Well according to the email, ALPA sent the rumor is true.

A well known ALPA insider says DU and NT will be on the ballot. Not sure how he knows that since they don't get mailed until the 3rd.

I also find it fishy that the incumbents are automatically on the nomination ballot, if true. Are they going for name recognition and hoping no one else will get a big enough majority to be nominated?

I have heard of some other candidates who are planning to run. They are all pilots who have never served in ALPA and are NOT a "coalition". They are all running independently. what they have in common is a belief that the MEC needs change and accountability. I'd expect to see more info come out this week.