Essendon Football Club will be holding a board election this year with five candidates contesting three positions.
 
Standing members that have re-nominated following the completion of their current terms are chairman Ray Horsburgh, Alec Epis and Kevin Egan.
 
Those seeking election to the board are Jo-Anne Albert and Rachael Hankinson.

Members eligible to vote in the election will receive ballot papers in the mail this week.

“We encourage all eligible club members to take up their right to vote and get involved in determining the future direction of the Club,” Essendon managing director Peter Jackson said today.

“As a member-based organisation, any vote we take has important implications as it did when we moved to the MCG and The Dome or at the Extraordinary General Meeting we held late last year. We need our constituents to cast their vote.”

A ballot box will be placed at the Essendon Football Club reception located on the ground floor of the Hall of Fame building between 9.00am and 5.00pm, up to and including Monday, December 8th 2008.
 
Those members who wish to vote by post should ensure their votes are received no later than 5.00pm on Monday, December 8th, 2008.

Results of the election will be announced at the 135th Annual General Meeting of Essendon Football Club to be held at the Clocktower Centre, Moonee Valley on the corner of Mt Alexander and Pascoe Vale Roads, Moonee Ponds on Tuesday, December 16th commencing at 7.00pm.