10/14 – Nominations open.
10/28 – Nominations close at 5 p.m.
11/04 – Candidate statements (500 words) must be received by 5 p.m. at DAJelections2011@gmail.com
11/11 – Voting opens; signed ballots are to be returned by postal mail or fax to the address or fax number listed on the ballot.
12/02 – Voting closes at 5 p.m. for faxed votes and as of the last (afternoon) postal mail delivery to the address listed on the ballot.
12/06 – Membership notified of election results.

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Dear Members- please be on the look out for our election announcement for the DAJ 2011 elections. Instructions for nominations and information on process please refer any questions to the DAJ Bylaws committee.

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Thanks everyone for getting your votes in. And for helping DA and DAJ with our get out the vote efforts. Looks like we will lose the house. It should be an interesting two years ahead.

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

Readout of the President's Call with Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

Readout of the President's Call with Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama

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You may have heard that today we lost a LION in progressive politics. Sen. Ted Kennedy died today. His was a life more than well lived. He was a champion for people not just in Mass. his state but all across the usa. His wisdom, his backbone, his will to fight for all of us will be sorely missed.

My greatest wish is that we can get real health care reform passed, now, this year. For all of us and in honor of Sen. Kennedy.

You can read some amazing posts about him
here

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/26/772458/-R.I.P.-Edward-M.-Kennedy

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/08/25/the-wind-takes-the-lion-rip-senator-edward-m-kennedy/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27kennedy.html?_r=1&hp

and all over the internet I am sure.

I am heartbroken.

*Lauren Shannon
DA Japan Chair
DNC Member

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Democrats Abroad Japan 2009 Elections Report
August 24, 2009, 5:00-7:00pm

DAJ 2009 Election Outcome Committee members
Michaela Chatman
Kathleen Marie Fuller
John Helwig
Sharmeen D. Jones
Teresa MacMillan
Sarajean Rossitto
Kirby Yoshii

Process/notes:
1. Confirmation of ballots
Ballots: 78 total cast

Names cross checked on DAJ registry
76 counted, 2 deemed invalid (due to not on either the membership list or the database)
2. Vote counting at least twice by 5 people each time

Results:
For Chair/ LAUREN SHANNON

Malcom Adams 23.7%
Lauren Shannon 73.7%
John Winebarger 2.6%
No vote: 0 / 0%

For Vice Chair/ MIKE STENSRUD

John Shelley 14.5%
Mike Stensrud 77.6%
No vote: 7.9%

For Secretary/ LINDA GOULD

JeanPaul Biondi 26.3%
Linda Gould 71.1 %
No vote: 2.6%

For Treasurer (counted one extra time to confirm the outcome)/ WILLIAM CAMPBELL

William Campbell 51.3%
Matt Nisenoff 44.7 %
No vote: 3.9 %

3. No irregularities found
Submitted Aug 24, 2009
Sarajean Rossitto for the DAJ 2009 Election Committee

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Everone's talking about health care reform for America.

The published figures about healthcare costs are overwhelming. The deprivation and inequity in availability of healthcare is a statement of fact. The possibility that healthcare in America can be better, and more affordable, and more accessible has beggared belief - until now!

President Obama is leading the charge on health care reform and leaving it to Congress to craft the legislation.

What can YOU do?

www.HealthReform.gov : Share your story

Have you got a story - related to you, one of your family, a neighbor or friend - about healthcare in America? It's time to share that story. The White House has set up a website called www.healthreform.gov and welcomes you to share your story, your proposal, your ideas on health care reform. Click on http://www.healthreform.gov/communityreports/comments.html to go directly to the page where you can write your story or submission.

DA Japan Health Care Project: Americans Abroad Know about National Health Care

DA Japan realized that many of we who live abroad know about national health care and they set up a website for us to tell the world about it.

Do you have a story about your experience in a national health care system - like Australia's - that help illustrates its worth? Then go to http://healthcareforamerica.blogspot.com/ and tell your story. Do it today!

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Please use this thread to discuss the issues, the election or ask questions of the candidates.

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Dear Members of Democrats Abroad Japan:

Come celebrate America's legacy of photographic art with us at Tokyo Photo 2009.

From September 4 to 6, leading art galleries from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles will be coming to Tokyo to exhibit and sell hundreds of photographic works by emerging and established artists. In addition, the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in San Diego will be mounting a special exhibition entitled Photo America, featuring over 50 historically significant works by such masters as Ansel Adams, William Eggleston and Annie Leibovitz. Sponsored in part by the US Embassy, the exhibit will present a panoramic overview of American photographic expression over the last century. As a diehard Democrat and art lover, I encourage you to make time to visit this once-in-a-lifetime exhibit. Just mention your status as a member of DAJ at the entrance gate and the admission will be ¥1000. Read more below the fold for the details.

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