🇺🇸 North Pinellas County Democratic Club 🇺🇸: MAIL YOUR BALLOT TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS (SOE)

Mail Ballots Back to the Supervisor of Elections

North Pinellas Dems

Vote by Mail Ballots were Mailed on October 2, 2018

From NOW until November 6, 2018, we will be focusing on
Get OUT the Vote!

OUR PROTEST
WHAT: Ron DeSantis' dangerous healthcare agenda.
WHEN: 10:00 AM, Thursday, October 4
WHERE: OUTSIDE OF The Italian Club
1731 E. 7th Ave., Tampa, Florida
MESSAGE: Ron DeSantis — Hands Off Our Health Care!

BALLOT SUGGESTIONS:

Jeff Gow for City of Dunedin Commission, Seat 4

There are excellent background bios of the judges up for retention election.
https://www.floridabar.org/news-release/merit-retention/florida-bar-poll-shows-support-for-appellate-judges-in-merit-retention-elections-2/

If no one wants to go through judicial decisions and biographical credentials -- if one were only to look at the official who appointed the judge, here would be a list:

Justice Alan Lawson - appointed by Scott and conservative and term ends 1/7/2019

Justice Anthony Black - appointed by Charlie Crist

Judge Darryl Casanueva - appointed by Lawton Chiles. Term ends 1/7/2019

Judge Edward LaRose - appointed by Jeb Bush

Judge Susan Roghstein-Youakim - appointed by Rick Scott. Term ends 1/7/2019

Circuit Judge 6th District -

Roxanne Fixsen - endorsements include Florida NOW; see list at https://www.roxanneforjudge.com/endorsements.html

David Ellis - endorsements include Stonewall Dems; see list at https://www.daveellisforjudge.com/endorsements

List compiled by: 'Mike' Michael Fox

Pinellas County Democratic Party Amendment RecommendationsYES on 3,4,9,12,13
The NO votes are MORE IMPORTANT!

Vote NO on 1:
Increases the amount of the homestead exemption.

Vote no to preserve the revenue to maintain our local government services.

Vote NO on 2:
Makes the cap on non-homestead property permanent.

Vote no to keep tax decisions in the hands of the people of Florida

Vote YES on 3:
Requires voter approval of casino gambling.

Vote yes to let citizens of Florida to decide where gambling is permitted.

Vote YES on 4:
Restores the right to vote prior felony convictions upon completion of their sentences.

Vote yes to allow people who have paid their debt to society their fundamental rights.

Vote NO on 5:
Requires a super majority of the legislature to impose or increase tax or fee.

Vote no to making it more difficult to balance the state’s budget

Vote NO on 6:

Establishes a series of rights for crime victims.
Increases the mandatory retirement age for judges from 70 to 75.
Provides that judges should not necessarily defer to governmental agencies in legal proceedings.

Vote no as this should better be left to the state legislature

Vote NO on 7:

Requires the payment of death benefits when law enforcement officers, first responders are killed while performing official duties.
Establishes a governance system for the 28 state and community colleges.
Requires a supermajority vote by university boards of trustees and the Board of Governors when raising student fees.

Vote no on all of these as existing statutes and organizations are already fulfilling these needs

Vote YES on 9:

Prohibits drilling for gas and oil in state coastal waters
Ban vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes in workplaces.

Vote yes to preserve the quality our environment and personal space at work

Vote NO on 10:

Requires all charter-county governments to have elected constitutional officers, including sheriffs.
Allows the Legislature beginning its annual session in January in even-numbered years.
Create an Office of Domestic Security and Counterterrorism in the Department of Law Enforcement.
Revises the constitutional authority for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Vote no as chief purpose of the amendment is to remove the electorate’s right to engage in local self-governance. Also, there is no need to further militarize law enforcement

Vote NO on 11:

Removes language that prohibits “aliens ineligible for citizenship” from owning property.
Removes obsolete language that authorizes a high-speed rail system.
Revises language to make clear that the repeal of a criminal statute does not affect the prosecution of any crime committed before the repeal.

Vote no to keep the original High-Speed Rail amendment that was overwhelmingly passed in 2006 by 63% of voters.

Vote YES on 12:

Imposes a six-year lobbying ban on former state elected officials, state agencies heads and local elected officials.
Creates a new ethics standard that would prohibit public officials from obtaining a “disproportionate benefit” from their actions while in office.

Vote yes to provide some measure of control on third party moneyed interests in Tallahassee.

Vote YES on 13:
Bans greyhound racing at Florida tracks after Dec. 31, 2020.

Vote yes to end this cruel and antiquated practice.

