NEWSLETTER
March 22, 2024
Letter from the Chair
Dear Defenders,
Election Day 2024 is 230 days away, and early voting starts 27 days before then!
I know how I’ll be spending the next 33 weeks, and I hope you all will join me to do everything we can to elect more Democrats up and down the ballot.
First, check E-QUAL and make sure you’ve signed all the candidate petitions that you may. Arizona for Corporation Commission and state legislature candidates need more signatures to get on the ballot, and the deadline to turn them in is April 1.
Run for Precinct Committeeperson, get your petition signed and drop it off at the CC Dems office by March 25. If you choose the write-in option, that paperwork is due at the office on April 9. PCs are the foundation of the Coconino County Democratic Party!
Next, buy your Roosevelt-Kennedy Gala tickets and invite a friend to join us. Choose a Day Match Donor (DMD) and make your donation on their day or spread it across several days. The DMD program is the biggest fundraiser of the year; we’re counting on it to support all the work we do to further the Democratic Party goals.
Then, sign up for the Volunteer Training on March 26th and get involved with one of our many opportunities: Arizona for Abortion Access initiative, office work, events, phone bank, Family Food Center, voter outreach, and more. Check out Mobilize.us to find additional training from ADP, DNC, Indivisible, and others focused on enshrining abortion healthcare in our state constitution and winning Arizona for Biden-Harris.
Set aside November 5 to join us at the Orpheum for an Election Night Watch Party. I’m expecting a great big blue celebration in a room full of people who made it happen. I can’t think of anything sweeter or more important than saving our Democracy, together.
Blue AZ 2024,
Laura
Boost Our Candidates over the Line and onto the Ballot!
Please check E-QUAL and make sure you have signed the petitions for Democrats. Our ACC and some State office candidates are still in need of signatures to qualify for the ballot!
The roster of Democratic candidates for state, county, and legislative offices is filling in. And because of the new date for the summer Primary Election, these candidates are facing an imminent deadline of April 1 to file signatures to get on the ballot! Go to this page on our website to meet our candidates:
To help them reach the requirements for signatures (and, for Clean Election candidates, the requirement for $5 campaign donations), find them on the E-QUAL page on the Arizona Secretary of State website:
https://apps.azsos.gov/apps/election/eps/op
It takes only a minute to help our candidates secure their positions on the ballot – do it now!
We Need YOU to Serve as a Precinct Committee Person!
You’ve heard us describe the importance of our PC’s – the Precinct Committee persons who serve as our liaisons to the wider community. Though new terms don’t begin officially until fall, NOW is the time to step forward to keep our County Party moving.
Whether you are a current PC planning to stay connected, or you are interested in becoming a PC for the first time, you have two options for nominating yourself.
You can file a nominating petition with the signatures of 10 registered Democrats who live in your precinct (deadline to bring to our office is March 25);
OR
You can file an affidavit to be a write-in candidate without needing any other signatures (must be dated and brought to our office between April 2 and April 8).
Pick up the appropriate petitions at our office in the Historic Ice House, downtown Flagstaff (201 E. Birch, Suite 6).
Petitions and affidavits should be returned to the office prior to the deadlines so we can track how we are doing on filling our available slots.
Please purchase your tickets for our 24th annual Roosevelt-Kennedy gala, and join us April 20th for an evening of celebration and camaraderie.
Help us raise funds for our work to swing Arizona blue in 2024!
Tickets are on sale now!
$125 per person or $1,000 per table.
Learn about the event and purchase tickets through ActBlue or
mail or bring payment in person to the office.
Former Eleanor Roosevelt Award Winners:
Mary Kuzell-Babbitt
Debbie Leavitt
Isabel Archuleta
Kerry Blume
Frank Brandt
Bill Cherry
Jack Doggett
Mary McKell
Jena Perpich
Alex Vernon
Coral Evans
Patrice Horstman
Bill Auberle
Sue Strobel
Eva Putzova
Lori Poloni-Staudinger
Patty Hansen
Helene Babbitt
Sharon Edgar
Lena Wallen
Cathy Small
Congratulations again to prior Eleanor Roosevelt award winners! The Coconino County Democratic Party appreciates all you’ve done to defend Democracy. We look forward to celebrating the addition of the 2024 Eleanor Roosevelt award winner, to be announced at the Roosevelt-Kennedy Gala on April 20th. Please submit nominations to the Executive Committee at Chair@coconinodemocrats.org. Previous winners are not eligible. Explain who the nominee is and how they have expressed their commitment to the duty of the Democratic Party as described above. Submissions should be no more than 350 words.The Eleanor Roosevelt Award recognizes a person whose contributions to the community echo the example set by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and whose life and work are an answer to her call to action.
