According to Pat Knight of the USCF, 2227 ballots have been received so far in Crossvile. I expect this number to reach between 6,000 – 8,000.
Voting members who receive Chess Life will receive their ballots with the June issue. (It will be a cover wrap around the magazine.) Voting members who do not receive Chess Life, such as additional family members who are 16 or older, will receive their ballots via first-class mail in early June. Voting members who join or renew in May will also receive their ballots via first-class mail in early June.
Voting members who have not received a ballot by June 25th should contact Pat Knight (pknight@uschess.org
931-787-1234 ext. 133) at the USCF office to request a replacement ballot.
The ballots will be counted in July. The ballot counting will commence at the USCF offices in Crossville TN on Wednesday, July 25th, under the supervision of the Chief Teller, Frank Camaratta. Any USCF member is welcome to observe the ballot counting. Preliminary results will be released by the USCF office by the 12 USCF regions as those regions are completed.
Here is more election information. Here is my vision for the USCF.
Do you want a viable and professionally run organization that can take chess to the next level or do you want the USCF to remain the way it is? This election will determine the direction of the USCF for many years to come. Please don’t forget to vote!
I voted for Berry, Korenman, Truong and you.
I hope you’ll win. The USCF has become a second class organization thanks to the weak leadership of Mr. Schultz, Mr. Goichberg and Sam Sloan.
I can live with any of these 6 candidates: Korenman, Berry, Bauer, Truong, Jones and you.
I really hope Lux, Sloan, Schultz and Goodall won’t be elected.
For perspective, about 3,300 ballot were cast in 2006.
I hope that you get elected…
I hope that you can accomplish the following during your time on the board:
1. Make the US championship a major event again – consider 3 sections – A, B, C so that round robin play can occur, and with three sections many more players recognized and participate.
2. Keep up the great work with scholastics – especially trying to promote college chess
3. Keep up the aim of promoting transparency in the dealings of the USCF especially the financial dealings.