires will be
available in early January and members will be notified when they are
posted on the PA PAC website.
PA membership requirements for PAC endorsement
meetings:
- Every PA
member who has paid dues for 2020 and been a member for more than 60
days prior to the endorsement meeting (joined by the end of the day on
November 15, 2019) can speak and vote at the endorsement meeting.
- Members who have joined PA for the first
time after November 15, 2019 (November 16, or later), including those
who join at the door, are welcome and encouraged to speak at the
meeting, but cannot vote at this meeting.
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New members that have joined PA for the first time on or after
October 1, 2019, but before the November 15 deadline will be able to
vote at the January endorsement meeting. While memberships typically expire at the end of the calendar
year, new members that have joined since October 1 will have their
memberships extended to expire December 31, 2020.
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Lapsed members may renew at any time
to speak and vote at the endorsement meeting. All memberships (other
than those mentioned in the bullet point above) expire December 31
each year. If you have not renewed for 2020, but plan to attend the
endorsement meeting, please renew online now rather than at the door of the meeting.
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Membership dues are $35 for
individuals, $50 for households and $10/sliding scale for those who
request it. Volunteering in lieu of membership dues is also
available. Click here to join or renew.
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All members must, in good conscience,
subscribe to the People’s Alliance Vision Statement. Written copies of
the statement will be available at the meeting, and it will be read
aloud at the start of the meeting. To read the statement,
visit
www.durhampa.org/vision_statement.
- All
members who attend the meeting will be asked to keep the results of
the meeting confidential for 24 hours following the meeting, and to
keep confidential the identity of speakers at the meeting.
- All
membership dues are used to support the activities of the People’s
Alliance and no funds are retained by the People’s Alliance PAC to
support or oppose any candidates for elected office.
A complete list of frequently asked
questions about PAC
membership and procedures is available here.
People's Alliance PAC
http://www.durhampa.org/
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