Sally Laufer GOTV
Saturdays of Action
Saturdays, 9-12
34931 US-19, Ste. 300, Palm Harbor, FL 34684-1919, United States

NOTICE**NOTICE**NOTICE

Saturday Morning Workgroup !!
Drop in, roll up your sleeves and help get Democrats elected!

34931 Highway 19N
Suite 300
Palm Harbor, 34684

US Highway 19N between Nebraska and Alderman
Located in office park behind O'Reilly's Auto Parts
Left into office park behind O'Reilly's
Go to back northeast corner
Suite 300
Look for yard signs for Amanda Murphy

Drop in between 8am and Noon

Greater Pinellas Democratic Club:

Hope you can attend this Thursday's meeting (October 11, 2018) featuring a Candidates' Forum.
Participants include Florida House Candidates: SALLY LAUFER, Dist 65;
ALEX HEREEN, Dist 66;
DAWN DOUGLAS, Dist 67;
JENNIFER WEBB, Dist 69;
AMANDA MURPHY, Florida Senate District 16 Candidate - ;
AMY KEDRON , Pinellas Cnty Comm Dist 6 Candidate - and
JEFF LARSEN, School Board Dist 2 Candidate - .

Please come prepared with your questions for the candidates or, preferably, submit the questions to me now via this email address.

At Thursday's Meeting, social hour begins at 6:00 PM with dinner at 6:30 PM. Cost is only $18 for Banquet Master's (13355 49th Street North) scrumptious buffet. RSVP is required only if you're planning to attend. If you've already RSVP'd, please ignore this reminder.

Contact Betty Morgenstein at 727-360-3971 to reserve or email your RSVP ASAP to: GPDemocraticClub@aol.com. Please share this event with your like-minded friends! Hope to see you there on Thursday.
Democratically speaking,

Michael Clifford, President

We are waving signs on Tuesday Mornings!

Curlew Road and US 19 N

Walgreens
30280 US Hwy 19 N

7:30 -9:00 am
Sign up here!
Peggy will be there!!

We are waving signs on Wednesday Evening!

Curlew Road and Alt 19

901 Curlew Road, Dunedin

4-6 pm
Let us know that you will be there!
Click here!

Peggy will be there!!

Confirmation!
Ballot received by the Supervisor of Elections (SOE)
Check it HERE

Pinellas County Democratic House Districts 66, 67, and 68 presents

Ask the SOE-Election Security 2018

Wednesday October 17, 2018 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Grosse Pointe Estates Clubhouse, 9900 Ulmerton Road, Largo 33771

Dustin Chase, Communications Director from the Pinellas SOE office and possibly,

Julie Marcus, Deputy Superintendent of Elections from the Pinellas SOE office,

will be our guests for the evening. I know from our previous meetings we have some serious questions and concerns about the integrity of our election in November. Questions about our ability to detect cyber attacks and how to counterattack them are important. Bring your questions. Plan on attending this meeting to get some answers from the folks from our election office.

Thank You,

Ginny Nelson, Chair Dist 66

Barb Scott, Chair Dist 67

Denise Lombardi, Chair Dist 68

Our Home!
Meetings are on the Third Tuesday of the Month
6pm
1134 North Douglas Avenue
Dunedin, FL 34698

Donate

Sign up to say 'Hello' to our neighbors!
Safety Harbor 3rd Friday
Make a difference in our community, sign up to staff our booth for Safety Harbor's Third Friday event.
Click here.

We are handing out Slates for the General Election at:
Centre of Palm Harbor
1500 16th St., Palm Harbor, 34683

Hours Vary between 7 am - 7 pm

October 22nd- November 4th

Sign up HERE!

PURCHASE HERE
Deadline for all ads is the second Wednesday of the month, 3 pm.

You may purchase and are encouraged to buy more than one month at a time.

MOOV for the Blue Wave
(District 66)
Contact: Ginny Nelson

We have a center to meet to volunteer every Saturday. For the duration of the election there are many jobs to do. It will be more fun and efficient meeting to get those jobs done together.

Every Saturday beginning Sep 15th thru Nov 3rd come to Panera Bread, Largo
Largo, Florida 33770 from 9:00 am - 12 with your cellphone and laptop/tablet and we will have work for you to do. It will be fun!

Get your Gillum Signs HERE!

Get Nelson Signs HERE!

The North Pinellas County Democratic Club is accepting dues for 2018!
This is the year we make North Pinellas Blue!
Club Dues
$25.00 Annually
$15.00 for Students
or a Lifetime membership of $250.00.
Join us!

Click here!

Mail $25.00 Check to:
North Pinellas County Democratic Club
PO Box 415
Dunedin, FL 34697