VLC Election LCA-B

 

By now everyone should be aware of the issues regarding the election for this position this past Saturday.  I will briefly discuss the issue.  

 

The post office in Newark, the (Ferry St branch) returned every ballot back to members eligible to vote as undeliverable.  The Tellers were advised by the supervisor of this branch that they returned all the ballots back to the office of Smart-TD Local 60 located on 8 Wilson Ave 3rd fl Newark on Friday 11/18/22.  As of today, we haven’t received any ballots at our address.  As stated above ballots were returned to members in error by this post office.  Prior to Saturday, I received one phone with a ballot stating undeliverable, but today, I received several messages from our members advising me they received their ballot back as undeliverable.  The Post Office stated the P.O. Box had to be in the business name, which is not accurate.  The Secretary of our local has been purchasing the P.O. Box in his name for 20 years without issue.  Neither myself, nor the Local Secretary received any calls from the Post Office advising us they did as much, and they also didn’t have a issue when the Local Secretary purchased the P.O. Box.  

 

With that being said, we have to run the election from scratch.  I will discuss this with the Local Secretary and we will schedule dates for ballot prep, as well as the date of the Special Meeting when the election will be conducted.  We will not use that branch, and I will instruct the Local Secretary to go directly to the Main Post Office located downtown Newark and discuss the error and the process going forward with the Post Master.  We will also attempt to receive some type of remedy for the error on their behalf.

 

 

 

Fraternally,

 

Jerome

 

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