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Jerry Brown's Press Secretary Moves to e-Elections.com

OAKLAND, Calif. (Oct. 14, 1999) -- Stacey Wells, press secretary to Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and former reporter for the Oakland Tribune, has taken an equity position with an Internet startup company in Oakland, Calif.

Wells will serve as director of marketing and communications for e-Elections.com, Inc., which officially launched operations Monday. The company offers Internet services and free access to short, easy-to-remember Web addresses for issue-oriented campaigns nationwide.

The company plans to create a Web community for issues campaigns seeking to use the Internet to build coalitions and collect online donations.

"The city's loss is e-Elections' gain. Stacey -- taking our private-sector emphasis literally -- will now apply her considerable skill to what promises to be a truly exciting venture right here in Oakland," Brown said.

e-Elections allows any campaign carrying any letter or any number from 1 to 100 to link its Web site to a short, intuitive Web address - such as www.NOonC.com or www.YESon2.net.

"Things are going to get hot around here now," said Christine Lavin, chief executive officer of e-Elections.com. "Stacey brings plenty of skill and drive along with a fresh political sense.

"Political campaigns are increasingly using the Internet to reach voters, and I believe this is a tremendous opportunity to reach people who are disenfranchised with the political system. e-Elections allows those people to again become active members of coalitions and their communities," Lavin said.

In making the move to e-Elections, Wells rejoins staff members of her previous employer, ANG Newspapers. Lavin is a former editor of the Oakland Tribune, while Jack Lyness, e-Elections' chief technical officer, is a former editor of The Argus.

e-Elections is a nonpartisan, for-profit service. For more information about e-Elections, visit the Web site at www.e-elections.com.