{"id":4504,"date":"2015-05-07T11:28:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/paul\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2015-05-07T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:28:40","slug":"make-sure-youre-eligible-to-vote-in-the-pass-elections-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/make-sure-youre-eligible-to-vote-in-the-pass-elections-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Make sure you&#8217;re eligible to vote in the PASS elections this year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year PASS introduced some eligibility requirements for voting in the 2014 PASS elections, but a lot of people didn&#8217;t get the message for various reasons (including me) before the deadline expired. PASS did the right thing and allowed people to become eligible by delaying the elections.<\/p>\n<p>This year there are similar eligibility requirements\u00a0and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>you&#8217;ve got until June 1st to make sure you&#8217;re eligible<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlpass.org\/Community\/PASSBlog\/tabid\/1476\/entryid\/707\/PASS-Voting-Eligibility-and-Upcoming-Elections.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>\u00a0from Bill Graziano (Immediate Past President of PASS) that explains what to do and how to verify your eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve checked and I&#8217;m eligible (early this year! :-)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year PASS introduced some eligibility requirements for voting in the 2014 PASS elections, but a lot of people didn&#8217;t get the message for various reasons (including me) before the deadline expired. 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