GO’s 2016 Endorsements // Candidates
GO Public Schools Oakland Advocates endorsed the following Oakland school board candidates for the November 2016 elections.
Ballot Measures
GO Public Schools Oakland Advocates has endorsed the following ballot measures in 2016.
Prop 55 California Tax Extension to Fund Education and Healthcare Initiative
(Proposition 30 Income Tax Extension)
- More information on Prop 55
- See GO’s endorsement
- Yes on 55
- Ballotpedia
GO’s Endorsement Process
step 1
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES
We send a questionnaire to each candidate that focuses on their policy positions and leadership experience. Once we collect completed versions from the candidates, the questionnaires are shared with our community, who then have a chance to provide feedback and let us know what they think.
step 2
CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
We send invites to our community to attend a live interview day, where candidates are asked a series of questions in front of our community members. Based on the candidates’ interviews, we collect feedback from our constituents in the room.
step 3
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Based on the candidate questionnaires, candidate interviews, and feedback from our community, our Leadership Council votes on endorsements.
GO Public Schools Oakland Advocates’ community plays an active role in local elections — endorsing candidates for Oakland school board, engaging on education-related ballot measures, and ensuring voters have information about education issues.
We are proud of how our candidate interview and endorsement process benefits our community:
- Families, educators, and other community members gain important information and consider each candidate’s and/or measure’s qualifications.
- The process creates dialogue that allows community members to clarify values and priorities for all students within our public education system.
- We provide information for the general voting public as citizens consider how to vote.