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Day volunteers petition for Hillary and unions DNC delegates The first wave of activism to get Hillary Clinton
endorsed by AFSCME and by the DC 37 Executive Board on the Democratic ticket
for president of the United States and send a slate of DC 37 leaders as delegates
to the 2008 Democratic convention got underway Nov. 6 as union volunteers fanned
out across the city with ballot petitions.
The DC 37 political Green Machine
took its Election Day message to the people at high-traffic zones outside supermarkets,
subway and bus stops and the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan.
The volunteers combed the streets in search of registered Democrats willing to
sign petitions for Clinton and the unions Democratic National Convention
delegate hopefuls.
On petitions to become delegates to the 2008 DNC in
Denver are union leaders from five congressional districts: Lillian Roberts, executive
director; Maf Misbah Uddin, treasurer and Local 1407 president; Lenny Allen, Local
2021 president and Political Action Committee chair; Wanda Williams, political
director; and Local 1549 member and community activist Belinda Dixon. DNC delegates
can be elected, appointed or selected.
I support the Democratic Party
and I want our candidates to win, said Renee Davis, a Local 768 retiree
who worked the 8th Congressional District on Manhattans Upper West Side
for signatures for Roberts and Sen. Clinton.
At least 1,250 signatures
of New York State registered Democrats are needed for a candidates name
to appear on the primary ballot. The petition process ends Dec. 3, and for those
who get on the ballot, the primary vote will be on Feb. 5.
I volunteered
because I want to see Hillary Clinton on the ballot and I want to see that our
leaders are sent to the convention, said Local 1549 member Jeanese Jackson,
a 21-year veteran of the Dept. of Social Services. As she passed out flyers at
a busy downtown subway stop, Jackson said, I support my union and I want
to make sure workers rights are protected. | |