2022 WGAE Council Elections: Vote Now + Online Ballot Information

September 1, 2022

Online voting for the 2022 WGAE Council elections is now open. Online voting will end at 5:00pm ET on Thursday, September 15, 2022. 

Any current member in good standing is eligible to vote in the election. Eligible voters should have received an email to vote online from the email address “noreply@eballot.com” with the subject line “(SECTOR NAME) OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR OFFICERS AND COUNCIL 2022”. If you do not see the email in your inbox, please check your spam, clutter or junk folder. 

If you can’t find the email with the link to vote that includes your unique activation code, you may either email help@eballot.com or call 1-866-984-3125. Phones are answered between 9:00am and 5:00pm ET. Outside those hours, voters should leave a voicemail, and eballot will respond by the end of the next business day.

If you want to vote in person, you may do so at the Annual Membership meeting, on September 15 at 4:30pm ET at the Guild’s office. You may also request a paper ballot before 5pm ET on September 6, 2022 by calling Nancy Hathorne at 212-767-7812.

Please note you may have begun to receive individual campaign messages either via postcard or eblast. In addition, candidate statements are posted online at wgaeast.org/candidatestatements. Please be aware that the Writers Guild of America, East neither endorses nor recommends any candidate.

The Council of the Writers Guild of America, East consists of 20 Council members: twelve (12) Film/TV/Streaming Council members, five (5) Online Media Council members and three (3) Broadcast/Cable/ Streaming News Council members), plus five (5) officers: President, Secretary-Treasurer, and three (3) Vice Presidents, one from each work sector.

The 2022 WGAE Council election will include the following open positions: the Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News Vice President; the Online Media Vice President; six (6) TV/Film/Streaming Council seats; three (3) Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News Council seats and two (2) Online Media Council seats.

Film/TV/Streaming members work in screen, television and new media; Online Media members work in digital news shops; Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News members work in traditional broadcast and cable news shops and newer streaming shops, all in positions under the Guild’s jurisdiction.

For all general election questions, please email elections@wgaeast.org.

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