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We Must Do More Than Ever Before
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Dear Florida Democrats,
We made history last week! Thanks to your hard work, we now have over five million active registered Democrats in Florida! And our pace keeps increasing month-after-month. We are taking nothing for granted and are all-in to win in 2020!
Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s backward priorities are on full display. Trump’s carelessness with our health and safety when faced with an international health crisis is deeply alarming. His draconian immigration policy is putting 100,000 Floridian children at risk of losing their health care because their parents fear deportation. Trump is hell bent on punishing immigrant families with cruel laws -- and we can’t let this happen for another four years. Thank you for fiercely working to defeat him and his many failed policies in November.
As of Sunday, March 8, there are exactly 240 days -- 7 months, 28 days -- to November 3, 2020. |
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Terrie Rizzo
Chair
Florida Democratic Party
P.S. I know the newsletters are long, but we have so much important information to share. Please read to the end for essential information and updates. Depending on your email provider, your letter may be clipped with a link to view the entire message. |
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Florida now has more than 5.1 million active registered Democrats! In spite of aggressive voter purges, Florida GOP efforts to overturn Amendment 4 with an unconstitutional poll tax, and recently foiled attempts to put voters on inactive lists, Florida Democrats have exceeded the 5,000,000 active registered Democrats mark for the first time in our state's history. We now have 37% of Florida's registered voters and a 280,000 voter registration edge over Republicans, 17,000 larger than our edge in 2018. This is the first time since 2012 we have increased our margin of Democrats over the previous election cycle.
On February 25, we hosted a press conference with Forward Florida Action, Alianza for Progress, and New Florida Majority to celebrate reaching the historic 5 million voter mark. Here is some of the news coverage we received:
We are now registering an average of 482 voters each day, compared to just 28 voters per day last June, and our average is increasing each month. Since January 1, the GOP has added 64,935 voters and we have added 118,770! We are seeing a diverse young group of voters joining Florida's electorate. Over half of the voters we have registered are under 35. More than a third are African American and Caribbean, and 25% are Hispanic. We are taking no one for granted and are proud of our work to engage everyone. |
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2020 Leadership Blue Gala
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We are pleased to announce the location for our 2020 Leadership Blue weekend! Leadership Blue will take place May 29-31 at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort.
You can book your room online or by calling 407-939-4686 and requesting a Florida Democratic Party Leadership Blue 2020 room. |
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| We encourage you to book your room early as we expect high attendance. In addition to our annual Leadership Blue Gala, the weekend will include National Convention district-level delegate meetings for the selection of our PLEO, At-Large, and Alternate delegates. |
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Florida has never conducted a massive statewide voter protection effort during the Presidential Preference Primary (PPP). As of March 2, here's what our voter protection effort looks like:
- 1,306 voter protection volunteers recruited
- 808 trained voter protection volunteers
- 717 credentialed PPP poll watchers
- 36 counties with voter protection teams
- 27 counties with voter protection volunteers at PPP polling places
- 24-hour Voter Protection Hotline
- 3 full-time voter protection attorneys on staff
- 2 FDP regional voter protection call centers
This is amazing progress toward our goal of having an army of 15,000 trained volunteers working at polling places across the state in November. Sign up here to become a voter protection volunteer. We also need volunteers to work on Election Day at our regional call centers in Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale. Sign up here for Call Center Shifts.
As the GOP continues efforts to suppress the vote, it's also important we regularly share information about our Voter Protection Hotline. Use our Voter Protection Hotline Toolkit for sample posts, tweets, and graphics. |
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Registering Returning Citizens
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With the passage of restrictions on Amendment Four's Restoration of Voting Rights and multiple lawsuits, there has been confusion regarding the best way to proceed when registering returning citizens to vote. Here is some guidance from our legal counsel:
- If a Returning Citizen says s/he has had his/her voting rights restored through the Clemency process, register the Returning Citizen.
- If a Returning Citizen says s/he believes s/he has completed all of the terms of his/her felony sentence, register the Returning Citizen.
