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

Friday, June 13, 2008

Washington State Democratic Convention

Hi all,

So, Laura and I are here at the Washington State Democratic Convention in Spokane. We left early this morning and got in around 10am. There are tons of people and there is tons of energy. There are workshops on how to get involved in different aspects of the democratic process, including one that I am in right now about blogging for political processes. I have been talking all day with other National Delegates, and candidates for the remaining spots have been approaching me all day to introduce themselves and ask for my vote. Laura has been doing the same, except on the other side of the coin.

I will be heading back tonight to Vashon for Graduation, then go back Sunday Morning for all the voting, delegate selection, etc. More details about all that will come later.

The rest of the schedule today will be more forums and workshops, and then the Gala Banquet this evening at 6pm. After that, there will be Hospitality Suites, which are where candidates for higher positions (state supreme court, state attorney general, etc.) that open up their hotel suites for people to come and talk and mingle with them and their supporters. This should be a great experience for Laura (my flight unfortunately leaves before they begin) and I think she will be posting something about it later.
All for now, more to come.

Peace,
Nick


Posted by Nick Bordner at 1:34 PM

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