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&lt;p&gt;The United Kingdom eSports Association (UKeSA) has opened the voting process for the UKeSA Community Council elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The Community Council husting process has been a great success," said Ray Mia, the Chief Executive of the UKeSA. "It&amp;rsquo;s given candidates the opportunity to state their respective positions and lobby the community hard. I highly recommend that UK gamers read every candidate response to the questions put forth by the community."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: You can listen to the QuadV live debate with Mike Bembenek &lt;a href="http://www.quadv.com/ondemand/#/1260-ukesa-community-council-live-debate" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voting will open on &lt;strong&gt;Monday, March 9th '09 at 18:00 GMT&lt;/strong&gt; and will close a week later on &lt;strong&gt;Monday, March 16th '09 at 23:59 GMT&lt;/strong&gt;. This is an extension from the original to allow voters to carefully consider their decision. The results for the UKeSA Community Council election will be announced on &lt;strong&gt;Wednesday, March 18th '09.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every member of the UK gaming community is encouraged to cast their votes for the three candidates they feel are best suited for the three available Community Council positions.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The candidates are:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/268"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben 'ben0' Balcombe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/264"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John 'chilli' Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/274"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete 'layo' Giblin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/260"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Luke 'KritikaL' Green&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/269"&gt;Neil 'kboy' Kirk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/275"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ian 'Javax' Leckey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/265"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Richard 'Dr. Gonzo' Lewis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/262"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris 'Mellow' Marsh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="../news/278"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wayne '&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phatpantz' Morgan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/271"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael 'ODEE' O'Dell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/292"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tony 'Gom8z' Oldfield&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/261"&gt;Stuart 'TosspoT' Saw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/273"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ramesh 'r2k' Singh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="260"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/270"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jason 'Space^^' Staerck&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/272"&gt;Dave 'Wittser' Witts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="../news/267"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben 'Bub' Wood&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../269"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../news/277"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Duncan 'duncs' Wraight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="../news/263"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phil 'Protex' Wride&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../../content/ukesavote"&gt;CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE VOTING PAGE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</body>
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