- If a Returning Citizen says s/he has completed the terms of his/her felony sentence except for a financial obligation s/he cannot afford to pay, refer the Returning Citizen to the ACLU or the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition to assist in determining options for payment.
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We are excited to share the weekend agenda for this year's Democratic County Chairs Association (DCCA) Retreat! We look forward to seeing each of you in Jacksonville for purposeful training sessions and business meetings.
You can view the tentative weekend agenda here or visit floridadems.org/dcca.
DCCA Retreat is March 27-29 at the DoubleTree Jacksonville Riverfront. You can reserve a room in our group block online by clicking here—But hurry, our rooms are almost full, and the deadline to book is Friday, March 13. After Friday, we cannot guarantee rate or availability.
For ADA requests and other questions, please email partyaffairs@floridadems.org. Please note, we are closely monitoring the coronavirus situation and urge each of you to follow local and CDC recommendations. We will be doing the same. |
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| FDP staff gathered in Ft. Lauderdale for three days of team building and training February 25-27. |
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| We are all fired up and ready to #DefeatTrumpFL! |
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) Best Practices Institute (BPI) is launching the 2020 Train the Trainer (T3) Webinar Training Program. T3 is a free, six-week, twelve-part webinar course, covering several aspects of grassroots campaigning. Trainings are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. ET, from April 7 through May 14. The deadline to register is Sunday, April 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Click Here to Register for T3 today, ask two Democrats to join you, and help us take our country back in 2020!
T3 participants must complete all 12 sessions in order to receive certification. All training sessions will include a skills test to track retention and participation. Trainings will be recorded and made available following each session via a weekly wrap-up email.
Here are other DNC training opportunities available in the next two weeks:
Additional training opportunities are listed here. |
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| Our Communications Team is looking for 4-5 passionate volunteers in each county to serve as media spokespeople, holding Trump and the GOP accountable for their failed policies while sharing the Democratic Party's vision for our country. Training and talking points will be provided. We especially need volunteers who will be available for the Presidential Preference Primary and speakers of other languages. Send contact information to our Director of Rapid Response Frances Swanson at FSwanson@FloridaDems.org. |
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We need your assistance filling several positions. These include:
- Field Organizers (especially in Broward, Miami-Dade, Pasco, and Polk)
- Deputy Field Directors (South and Central FL)
- Voter Protection Organizer (Tampa, Orlando, or Ft. Lauderdale)
- Finance Associate (Ft. Lauderdale office)
- VAN Administrator (Ft. Lauderdale office)
Job descriptions are available here. Please have applicants send their resumes and references to jobs@floridadems.org with their name and the position they are applying for in the subject line. |
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FDP Department Office Hours
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| FDP staff is available to help you. You can reach these departments during their dedicated office hours: |
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Finance Department - Fundraising
Tuesday 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. EST
Call (347) 455-9560 PIN: 155 739 124#
or Join Google Meet
Voter Protection
Thursday 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. EST
(850) 610-2173 |
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Data Team - VAN, Mobilize, SendDem
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. EST
Tuesday, Thursday 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EST
Call (805) 946-0563 PIN: 868 988 057#
or Join Google Meet
or submit a Data Ticket anytime
Cyber Security
Monday, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. EST
Friday, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EST
Call (305) 697-4202 PIN: 86381 |
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| Congratulations to these county DECs who met their February Incentive Grant goals! |
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- Bradford
- Brevard
- Broward
- Charlotte
- Collier
- Escambia
- Franklin
- Indian River
- Lake
- Lee
- Leon
- Martin
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- Miami-Dade
- Orange
- Osceola
- Palm Beach
- Pinellas
- Polk
- Sarasota
- St. Johns
- St. Lucie
- Sumter
- Volusia
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| INCENTIVE GRANTS ARE DOUBLING!!! FDP believes in all the work you are doing, and as a result we are doubling monthly incentive grant payments! Starting March 1, $1,300 per month is available to the DECs and State Caucuses that meet their monthly goals. We are also switching from forms to volunteer shift goals this month. More information is available in the "Our Florida 2020 - DEC Onboarding" training in FDP University. |
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Our February 22 our Democracia al Día show featured a great discussion about the last Democratic presidential debate and the frightening movement toward authoritarian regimes in many countries across the world...including our own. Our two distinguished guests were, Hector Caraballo, past president of the Cuban American Democratic Club, and Maurizio Passariello, one of South Florida's top Venezuelan political commentators. You can listen to the show here.
