i called in on monday the 13th to see if i was on the ballot. they told me i was. the ballot lottery was later that day and i was told, by the other newbie first time runner for CP that i was #3 out of 4 on the ballot.

i called this morning to double check. i called to see if i was still on the ballot. before i could tell the lady who answered the phone my name, ward and division, she informed me that she couldn't tell me. i asked why. she said that the ballots were in court and she couldn't tell me the results until they got back to the board of elections.

something fishy is going on.
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Albert Yee
http://dragonballyee.blogs.com

When you run for elected office whether it be committee person or Mayor, there will be people who would wish you were not on the ballot. And if they have the resources and energy they have the legal right to challenge your petition and make sure that every signature is legitimate.

There are people today still who somehow get dead people to sign their petitions and people who do not even live in Philadelphia much less their district or division to sign their petition.

So I wouldn't worry about as long as you did everything right. My advice would just be to make sure that you dotted your I's and crossed your T's because it will get petty over somethings if people think you can be kicked off of the ballot.

This is a matter of politics and simply life, so just run your race and see what happens.

This is politics, there will be committee people everywhere and people have the right to run for office. Did you think no on in Local 98 could afford to live in the 8th ward?

Just because it is you does not mean you should be safe. If you are running a good campaign or previous committeeperson and doing a good job then don't worry about anything

Though I have clashed with you over Pennachio's campaign over the past few weeks, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for running and challenging the broken PA machine. This is, IMO, EXACTLY how you stick it to the party insiders, who are largely disconnected from the reality of life for their constituents and many of whom who are completely beholden to moneyed interests.

Anyway, thank you so much for taking the time and putting in the effort to enact real change, and definitely keep everyone up to speed on the dirty tricks that are sure to be used against you. I, for one, definitely have your back!

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I did mis read your last post then. And no I am not naive about the political structure here in Philadelphia, I have been a committeeman in the past and have worked on Presidential campaigns.

All you can do is run the best campaign you can, what some people might be able to do is talk to the committeeperson currently or the ward leader, and there might be an opening or the person might want to retire, then you wouldn't have any problems. Then they have auxiliary committee people which is basically appointed by the ward leader and given the same respect and rewards as a committee person.

Running a good and respectful campaign is all you can do. This is a normal process whether it is you or anyone else,. You don't have any control as what happens besides defending your petition if it get challenged, the rest is in other people's hands , so you really can't worry and just do your best

I have been born and raised in Philly. I am 28 years old. I grew up in the NE and moved out to West Philly when I went to St. Joes. I had worked on U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman's Presidential campaign in 04 and volunteered or a lot of local campaigns, I was a committeeman in the NE until I moved.

I have always been active in the communities most of my efforts are geared towards children. I am involved with different youth groups or organizations that are geared. The Variety Club and ACLU etc, I also am a member of the Pennsylvania Prison Society because I deeply believe in ex-offender rights and the need for true rehabilitation.

I am more of a centrist, I tend to be on the liberal side of many issues,yet I tend to stay in the middle with other. I do respect the establishment that we have in Philadelphia, yet I think we need more voter education and access to the officials, the school district needs to make social studies, civics etc, a much more important coursework for children.

I do believe that people need to grow and work together, there are many established leaders that work with people just because they ask, I have had Congressman send checks to send classes on school trips because I asked and I didn't know the Congressman or their staff, I just wrote a letter and asked.

We need to support the party and work together to find the relations that fit everyone, there will be disagreements all of the time, people should run for committee person as long as no else is running and if the current committee person is a genuine waste of time, as John Dougherty paraphrased in a recent op-ed in the Daily News.

I do believe that people who want to run against the establishment are only setting themselves up for failure. The elders in the political arena deserve respect because they have earned for where they are and what it takes to get there.

I am very pro-labor and pro-union, which I think the young people today are messing themselves up by running away from unions, the reason why Patrick Murphy is being so successful is that he is not afraid to admit his union affiliations and family labor background.When people can realize that and grow together there will be real progress instead of calling yourself "progressive" you need to make actual progress.

To believe that you will be on top of the political arena because your young and go on the internet sites, and run around some issues, is a false pretense. Point proven with Howard Dean's Presidential campaign, he raised alot of money, and was winning all of the polls. Yet when it came to election day he was getting trounced, by guys like John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, John Edwards. They were the men that focused on the people and labor unions, as opposed to issues that really don't affect someones life as much.

Who the hell is Brady to say someone can't run?
It's the beginning of the end for Brady's House of Cards.

That's the problem with Philly, you're not elected, you're selected!
You can run if King Brady says so?

The more people vote the better the system works.
Anything that generates voter turnout is good.
Don't vote don't care scares me.
It enables the perpetrators of things like Citizens Alliance, Gaming,
$30 Million for Comcast, to get away with legal, but outrageous grabs.

So screw the party. If you want to run, run.
If you win you will have gotten what you sought,
a voice,-peepsqueak voice mind you, but a voice.

Running for Committeemen is the purest form of community development.
Do it. It's where the rubber meets the road in a democracy.
Good luck and be careful out there.