Oct 17

Obama For America Team needs your help!

Ballots will be mailed on Wednesday, October 17th.  Now’s the time to volunteer and help make the final push to help our president and our party.  Go Dems!

October Team Kent/ Renton Event Calendar

Event Host/ contact person Day Date Time Location
Phonebank Belinda Green (253-630-2762, belgre@comcast.net) Wed Oct 17 6-9 pm 25906 143rd Ave SE

Kent 98042
Canvass Gaylloyd Sissón (206-605-2514, gksisson@gmail.com) Sat Oct 20 10:30 Orientation

11 am – 3 pm Canvass

 Renton Village Starbucks, 601 S. Grady Way #E, Renton 98057
Canvass Vincent Lo (206-356-7670, vlo@ofawashington.com)

 

 Sun Oct 21 10:30 Orientation

11 am – 3 pm Canvass

 Renton Village Starbucks, 601 S. Grady Way #E, Renton 98057
Phonebank Belinda Green (253-630-2762, belgre@comcast.net) Wed Oct 24 6-9 pm 25906 143rd Ave SE

Kent 98042
Canvass Gaylloyd Sissón (206-605-2514, gksisson@gmail.com) Sat Oct 27 10:30 Orientation

11 am – 3 pm Canvass

 Renton Village Starbucks, 601 S. Grady Way #E, Renton 98057
Canvass Vincent Lo (206-356-7670, vlo@ofawashington.com)

 

 Sun Oct 28 10:30 Orientation

11 am – 3 pm Canvass

 Renton Village Starbucks, 601 S. Grady Way #E, Renton 98057
Phonebank Belinda Green (253-630-2762, belgre@comcast.net) Wed Oct 31 6-9 pm 25906 143rd Ave SE

Kent 98042

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Oct 11

Elections and Smartphones

With more and more people using Smartphones, there’s a powerful new app that can let them use their Smartphones to navigate through the voting  process. Key partners of our Campus Election Engagement Project, like Rock the Vote and the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, have been working on it for close to two years. It’s downloadable for free for both iPhones and Androids. It’s a great tool to help people surmount the electoral barriers using the technologies they most rely on, and one of the most useful tools for our project in companion with our Six Key Ways  checklist.  So we hope you’ll promote it to any networks you’re part of.

 

The app allows users to:

  • Verify their registration and register to vote (in states without online registration they’ll need to physically mail a form that will be emailed to them);
  • Look up their polling place;
  • Review key voting rules and regulations for their state;
  • See what type of machine they will vote on;
  • Receive notifications of late breaking news affecting voting in their area; and
  • Contact Election Protection via phone or email to report a problem or get answers to their questions.

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Oct 11

Congressional District Maps… old vs. new

Because many of you have asked, our search for a single website for maps showing congressional districts before and after redistricting has succeeded! Civic Impulse’s website shows voters in the 2012 U.S. elections if their congressional district has changed since the last election AND provides side by side maps of the 2010 (current) and 2012 (new) congressional district. Please bookmark the following address!

http://www.my2012district.com/ is the gateway to finding interactive maps by city, ZIP Code or district.

Oct 11

Newsletter – October 2012

The October 2012 newsletter is now available.  You can view it here:  2012-10-October

Oct 06

Register to vote

Please, register to vote.  The deadline is today (October 6th, 2012) to get a mail-in registration / update done.  The deadline is October 8th to get it done online.  It’s important… participate in our democracy and make your voice heard.

http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/registration.aspx

 

Oct 06

Updated Endorsements, 10/5/2012

I just updated our list of endorsements for 2012.  The list can be found here:

https://www.11thlddems.org/2012/07/endorsements-2012/

We have a handful of new people, initiatives, propositions, etc.  Check it out.

Oct 04

Help Big Bird…

Big Bird

Help Big Bird..

Oct 02

11th LD Executive Board meeting

NOTICE:

11th LD Executive Board meeting is this Thursday October 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm

at the Renton Carpenter’s Hall 2nd & Bernette

Azziem Hassan Underwood, Chair

11th Legislative District & 8th CD
“Salt Off The Fries” Meizza_Me Production

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425-652-9549 Cell & Text

Please don’t print this unless you really need to.

Sep 29

Critical that Democrats vote in November

It is absolutely critical that Democrats vote in November.