Tune in every Saturday at 12 noon ET to our Spanish language program on WURN-AM, Actualidad Radio 1040am. |
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Presidential Preference Primary Key Dates
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- March 17: Election Day
- March 19, 5 p.m.: Deadline to file ballot cure affidavits or evidence of voter eligibility
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As of the close of books for the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary (PPP), the Florida GOP had 134,871 more vote-by-mail requests than Democrats. As of the close of books for this year's PPP, we have 109,171 more vote-by-mail requests than the GOP - a shift of 244,042 to our side!
We know voting by mail is the easiest way to make sure Democrats cast a ballot in this year’s elections. As part of our all-out push to vote by mail in the PPP, we have launched FL.Dems.Vote/mail website so people can go to one place and register to vote by mail online.
About 150,000 vote-by-mail (VBM) enrollment forms were mailed to Democrats at the beginning of January. Based on our analysis of those who returned the mailer, we fine-tuned our targeting for our February mailer and sent another 140,000 enrollment forms. We still need volunteers to help us contact these Democrats to encourage them to return their forms. A virtual phone bank (VPB) is available at m.floridadems.org/Phonebank. |
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Democratic National Convention
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As of Sunday, the Democratic National Convention is in 18 weeks and 1 day!
District-level delegate filing closed at noon today. We received more than double the applications received in 2016! Applications for our 81 Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO), At-Large, and At-Large Alternate delegate spots will remain available on our website through May 5.
Congressional District (CD) Caucuses will be Saturday, April 4, with some Early Voting locations on Thursday, April 2. Here are some helpful documents for delegate candidates:
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| Now through March 31, submit your volunteer and voter engagement photos and help us build our stock photo library. We want to see volunteers with clipboards, knocking doors, on the phones, and having conversations with voters. Submissions will be judged by our Creative Director Ali Kurnaz, and the person with the winning photo submission will win a Google Nest Mini smart speaker. Send your photos to Ali@FloridaDems.org. |
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Organizing Corps: Waitlist
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Third Friday of the Month
5:15 - 10 pm
We are greeting, petition signing and collecting voter registrations.
Join us every 3rd Friday. Our booth number is:
534 which is located on the south side of
Main Street, Safety Harbor,
between 5th & 6th Avenues.
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North Pinellas County Democratic Club
Candidate Endorsements
Just a reminder that our club supports all Democrats that step up to the challenge of seeking office and that we do not favor one Democrat over another during the primaries even in non-partisan elections. If you are canvassing for a particular candidate, please do not identify yourself as a club member as it implies support of the organization. All democratic candidates are provided the opportunity to share a brief message at the meeting, but again this does not mean we support of one candidate over another.
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District 64
It takes a TEAM for this type of deployment to be a success.
You will find all events here
Field News Link: bit.ly/dist64news
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Join us for the monthly DCO meeting at the Dunedin Golf Club.
YOU are a member of the Dunedin Council of Organizations as a member of the North Pinellas County Democratic Club.
Join us,
Our next breakfast meeting is the
third Friday of the month
7:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Full Breakfast Buffet $10.00
September - May
Dunedin Golf Club
1050 Palm Blvd.
Dunedin, FL 34698
Door prizes and fun conversation.
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The North Pinellas County Democratic Club is accepting dues for 2020!
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
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GET OUT THE VOTE!
We are here to make Pinellas Blue!
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