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Charlotte County Democrats

Charlotte Democrats elect new officers

The Charlotte County Democratic Party elected new officers to its Executive Committee on Monday evening, Dec 7th, during a well-organized and executed ZOOM conference meeting.  Eligible Precinct Captains voted via polling in the meeting which was also live-streamed on our Facebook page for those interested in observing. Election results are as follows (term for all

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Election Hacking

A dark money mystery in Florida; a spoiler candidate helps a Republican win by 32 votes

Editor’s note, Dec 4, 2020: Disgraced & resigned FL Senator Frank Artiles (R) planted the no-party candidate in the Miami-Dade Senate race, which the Republican candidate won by just 32 votes out of more than 215,000 cast. Read this update from the Miami Herald. By Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein, published by CNN on Nov 23, 2020

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Elections

Answers to your voting questions

Voters throughout Florida have already started casting ballots in the November election, and in record numbers. Voter enthusiasm is through the roof. Many Florida voters are voting in new ways — they may have requested a vote-by-mail ballot for the first time, or they may be voting early in-person in order to get their vote

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Voting and registration

Donate to the Amendment 4 Fines and Fees Campaign

 A Project of FRRC Education Fund Help Returning Citizens Pay Fines & Fees We at the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, as returning citizens ourselves, know first-hand how financial hardships can prevent people from fully engaging in their communities. So we created a fund to help returning citizens with outstanding fines and fees complete their sentence and

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Elections

Virtual slate card aids your voting decisions

2020 Sample Ballot Democratic Party President and Vice President __X_ Joseph R Biden            Kamala D. Harris Representative of Congress District 17 __X_ Allen Ellison State Representative District 75 __X_ David G. Jones State Senator District 23 __X_ Katherine Norman Clerk of the Court – no opinion Sheriff – no opinion Airport Authority – no

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Analysis

Biden has narrow lead in Florida

By GARY FINEOUT  10/16/2020, courtesy: POLITICO Stop me if you have heard this one before — The presidential race remains effectively tied in Florida, according to the latest poll from Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy released early Friday. Tight — Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a narrow lead of 48 percent to 45 percent over President Donald Trump,

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Voting and registration

How to Vote By Mail (VBM) in Charlotte County

By Jane Merriam, Charlotte County Dem writer Editor’s note:  Maria and Greg Metge answer all your VBM questions in this video.  To see exactly how to complete your VBM ballot, please watch this video. Voting by Mail (VBM) in Charlotte County, Florida is the easy, safe, efficient, and HEALTHY way to vote in 2020.  There

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Voting and registration

If you Vote-by-Mail, read this!

This article is the step-by-step process for voting by mail (VBM). This video is the step-by-step process for filling out the VBM ballot. This Florida Politico article shows what may happen if the above steps are not followed carefully! “More than 35,500 vote-by-mail ballots didn’t count in Florida’s recent primary, rejected because of missed deadlines or technical flaws.”

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Elections

Florida’s 2020 Judicial Retention Elections

By Sarah Lewerenz, Attorney at Law, Charlotte Dems writer Judges and those who appoint them like to claim that judges, as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said at his confirmation hearing, just “call balls and strikes” with no personal biases when ruling on the law. As someone who practiced law in Minnesota for

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Voter Protection

Measures in place to make voting safe and secure

By Greg Metge, Charlotte County Voter Protection Committee There has been much consternation surrounding voting this cycle.  Nobody should be afraid to exercise their right to the franchise. This is what I know from working in close conjunction with the Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections. First, Vote by mail is safe and secure. No one

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Ballot Box
Analysis

Voter rights restoration & the Florida courts – from 2018 to 2022

By Michele Moe, invited guest writer In the November 2018 election, Amendment 4 passed with 65% of the votes. Effective January 8, 2019, it restored ‘…voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions (except murder and sexual assault) after completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation’ to 1.4 million ex-felons in Florida which

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Analysis

Vote-by-Mail: Everything you need to know

By Charles Magoffin, Charlotte County Dems writer With coronavirus infections on the rise statewide, a more significant number of Florida voters than ever plan to vote by mail (VBM) November 3rd. If you’ve never taken advantage of this convenient service or are troubled by the claims of potential fraud, please read further. Let’s set the

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Campaigning

Candidates Address Impact of Covid-19 on Seniors and Black Americans

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”23931″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]On June 18 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm the Charlotte County Democratic Party will host a virtual roundtable discussion with three candidates: Allen Ellison—Candidate U.S. Congressional District 17 David Jones —Candidate State House District 75 Katherine Norman—Candidate State Senate District 23 The roundtable discussion allows voters to get to know their Democratic candidates who

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Voter Protection

Meet Team Metge: Protectors of Your Voting Rights

Image Credits: Metges By: Linda Porterfield /May 25.20 MEET TEAM METGE: PROTECTORS OF YOUR VOTING RIGHTS They won’t be wearing uniforms, badges or carrying signs at the polls. And their presence will likely not be noticed unless you encounter issues with casting your vote. But there is a special group of committed volunteers protecting your

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Analysis

How a Democrat became Mayor of Venice

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ron Feinsod had no intention of running for mayor when he and his wife retired to Venice. The Feinsods had been spending time in Venice since 2002, and became full time residents in 2015, but Ron was troubled by what he saw as poorly planned growth and environmental degradation, particularly after a severe occurrence of

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Elections

Time to Vote for Our District-Level Delegates!

The Presidential campaigns have provided the final lists of candidates eligible to be elected to District-Level Delegate positions and the list is now online at floridadems.org/delegates. Only those listed will appear on the Congressional district ballot for their Presidential candidate. You can see the list of candidates for District-Level Delegate here. Congressional District 17 Biden

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Voting and registration

Virtual Signatures For Candidates Now Okay

Image Credit : Farenheit211 Source: Charlotte County Democrats By: Teresa Jenkins Posted: April 7, 2020 Emergency Rule 20-1 “removes the requirement that the qualifying items be ‘original[s] and signatures thereon … be made in ink’ so that these items can be collected, notarized, and submitted with limited person-to-person contact.” A second Emergency Rule (20-2) addressed

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Deceptive Republican Campaign Mailings Arrive in Charlotte County

Official-looking forms mimic Census Questionnaire   The Republican Party is mailing campaign literature that looks like US census forms to voters across the country including here in Charlotte County. The mailings are titled “2020 Congressional District Census” and instruct the recipients to “answer all questions to the best of your ability.” The mailing asks respondents

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Four Women Journalists to Moderate Debate on Nov. 20th

Four female journalists will moderate the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate to be held in Georgia on November 20, 2019. See the excellent article: All-Female Panel To Moderate Next Presidential Debate (Asking The Questions Women Want Answered) by Avery Blank Senior Contributor for ForbesWomen With men reporting twice as much as women on evening news broadcasts of major

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