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Little America Offers Discount for Roosevelt-Kennedy Weekend
Our 20th Annual Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner is our largest fundraising effort of the year. It’s going to be amazing this year. We’ve got inspiring speakers and gorgeous auction items. Get your tickets for the event now! Our event hotel, Little America Flagstaff, is offering a special discounted rate for guests attending the 20th Annual Roosevelt Kennedy […]
Continue readingDeadlines for PPE Early Ballots
The Coconino County Elections Office wants to remind early voters that voted early ballots must be received no later than 7:00 pm on Election Day, March 17. Early voters should put their voted early ballot in the mail no later than Wednesday, March 11 to ensure that the ballot is received in time to be […]
Continue readingWant to Shape the Democratic Party of the Future? Now’s the Time to Take Action.
Don’t like how the Democratic Party works? Or do you just want to be of service? Either way, the way to make change and help Democrats get elected is to join the County Party Committee by becoming a precinct committeeperson. If you act now, your term as an official precinct committee person will begin October […]
Continue readingLegislative Alerts ~ Week of March 1, 2020
There are actually more new bills this week than last, & the majority of them are not good. Get on the AZ Legislature website and RTS, call, and email. Contact info for our Coconino County representatives is below. GOVERNANCE/VOTING RIGHTS HB 2054 – OPPOSE – Creates a partisan gubernatorially-appointed commission empowered to overrule the current Citizens’ […]
Continue readingLetter to the Editor: More than ever, every vote counts
This week, two significant things happened to me — my early voting ballot arrived in the mail, and I went to see Stacy Abrams (founder of “Fair Fight,” an organization that supports voter rights) speak in Phoenix. Ms. Abrams spoke forcefully about how voter suppression efforts (purging voter registration rolls, problems with poll locations and […]
Continue readingHow Does the Presidential Preference Election Work?
On March 17, registered Democrats will go to the polls to indicate their preference for the Democratic Presidential Nominee (or, if they receive ballots by mail, the ballots must be returned to an elections office by 7 pm on March 17). Early voting is now underway — we’ve published information on early voting here. Please […]
Continue readingNow’s the Time to Be Passionate
Now’s the time to be passionate about your favorite candidate for president. Get out there and work your heart out to give them Arizona’s delegates on March 17. After that, aim that passion at the orange ball in the White House. Any of our candidates can beat him — and we need to make sure […]
Continue readingChief Health Officer Fumbles
In an exchange yesterday between Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf (another acting secretary, rather than a permanent one), at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Wolf got the statistics for the death rates of coronavirus and influenza wrong (it appears to be around 2% for coronavirus; the death rate from […]
Continue readingLegislative Alerts ~ Week of February 24, 2020
Most of these bills are not available for Request to Speak since there are only a few committees meeting this week. The bills are transitioning from one house to the other this week so most of these are scheduled for floor votes this week. We recommend that folks e-mail or call the legislators to express […]
Continue readingLetter to the Editor: Arizona needs to elect Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly is needed in Washington to represent all of Arizona. As a Navy veteran and a NASA astronaut, he will represent Arizona well in the United States Senate. He is a moderate that understands the political dynamics both at home and in Washington. As he stated in the Arizona Daily Sun, “Before I joined […]
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