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E-Alert: General Membership Meeting! Oct. 23, 2018
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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING!
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6 pm - 9 pm
Port Townsend Community Center
620 Tyler St., Port Townsend
Draft minutes Sept 12 Member Meeting
Resolution to be voted on - Reject donations from private prison companies
Included will be an informative forum on environmental issues including Gov. Inslee’s report on the Lower Snake River dams and Orca population among others.
Speakers include:
 PATRICIA JONES is the Executive Director of the Olympic Forest Coalition, a local non-governmental organization dedicated to the protection of habitat, wildlife, forests and marine waters of the Olympic Peninsula. Patricia was appointed by Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz to represent conservation in the "Solutions Table", a multi stakeholder advisory group working on problem solving for more marbled murrelet conservation and essential services for beneficiaries. Patricia’s background in environmental justice and human rights law and policy was focused on safe drinking water and sanitation domestically in the U.S. and internationally. She has a PhD, Masters of Law, and JD, and is an alumna of the U. of W, and graduate of Port Townsend High School.
 AL BERGSTEIN is an environmental activist from Port Townsend. He has been the editor of the Olympic Peninsula Environmental News since 2007. He is a long time member of the Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee and is on the board of Sound Action, an advocacy organization for protecting nearshore habitat.
 JIM WADDELL is a Civil Engineer retired from a 35-year public service career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Serving with the EPA and other Federal environmental agencies during his long career he integrated all global warming research and helped establish the US Global Research Program. As part of his work since his retirement he has recommended breaching the 4 lower Snake river dams as a sound biological and economic benefit helping to save our native salmon and Orca populations. Waddell is now Director of the Dam Sense Project at DamSense.org.
JOIN US!
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 Saturday, October 20 at 11 am
CANVASSING EVENT
The Washington State Democrats' Coordinated Campaign will be hosting a door to door canvassing event to get out the vote for the Democrats in Jefferson County. This event will be to support Democrats and make sure voters turn in their ballots.
Meet at 11 am in the Port Townsend Community Center park across the street from Aldrich's Market, near the Farmers Market. This is a great opportunity to work together to get Democrats up and down the ballot elected this important midterm year.
To RSVP, sign up here, call 24th LD Coordinated Campaign Field Organizer, Taylor Carlson at 360-337-0666, or email taylor@wa-democrats.org.
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 Thursday, Oct. 25 from 10 am - noon
AD HOC BY-LAWS COMMITTEE MEETING
Jefferson County Library
(Humphrey Room)
Additionally, we have also reserved Tuesday, October 30 for a second meeting should we not finish or need to meet again to wrap up (it will be at the same location from 6 pm - 8 pm). If we do not need the room we will cancel after the October 25 meeting. Everyone, please mark your calendars for BOTH dates.
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Tuesday, October 30 from 6 – 7:30 pm
FYI: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WORKSHOP
Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum, WA, 98325
The Washington State Department of Commerce is drafting a:
Washington State Guidebook on Military and Community Compatibility
as a technical resource for local governments to use in planning for development near military installations. This meeting is the next of seven community workshops to capture opinions and comments for the project. For details click on the link below.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADOC/bulletins/21480fa
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CAN OUR STATE FLIP THREE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS?
We sure hope so!
Some local folks are organizing carpools to Kent/Auburn to doorbell for Dr. Kim Schrier, who is running against Dino Rossi in the 8th Congressional District. If you would like to go along, give a call to Duke Rhoades, 360-301-2802. He prefers phone, but he can also be reached at dukerhoades@hotmail.com
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Nov. 8 from 6 - 8 pm
CENTRAL COMMITTEE / MEMBER MEETING
Chimacum Grange
9572 Rhody Dr, Chimacum
Including the new PCOs we will be discussing amending the by-laws for the Jefferson County Democrats. All members are welcome to attend and offer input in an inclusive and orderly way. Please come early to sign in so we can start on time. Room opens at 5:30 pm.
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 Dec. 2
JCD REORGANIZATION MEETING
Chimacum High School
91 W Valley Rd, Chimacum
11:30 am - Potluck.
1 PM - Central Committee meeting to elect Chair, Vice Chair, and two State Committee representatives, and to vote on bylaw changes.
2 PM (or later) Member meeting to elect Treasurer, Recording Secretary, and six District Representatives.
This is an important meeting and we hope you can JOIN US!
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BALLOT RIDE!
 We are testing a new program in Jefferson County this election cycle. We know that a few of our neighbors are not able to get to a mailbox or ballot drop box so we are starting a program to give rides to voters who cannot get there themselves so they can drop their ballots. This program has an email address for those interested:
If you are available to drive please respond with "Drive" in the subject line and include available times in the body of the email. If you know of someone who needs a ride please respond with "Ride" in the subject line.
There are restrictions. The voter must be registered to vote in Jefferson County. There is no guarantee that a ride will be available if requested; if there is no driver available the ride cannot occur. This program is open to all registered voters in the County; we cannot accept some voters and turn away others if in fact a driver is available. Since this program is voluntary, it can be terminated at any time if it is abused.
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Endorsements
Jefferson County Democrats recently voted to endorse candidates running for the November 2018 elections! We are proud to announce our support for strong Democratic candidates in every position open in Jefferson County and beyond. Click here for details.
Click here if you would like to refer to the Progressive Voters Guide.
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 Ballot Drop Boxes
Election Day is Tues., Nov. 6, 2018
Ballot drop boxes are the most secure method to ensure ballots are received on time. They don't require postage.
- For your ballot to count, it must be returned or postmarked by Election Day. The date of election is at the top of your ballot and on your return envelope.
- Deposit it in an official ballot drop box no later than 8:00 p.m. Election Night;
- Return it via United States Postal Service -It MUST be postmarked no later than Election Day. If you mail it on Election Day we suggest you take it in and ask them to hand cancel it, otherwise the cancellation date may be the next day and considered too late; If you mail it, check the return envelope to see if a stamp is required!
- Return it to the county Auditor's Office by 8:00 p.m. Election Night.
Click here for drop box locations and details.
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Our Monthly Calendar
Jefferson County Democrats have meetings and events every month that we would love to see you attend!
You can access the details related to each event on our monthly calendar.
JOIN US!
/https://jeffcodemocrats.com/calendar/
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