Michelle Obama made a personal plea to all Democrats to pledge to vote. National pundits are plain spoken – “This is going to be a voter turnout election.”

What I’m asking you to do today is to help us out. We need to make sure that every one of you is with us on Election Day. Take the warnings about “a voter turnout election” seriously, and respond to Michelle Obama’s plea to pledge to vote.

Click here and pledge to vote today

Republicans are working frantically, promoting efforts aimed at disenfranchising Democratic-leaning groups.

Voter intimidation tactics in key states like Ohio and Florida are documented every day. There has been a rash of new laws that can and will be aggressively used by Republicans to suppress voter participation.

Republicans working to suppress voter turnout? Go figure. We Democrats take a different approach. We are working overtime to get more people to vote with our massive Voter Turnout program.

Don’t let Republican voter suppression efforts work in our state.

Please make your pledge to vote today, and then send the Washington State Democratic Party a small donation for our Voter Turnout effort.

Your contribution will allow us to proceed with a full-scale Voter Turnout effort in the next six weeks.

This is a very big deal. We need your help with both your pledge to vote and a small donation to make it work.

Sincerely,

Dwight Pelz
Washington State Democrats Chair

P.S. You know what’s at stake this year. There are important races in our state where voter turnout will make the critical difference. Support our Voter Turnout program TODAY with your pledge and a personal donation.

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Sep 14

Newsletter – September 2012

The newsletter for September 2012 has been posted.  You can view it here:  2012-09-September

Sep 10

Prentice earns multiple recognitions and new appointment Legislator eases into retirement

When a new 11th District senator is sworn in on Jan. 14, it will signal the end of Sen. Margarita Prentice’s nearly 25-year legislative career.  The esteemed matriarch is currently the oldest legislator and will retire at the age of 81.

In recent weeks, several organizations have recognized her significant efforts on their behalf:

The King County Parent Coalition for Developmental Disabilities honored Prentice for sponsoring bills on rural health clinics and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, noting, “Olympia will miss her wisdom and mother’s voice for her son with developmental disabilities.”

Read more here:  http://1.usa.gov/QvJwgO

Sep 06

Want to keep election officials from blocking your vote? There’s an app for that!

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/voter-id-election-protection-smartphone-app
This fall, restrictive new voting laws in more than a dozen states could keep millions of people from

exercising their constitutional right to vote. ID and birth certificate requirements, restrictions on

early voting, and shutdowns on election day registration happen to affect non-rich, non-white,

non-middle-aged, non-male voters most. This flurry of regulatory activity could confound Jane and John

Q. Public: how are citizens supposed to know whether they need an ID, license plate number, proof of

insurance, blood sample and baptism certificate in order to cast their vote? The answer might be in the

interwebs.

 

The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has partnered with a bunch of other voting rights

groups to launch a free downloadable “Election Protection” app that will allow voters to verify their

registration status, fill out a voter registration form, look up their polling place, and access info on

key rules and dates tailored to their state. Users are also prompted to call Election Protection’s

hotline to alert the organization to election day abnormalities or concerns.

Sep 06

E-board meeting delayed

The e-board meeting for September has been delayed until 9/11.  Our chair (and some members) are at the DNC in Charlotte watching the President talk tonight.

Aug 30

Environmental Health and Justice 11th Legislative District Candidate Town Hall

Environmental Health and Justice 11th Legislative District Candidate Town Hall

What:  A community conversation around environmental health and justice issues with candidates for the State Legislature.
When: Thursday, September 13, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Where: The Landing Community Room in Renton – 828 N. 10th Place  Renton, WA 98057

This election year, we know voters like you make climate change and clean energy a top priority at the ballot box. Candidates for office need to hear from you in order for these critical issues to be a top priority for them, too. On September 13, you have an opportunity to make your voice heard and to tell your elected officials and those running for office in your community that they need to take action on the issues that matter most to you.

This debate will feature question and answers, policy discussions, audience participation, and more!
Space is limited, please RSVP today!

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Aug 20

Jay Inslee community fundraiser tonight (August 20th)

From Bob Hasegawa:

Jay Inslee will be at the Filipino Community Center, 7-9pm (5740 Martin Luther King Junior Way South  Seattle, WA 98118). Since this is a fundraiser, there’s an entry fee. See the following for details:

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