Another Day, Another List...Running for Office During Coronavirus

Well, what can I say? Only I would hear the word “pandemic” and think, Hmm, this sounds like a perfect time to run for office…so many babies to kiss!

I’m kidding, of course. I’m not running for office—I’m running to be a delegate, though, which is sorta like that.

Item 53 on the list is “Be invited to a political convention.” I sent a video to Elizabeth Warren’s campaign back in September, which seemed like my best bet with this (though believe me, I tried EVERY other avenue…being a reporter, being a volunteer at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. I even tried to cover it for local Milwaukee newspapers! No dice. Like most things with this project, I gotta do the work.

So I was shocked to learn I’d been chosen to be a delegate…and then even more shocked two days later when Warren dropped out.

Luckily it turns out you can run to be a delegate no matter which candidate you support. So I sent in my paperwork, agreeing to do it. Then coronavirus hit.

I thought maybe the Democratic Committee of New Jersey might postpone the deadline for signatures, but no. Now I have to get them digitally!

So all week, I’m hitting up every group I belong to online, asking people who have a far reach, to help me become a delegate. I just need 100 signatures digitally on a PDF. By Monday. My birthday.

I have to guess my rivals for the delegate position might be giving up, given the pandemic, so that only increases my odds of being chosen. And I just know I can get people to help with this. I just know I can. It’s only been two days and I already have 25 names!

Don’t worry, I do have a fallback plan. I was invited to a state political convention in Delaware back in November. But even he recommended I try for this one instead.

So what do you say? Can I count on your vote? Send me your email address—to carney.laura@gmail.com. I’ll send you the list.

And you know how I feel about lists.