Dallas County Democratic Party Executive Committee Meeting

A statutory meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.  The meeting will start at 6:30 pm at the CWA Hall, 1408 N. Washington St., Dallas, TX 75204.

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2012 Jefferson Jackson Dinner Photos

 

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS REPUBLICANS ATTACK ON WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE

The Lone Star project has released a new video highlighting the republicans attack on women's healthcare. The video can be found here.

2012 Democratic Party Primary Ballot is Set

On Monday, March 12 the Executive Committee of the Dallas County Democratic Party meet and drew the ballot positions for the 2012 Democratic Party Primary Ballot for Dallas County. Precinct chair Myrtis Evans drew for President Barack Obama and she pulled ballot position number one for the President (as it should be). The candidates and ballot positions are below as well as the non-binding resolutions that will be on the ballot.

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DOJ Refuses To Preclear Voter ID

The Department of Justice (DOJ) refused to preclear the State Legislature's voter suspresion bill passed in 2011. Michael Li has answers to some questions here Voter ID questions.

UPDATED March 9 filings for the May 29, 2012 Democratic Party Primary

Below are the filings through March 9, 2012 of the candidates that have filed with the Dallas County Democratic Party.

Updated 12:00pm March 11, 2012

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March 9, 2012 Filings for the May 29, 2012 Democratic Primary

Below are the filings through March 9, 2012 of the candidates that have filed with the Dallas County Democratic Party.

Updated 12:00pm March 11, 2012

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Candidate Filing Will Be Open Until 6 PM Friday March 9

The federal court in San Antonio issued a detailed court order setting forth dates and other details for the 2012 Texas Primary. Michael Li has posted a link to a GoogleDoc of the order on his web site, Texas Redistricting.

All of this may become moot if someone appeals the far from adequate new interim districts which the court set up earlier this week (links to those maps are here). Assuming that does not happen, or the appeal is very quickly denied, Michael Li has also posted a List of Key Texas Election Dates. Here are the highlights for most of us:

  • March 2, 2012 - The filing period reopens.
  • March 9, 2012 @ 6:00 p.m. - The filing period closes for all offices other than precinct chair.
  • April 21, 2012 - Democratic senate district and county conventions.
  • May 12, 2012 - Municipal and school board elections.
  • May 14-25, 2012 - Early voting for Texas primary.
  • May 29, 2012 - Texas primary day.
  • June 1, 2012 - Deadline (@ 6:00 p.m.) for candidates for precinct chair to file ballot applications.
  • June 8-9, 2012 - Democratic state convention in Houston.
  • July 24-27, 2012 - In-person early voting for the primary runoff.
  • July 31, 2012 - Primary runoff. Also date of elections for precinct chair. For precinct chair elections only a plurality vote is required (no runoffs).

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Texas Democratic Party Approves Rule Changes To Delegate Selection Plan

The executive committee of the Texas Democratic Party met via conference call Wednesday evening and passed changes to the Delegate Selection Plan that will allow Senate District\County Conventions to be held April 21, 2012. A summary of proposed changes is below. The amended Texas Delegate Selection Plan is here.

Details of the Senate District\County Conventions will be posted as they become finalized.

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VETERANS V.A. ID REFUSED AS PHOTO ID

After the Tea Party Tsunami in 2010 many states, with new Tea Party conservative state legislatures, passed laws aimed to suppress voters from exercising their right to vote. Many of these states passed voter ID legislation. This article tells the story of a Wisconcin veteran who tried to vote with his Department of Veterans Affairs ID card and was refused. The article is here.

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