Executive Board Election Results

To All Members: The American Arbitration Association has completed its tally of the CWA Local 1298 Executive Board election. A total of 1580 ballots were returned. The election results are as follows:   President    J. Bannon  280     M. DiNicholas   536    D. Weidlich   757     void/blank 7 Secretary-Treasurer   L. Coelho  147       M. Duffy 436        L. Gibson  480     E. McGinn 153        J. Palazzo 349      void/blank 15 VP Plant 2    D. Coffin 256     R. Soucie   224     void/blank 2 Headquarters-Mobility    R. Lechowicz    110      F. Oliva  153    void/blank 3 Commercial/Marketing/Yellow Pages         K. Montalbano 314    A. Ponelli  33  void/blank 0 Proposal #1 No 1 Article XVII Amendments to Local By-Law Yes/Accept 1146 No/Reject 277 Blank/Void 9 Total 1432   Proposal #2 Article XII Section 1 Meeting Agenda Yes/Accept 1158 No/Reject 262 Blank/Void 12 Total 1432   Proposal #3 Article XIV Local Officers, Business Agents, Chief Stewards, Stewards and their Duties. Section 2 Business Agents Yes/Accept 741 No/Reject 681 Blank/Void 10 Total 1432       Absent a challenge to the election, the tentative certification shall become final in 10 days. Because no candidate for President or Secretary-Treasurer received a majority of the votes cast, a runoff election will take place between the two candidates who received the most votes. These candidates are Dave Weidlich and Miriam DiNicholas (President) and Louise Gibson and Mike Duffy (Secretary-Treasurer).          Runoff election ballots will be mailed November 22 and must be received at AAA by December 13, 2017. The same election rules and guidelines will remain in effect during the runoff election. Thank you,         CWA Local 1298 Election Committee                                                 Steve Cohen          Gina Thomas       Tom Lozott