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11/26/2003 Entry: "NEWAL ELECTION 2003 - Final Results"

There were 290 ballots sent out. 218(75%) ballots were returned. Two ballots were returned without return address labels. They were deemed invalid and not counted. Two ballots were returned without ballot envelopes. They were deemed valid as their secrecy was not compromised, and they were counted. One ballot had 3 votes for the ABA and National Convention. These votes were invalid and not counted. The votes for the State Convention were deemed valid and were counted.

Elected as delegates to the State Convention were:

John Durben 157 votes

Dave Hannon 150 votes

Lucy Hauser 148 votes

Bill Sparks 143 votes

Les Yeager 117 votes

Bryce Thomas 111 votes

Elected as delegates to the ABA and National Convention were:

John Durben 100 votes

Dave Hannon 98 votes

I would like to thank everyone that voted. With 75% of the ballots returned, all the members of our APWU-NEWAL should be congratulated. It was very good to see this kind of response.

The committee members that helped me deserve a big thank you.

Brenda Ellenson for making the ballots and doing so much more. Mike McCoy for getting the ballots ready for mailing and always being there. And both of them for their help in counting the ballots. It was a wonderful experience to work with such good committee members. I would also like to thank others for their help: Lynn Baumann for providing information from past elections. Bill Sparks for renting the P.O. box and helping me to get started. George Dowling for getting envelopes and updating the roster list. John Durben for printing the labels. And anyone else I may have omitted.

Thank you to everyone.

Steve Beerntsen
Election Committee Chairman