Welcome to the Vashon Youth Delegates Blog

Welcome everyone,

This is a blog for anyone interested in following, helping with, leaning about, or really in any way being a part of Nick Bordner and Laura Hicks' campaign to be elected as Delegates to the Democratic National Convention for Barack Obama.  

We are two youths, 17 (Nick) and 18 (Laura) years old, from Vashon Island who feel that it is a shame that more youth do not care about or have any interest in playing a role in the politics, specifically this election, that will shape the world that we will inherit, grow up in, raise families in, and live in.

We are both very excited by Barack Obama and the young, fresh, optimistic approach to politics that he takes.  We need a change from the stagnating, corrupt politics that have plagued Washington D.C. recently.  We feel that he can truly revitalize and change politics in a way that no other candidate can.  Senator McCain will simply continue the failed policies of the current administration, and Senator Clinton is too polarizing to unite the nation in the name of progress the way that Obama will be able to.  

We both got involved at the local level, starting out as delegates at the precinct level.  From there, we campaigned at the Legislative District Caucus, and had tremendous success.  Nick received the highest number of votes in the preliminary voting of all delegates present, and Laura received the second highest number amongst all female delegates.  From there, in the final round of voting, Laura and Nick both received the second highest total of votes for their respective genders.

In addition to our personal goal of being able to represent Vashon Island and the State of Washington at the DNC, we hope to, through our involvement, encourage others to get aware and involved of the democratic process, so that they may have a say in shaping the world that they are a part of.

If anyone would like more information, has questions for us, has comments about the blog or our campaign, etc. please do not hesitate to contact us:

Nick Bordner: nickbordner@gmail.com
Laura Hicks:  fuzzyhugs@gmail.com

Thanks for your time and interest!

Peace,
Nick Bordner and Laura Hicks

Sunday, May 18, 2008

7th Congressional District Caucus Results

Hi everyone,

Yesterday was the 10-hour-long CD Caucus.  Laura Hicks and I both campaigned all day, along with around a dozen other youth and various adults.  
I received 24 votes in the first round of voting, and Laura received 23.  My 24 was the 4th most out of all the males there, putting me on the final ballot (top 6).  Unfortunately, the women's pool was much tougher, and Laura, despite receiving almost the same vote tall as me, was not on the final ballot.  
In the final round of voting, I received the 2nd highest vote total, meaning that I am automatically headed to the Democratic National Convention in August in Denver!  Laura will be campaigning at the State Convention, where the remainder of Washington's delegates are elected, and we have quite a campaign to mound before then.  
Thank you to everyone who has helped, especially those who were at the caucus helping us on the ground.  The results so far have truly been worth it, and they will only get more impressive from here.  

-Nick Bordner

Posted by Nick Bordner at 10:40 AM

1 comment:

Kate said...

Nick,
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am so happy and proud for you. I would like to do a fund-raiser at my house for you. I'm thinking of a "Meet the Vashon Teen Delegates" afternoon tea and goodies on the15th of June. What do you think?

Kate

May 21, 2008 at 4:37 PM

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