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in, the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning here, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerned citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.”
T-Shirts On-sale!
Wear your Democratic Party pride and help us raise money to support our work across Coconino County!
Regular fit, crew neck, sizes M,L,XL.
Relaxed fitted V-neck, sizes , S, M, L.
Tee Shirts available for a $36.00 donation to the CCDems via check or ActBlue.
Thanks to Our 2024 Roosevelt – Kennedy Day Match Donors!
Many of you remember from previous years that we use the occasion of our Roosevelt – Kennedy event to raise significant funds for our political activities through a Day Match Donor program. Generous individuals, couples, and small teams put up dollars to “sponsor” a day during a two-week window. And then they (and the rest of us) work to draw attention to “their day” when friends, family, and colleagues can donate to match their initial gift. This year the Day Matches will run April 6 – 19.
This is an early notice – see the list of donors and their days below, and consider making your own gift to match one (or more) while encouraging your own contacts to do the same on the day of their choice.
April 6 Dawn Schackner, Denbie Nash, Dana Jolly, Linda Guarino, Sally Harvey, and Patti VanTuyl
April 7 Frank and Nancy Branham
April 8 Barry Bertani
April 9 Don and Anita Howard & George and Louise Hublitz
April 10 Laura Huenneke and Steve Warburton
April 11 Hanna and Richard Cortner
April 12 Leslie Schultz
April 13 Marilyn Weisman & Sue Ordway
April 14 Coconino County Democratic Party Fundraising Committee.
April 15 Bill and Ellen Wade
April 16 Harriet Young & Karan English
April 17 Patrice Horstman and Lulu Santamaria & Cathy Small and Phyllis Schiller
April 18 Ann Heitland and Barb Orcutt
April 19 Laura Carter & Pamela Carter
Pitch In for an Hour or More and Meet Your Fellow Defenders of Democracy!
2024 is in full swing, and we have many important tasks for which we need your help.
Do you enjoy high-energy events with passionate speakers and eager, generous crowds? Then you will love being part of our Roosevelt – Kennedy Gala evening!
Volunteers will welcome and seat guests, help with the auction fundraising, and field questions – with a front row seat to all the excitement. If some quiet work from home or in our office is more your style, we are adding notes to postcards and getting out other communications.
Either way – we encourage you to come to one of our volunteer orientation sessions on
March 26 (click the Mobilize link to register).
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Arizona for Abortion Access Ballot InitiativeThe Coconino County Democrats office is your local petition hub. We have the Arizona for Abortion Access (AAA) ballot initiative petitions available and ready for circulation.
The AAA Campaign requires that all petition circulators must first complete an official petition circulator training. Right now there are online trainings available by registering with Healthcare Rising and/ or Arizona’s List. The Coconino Democratic Party and Indivisible NAZ are hosting a monthly in-person training. The next training will be at 11am, March 23, 2024. Register via Mobilize here.
*Please note in advance, the AAA Coalition requires circulators to complete the petition training and provide your original training date information to check-out any petitions from the Flagstaff or NAU Hub.
Check out Arizona’s List, Healthcare Rising, our website calendar & our Mobilize page for news, updates, and training information. You can stop by on TUESDAYS and Fridays between 11:30 AM-1:30 PM to pick up petitions. And get petitions notarized TUESDAYS and Fridays between 11:30 AM-1:30 PM.We are looking for volunteers to host events, add new locations, and notarize petitions. If you are a notary and would like to volunteer services, please email us.
APRIL 5th: First Fridays with the Coconino Democrats!Visit us at the Historic Ice House from 5PM-8PM to view the ongoing art displays, and stop by the Coconino County Democratic Party office to SIGN THE ARIZONA FOR ABORTION ACCESS PETITION and learn how to get involved. Pick up a temporary tattoo or make a button from one of our designs!
Getting this initiative onto the 2024 ballot will be key to turning out the vote and wining all races from re-electing Biden to flipping our legislature. We need your help!
***Coconino County Democrats volunteer to serve dinner at the
Flagstaff Family Food Center Kitchen on the First Thursday of each month.
This commitment is from 3PM to 6PM @ their kitchen located at
1903 N. 2nd Street, Flagstaff, AZ.
We’re looking for folks to serve meals on
April 4th and May 2nd 2024.
Sign up at Family Food Center.
To share an upcoming event in our bi-monthly newsletter or the monthly events calendar on our website, please email us the details by Friday prior to each newsletter.
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