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Fair Election Practices Campaign
The Fair Election Practices Campaign begins on August 29th. This campaign
was first established in the 1970's to promote issue - oriented and civil
campaigning among candidates for public office. All candidates have been
requested to sign a pledge to that effect and the Fair Election Practices
Committee (FEPC) was established to hear complaints from those who feel
their opponent has violated the pledge. This year the Pledge Signing
Ceremony will be on September 7th at noon in the Atrium of the Monroe County Office Building. Everyone is invited to attend this Press
Conference/Signing Ceremony.
The selection of the FEPC members is done by The Interfaith Alliance of
Rochester (TIAR) and the League of Women Voters/Rochester Metro Area
(LWV/RMA). Two members are selected who have been politically involved as
Republicans and two as Democrats. In the search for the four members of the
committee, a major effort is made to select those individuals who are known
for their fairness and sound judgment, and who can be relied upon to give
the facts of any case their due prominence and reach conclusions based only
on the evidence and not their partisan leanings.
A fifth person is selected as Chairperson who must possess a level of
honesty, integrity and lack of bias that is recognized by the community at
large.
To maintain balance on the FEPC, three alternates from each party are also
selected to serve in the place of a committee member who is unable to
participate in any particular hearing.
The 2011 FEPC members are: Jim Morris - Chairperson, Ralph Esposito, Lois
Giess, Channing Philbrick, Kay Wallace, Alternates: John Curran, Tom Frey,
Tracy Logel, Jim Peters, Sue Roberts, Jim Turner.
TIAR and the LWV/RMA look forward to a fair, issue oriented 2011 campaign
season.
Letter to candidates about the pledge
P.O. Box 10573 · Rochester, NY · 14610
585.262.3730 · info@lwv-rma.org