School is back in, but the board is not out

District 1 Race:  Candidates running to replace Incumbent Scott Baldermann. Vote for this seat if you are registered in District 1. (Click here to see map)

• Kimberlee Sia

District 5 Race: Candidates running to replace Incumbent Charmaine Lindsay. Vote for this seat if you are registered in District 5. (Click here to see map)

• Marlene De La Rosa

• Adam Slutzker

At Large Race: Candidates running to replace Auon’tai Anderson. All registered Denver voters can vote for this seat.

• Kwame Spearman

• John Youngquist

• Brittni Johnson

1. Donate to a campaign:
   • Anyone can contribute to a candidate.  You don’t have to live in their district or even in Denver.
   • The maximum individual contribution is $2,500 per candidate.
   • Links to donate can be found on individual candidate websites.  Most candidates can also be found on Act Blue.
2. Volunteer to spend a morning, a day or a weekend helping the campaign. 
3. Attend debates & forums to support a candidate and encourage others to attend and learn about the candidates.
4. Make sure you vote and get others in your circle to vote.  
   • In “off year” elections, turnout can be very low leading to small victory margins.

Recall efforts, especially in city-wide contests, are expensive and are complicated.  But in the wake of a disastrous summer of Board decisions a number of parents from across the city are mobilizing to recall the Board members who are NOT up for election this November.   Many people realize that even if we vote out Baldermann and Lindsay, it wont be enough to truly change the trajectory of the district. Organizing a recall movement is a huge undertaking that will require fundraising, manpower, and time to build awareness with Denver voters across the district before the formal recall process can start. 

If you are interested in joining this group of committed  volunteers or want to simply be kept informed sign up for information here. This is a separate organization from ResignDPS Board but we fully support their efforts to take this next step.

To get a candidate’s recall on the ballot, a petition requires valid signatures of voters who number at least 25% of the total votes cast for that office in the election in which that board member was elected, with a maximum of 15,000 signatures for any given seat. This means it will take 15,000 valid signatures to get Esserman (at-large) into a recall election, nearly 8,000 signatures for Olson (District 3), 6,300 signatures for Quattlebaum (District 4) and 4,300 (District 2) for Gaytán.

This is not an easy task.  But it IS possible.  With your help.