Here's an update from Lawrenceville Votes <http://www.lawrencevillevotes.org/>. The only correction I can offer to what they wrote is that we already know that Casey Capitolo has dropped out of the race. I plan to an update about the special election on the Highland Park web page <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/> over the weekend. -Rudy ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 07:43:06 -0800 From: Lawrenceville Votes <lawrencevillevotes@yahoo.com> To: lawrencevillevotes@yahoo.com Subject: Special Election Update Voter Registration Deadline's Approaches A. To vote in the Special Election (Tuesday, February 25, 2003) your Voter Registration form must be post-marked by January 27, 2003 (30 Days Prior to the Special Election) If you've moved to Pittsburgh, or moved to District 7 from another part of town - YOU NEED TO REGISTER. Register, in person, by January 24, 2003 at the Allegheny County Elections Division, Room 609 of the County Office Building, at the corner of Ross Street and Forbes Avenue, downtown Pittsburgh. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone: (412) 350-4510. Download form at: <http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bcel/LIB/bcel/20/9/vra_online.pdf> Don't know where your polling place is? The February 15, 2003 issue of the Post-Gazette will carry the list of polling places. B. Candidates' Forum, we laughed, we cried... Thanks to the 300+ people who turned out for the Forum. Feedback says the standing room only audience appreciated the opportunity to learn how each candidate would approach our District's top issues. C. Pittsburgh Democratic Party endorses a Candidate... January 18, 2003: 94 of the 103 Democratic Committee members met at Sunnyside School to vote on which Democratic Candidate the Party would endorse in the upcoming Special Election. Results: Len Bodack, Jr. - 49 votes, won the Party's endorsement Nancy Nozska - 20 votes Sandy Genco - 14 votes Renee Farrow - 6 votes Jerry Thomas - 5 votes Casey Capitolo, Tom Fallon and Mitch Kates did not seek the Party's endorsement; Fallon and Kates are running as Independents. Renee Farrow and Nancy Nozska have said that they will run as Independents. We don't know what Casey Capitolo, Sandy Genco and Jerry Thomas plan to do. Bruce Brantley (Republican) and Bob Stumpp (Independent) are also running.