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IRDC Today: First and Perhaps Most Important Meeting
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is set for its first meeting at 11:15 today. The meeting starts with the four partisan members, whose first job is to pick the Independent Chair. But are there any true “independents” to pick from? The Commissioners will accept public comment from noon-3:30. Comments are limited to 4000 characters and […]
Continue readingLegislative Alert: Oppose Today
Please use RTS to oppose the bill below: HB 2014 – OPPOSE – Would allow anyone to ask the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) to review a Clean Elections practice, action or rule, based upon nothing more than the person’s belief that it exceeds the agency’s authority or violates Arizona’s Constitution. A clear attempt to prevent the […]
Continue readingLEGISLATIVE ALERT
The Arizona Legislature convenes Monday and it’s already a threat. Urgent action needed on one Resolution. Be alert on other specific issues. Read more below. USE RTS FOR THIS RESOLUTION!! HCR 2002 – OPPOSE – Non-binding resolution that declares Arizona Legislature’s support for a constitutional amendment limiting the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices. In […]
Continue readingFirm Response to Attack Needed
CCDP Chair Calls for Firm Response to Wednesday’s Attack at U.S. Capitol Ann Heitland, Chair of the Coconino County Democratic Party, issued the following statement on Friday, January 8, 2021: The January 6 attack on our Nation’s Capital and assault on Members of Congress is the culmination of decades of desperate verbal attacks by a […]
Continue readingTake Action: Impeach Now
TEXT “IMPEACH NOW” to 50409 Trump presents a clear and present danger. Congress declared war one day after Pearl Harbor; 1 hour after FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech. In 2021, Congress should not dawdle through a weekend. They must take action today. “The assault was fueled by more than four years of poison politics spreading […]
Continue readingAre You Ready to Run for Office?
If you think you might run for office — or might want to manage a campaign — sometime in the future, take the 30-day Challenge.
Continue readingOpen Letter to ADP Leaders: Voter Registration Success Is Just the Beginning
Dear Candidates for ADP Chair and Other Leadership Offices, Thanks for putting yourselves on the line for the Arizona Democratic Party. We need your help. Democrats registered more voters in the 2018-2020 election cycle than any other party in Arizona, but that’s just the beginning if we are to move the state from the solid […]
Continue reading#WendyRogersTales
“Brace Yourselves. It is going to be a bumpy flight and the pilot, Colonel Rogers, looks like she is flying high altitudes without her oxygen mask.” That’s our LD-6 Senator-Elect whom David Gordon is blogging about. We’ve been tweeting #WendyRogersTales to highlight the far-right extremism – frankly craziness — that’s she’s been spouting the last […]
Continue readingPost-Hoc Election Challenges Undermine Democracy
It’s been sad to see the many lawsuits and many more Twitter attacks on the 2020 General Election — actually, only on the small piece of the ballot that relates to the election of a new President. We are astounded to see three radical Republicans elected in LD-6 — on the same ballot, at the […]
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