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Stop Voucher Expansion: Petition Drive!
The Arizona Legislature recently passed HB2853 Universal ESA Voucher Expansion with utter contempt for voters’ overwhelming rejection of voucher expansion just four years ago. The Arizona Constitution still gives citizens the right to repeal this bill by referendum and we’ll do it again. Then, we must get off this merry-go-round of with the radical Republican […]
Continue readingFEDERAL ACTION ALERT – July 10, 2022
Produced by Democrats of the Red Rocks and the Legislative Committee of the Coconino County Democratic Party Israel and Saudi Arabia Trip: Tell Biden to Stand for Human Rights On July 13, Pres. Biden is heading to Israel and Saudi Arabia. While Biden promised to put human rights at the center of his foreign policy […]
Continue readingEarly Voting For State Primary Election Has Begun
Press Release from County Recorder: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Early voting for the August 2, 2022 Primary Election started Wednesday, July 6. The Coconino County Recorder’s office mailed out over 47,000 early ballots to voters on the active early voting list (AEVL) and those who have requested a single election early ballot for the Primary Election. “Early […]
Continue readingFair Elections Initiative on the Ballot
The initiative known as the Arizona Fair Elections Act garnered more than twice the signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. Subject to expected legal challenges, voters will be able to reverse the GOP-controlled legislature’s drive to destroy voting rights in Arizona. The initiative measure would make major changes to election law aimed at […]
Continue readingThoughts on the Failed Abortion Rights Initiative
An effort to ensure abortion rights in Arizona failed to get enough signatures to get on the November ballot. The Right to Reproductive Freedom Act would have left matters from birth control to abortion in the hands of women and their doctors, and would have barred any government efforts to penalize or restrict any licensed medical […]
Continue readingDistrict 2 Supervisor Forum
Last evening, our two candidates for County Supervisor, District 2, met for a civil discussion of issues. Thank you to Tomas Hernandez and Jeronimo Vasquez for an intensely factual and informative discussion. Thank you to our moderators Lorenzo Gomez and Angelica Sanchez! The forum was sponsored by our Latino Voter Committee and organized by First […]
Continue readingChannel Your Rage
The grotesque decision of six Justices of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe has infuriated the majority of this country. Snap polls support what we saw in rallies on Friday: This is not what the majority of Americans want. What to do about it? Take to the streets, for sure. This demonstrates that we are […]
Continue readingLegislative Alert ~ June 25
ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT June 25, 2022 The Legislature has adjourned. Let’s try to stop some of the bad bills they passed as they skipped town. CONTACT THE GOVERNOR AS BILLS MOVE TO HIM TO SIGN IT IS BEST TO CALL HIS OFFICE TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION – 602-542-4331. IF YOU TWEET – SEND YOUR OPPOSITION […]
Continue readingArizona Emergency Legislative Alert ~ June 21
The Budget bills have arrived and they are worse than weever thought. Use RTS to OPPOSE all these bills: HB 2841, HB 2842, HB 2843, HB 2844, HB 2845, HB 2846, HB2847, HB 2848, HB 2849, HB 2850, HB 2851, HB 2852, HB 2853,HB 2854, HB 2855, HB 2856, HB 2857, HB 2858, HB 2859, […]
Continue readingDay 3: Don’t Call Them Heros
Day 3 of the January 6 Committee Hearings featured more testimony from members of Trump’s inner circle as well as from other conservative Republicans. As Jamie Raskin, a member of the committee said: “New evidence is breaking every single day now. Suddenly, a lot of people want to tell the truth.” As historian Heather Cox […]
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