Consider Running For Office

From the Color of Change:

If you’ve ever considered running for state or local office, 2012 is the year. (As far as we know, there are no Maple Heights elected offices to be filled this year)

ColorOfChange is joining forces with the New Organizing Institute, Progressive Majority and other partners to bring you the Candidate Project, a new way to connect you with the tools and resources you need to run for office.

People like you — civic-minded Black Americans and our allies — are just what’s needed to help steer the nation’s city councils, school boards and state legislatures toward policies that benefit our communities. Please follow the link to learn more:

http://www.candidateproject.org/ColorOfChange

Many of us are already focused on what will happen in the presidential race. But when we go to the voting booth in November, we’ll also decide who will represent us in tens of thousands of local elections. These elected positions decide what our children learn in school, how many officers police our communities, and how high our property taxes are.

ColorOfChange and our partners at New Organizing Institute and Progressive Majority are ready to connect you with the resources you need to become one of these decision-makers. We’ll help you figure out which office to pursue, what’s needed to win a campaign, and how much time campaigning will take. Progressive Majority’s webinars make the trainings interactive, relevant and fun.

Local and state elections are how the Tea Party gained power in 2010. Now it’s time for Black folks and our allies to speak truth to power and step into even greater leadership in the political arena. It’s time to defeat the right wing’s racially discriminatory agenda and overturn policies that don’t serve our communities in 2012 and beyond.

The Candidate Project is a new initiative, and we think it can help strengthen the political voice of Black communities and other communities of color. But it won’t go anywhere if folks like you don’t get involved. It’s the only way to make sure that we get more ColorOfChange members and fewer career politicians in office. Please join us in building a powerful slate of candidates nationwide. Follow the link to learn more, and please spread the word:

http://www.candidateproject.org/ColorOfChange

-- Rashad, Gabriel, Dani, Matt, Natasha, Kim and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
January 20th, 2012

There are more than half a million elected positions nationwide.

Step into leadership in 2012.

Learn more about the Candidate Project and get the tools you'll need to run for office.

Maple Heights City Candidate Filing Deadline Amendment Measure (November 2012)

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A Maple Heights City Candidate Filing Deadline Amendment measure was on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Cuyahoga County, which is in Ohio where it was approved.
This measure amended the Maple Heights City Charter to establish a deadline for candidate filing.^[1]

Election results

Issue 66
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		5345	60.86%
No		3437	39.14%

Election results from Cuyahoga County, Current Election Results

Text of measure

Language on the ballot:

“	Shall Article XVIII, Section 3(e), of the Charter of the City of Maple Heights be amended to change the candidate filing deadline to 90 days prior to the primary election?