Candidates for Princeton Township Committee or Borough Council who wish to appear at the March 30 PCDO General Membership Endorsement meeting must make their request at least 2 weeks in advance by notifying Jenny Crumiller, PCDO President - click here or call 924-2545.

Interested candidates should also notify their Democratic Municipal Committee Chairs:

Dan Preston, Princeton Township -- click here or call 252-0011. The Township Democratic Party Committee, which is the official arm of the Democratic Party, will also hold an endorsement vote. This vote will take place on the night following the PCDO endorsement meeting.

Andrew Koontz, Princeton Borough -- click here or call 252-0264. The Borough Democratic Party Committee endorsement is determined by the PCDO. The Borough Committee does not take a separate vote or hold a separate endorsement meeting.

For more information, see the PCDO Politics Book Club page.

Location: Suzanne Patterson Center, One Monument Drive (behind Boro Hall), Princeton, NJ

PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENT MEETING

Candidates for two Township Committee seats:

Casey Lambert, Bernie Miller (Incumbent) and Sue Nemeth

Candidates for three Borough Council seat, including vacancy created by anticipated resignation of Wendy Benchley:

David Goldfarb (Incumbent), Barbara Trelstad (Incumbent) and Kevin Wilkes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Rep. Rush Holt and Sheriff Kevin Larkin will be endorsed by acclamation

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

7:30 - 7:35 Opening Remarks, Announcements
7:35 - 7:50 County, State and Federal Candidates (Freeholders and President were endorsed previously)
7:50 - 8:15 Candidate remarks --up to three minutes each by Township Committee candidates
8:15 - 8:45 Questions from floor: all questions will be written on index cards
8:45 - 9:15 Ballots collected. Borough candidates (all uncontested) will speak while vote is being tallied. Vote by acclamation.
9:15 Results of vote announced

PCDO MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ENDORSEMENT VOTE

Registered Democrats who reside in Princeton Borough or Princeton Township and whose PCDO dues are current as of 3/16/08

GUIDELINES UTILIZED for the ENDORSEMENT MEETING:

• Both Borough and Township members vote in all endorsements.
• Ballots for eligible voters, marked for Borough or Township, will be distributed upon check-in.
• Each Township candidate will have up to three (3) minutes to address the organization members
• Written questions on index cards will be taken from audience members at the completion of all presentations and then asked of the candidates by a moderator
• Candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other
• Names of candidates will appear on the ballot in alphabetical order
• Eligible PCDO members will have the option of voting for up to two candidates or voting for No
• Ballots will be collected and counted immediately after voting. A ballot box will be available during the meeting, beginning at 7:30 p.m. for those who must leave early. Out of courtesy and fairness to the candidates we request that members stay to hear the candidates if possible.
• In order to obtain the endorsement, a candidate will need to obtain both of the following:

   

  1. Majority of PCDO members present and casting a valid ballot
  2. 60% of PDCO members who reside in the candidate's home municipality present and casting a valid ballot

• There is no proxy or absentee voting.