An Open Letter to John Casella- Michael Wright
Monthly Archives: July 2023
August 12, Rumney Old Home Day
Saturday, August 12th at the Rumney Commons.
Please drop by our Plymouth Area Dems booth and visit for a while anytime from 8am to 3:30. It’s a fun event. Enjoy the crafts, food, and the parade at 10am
August 10: NH House District 5 Gathering
WHAT: Democratic prospects in Grafton House District 5
WHERE: Route 25C, Piermont, NH 03779
WHEN: Thursday, August 10, 2023, from 4 to 5:30pm.
If you live in Warren, Benton, Haverhill, Landaff, and Piermont, please join us.
This meeting will be an informal, fun, get together to meet other Democrats in District 5 and to start a discussion on developing democratic candidates for the next Grafton County District 5 election for the NH House – which will take place in November 2024.
Email: steven.daly@charter.net for the address.
August 9: NH Senate District 1 Gathering
SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, August 9! Zoom & in-person. Grafton County Dems, in partnership with Cöos County Democrats, are sponsoring a joint hybrid meeting on August 9, with a focus on NH Senate District 1. Steve Marchand, of Move the Goalposts, will be the featured speaker, providing his analysis of the 2022 results and what they mean for Democratic prospects to reclaim the Senate District 1 seat next year.
You can attend in person at the Littleton Senior Center (@5 pm) or Zoom in (@6 pm). Stay tuned for the Zoom link and in-person registration link.
August 8: Franconia Community Potluck
FRANCONIA community potluck will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 from 5-7 pm at the Dow Pavilion in Franconia. Please join us and feel free to bring friends and family. We will hold this event rain or shine.
Please bring something to share — an entree, a salad or a dessert — with the appropriate serving utensil. Beverages will be provided. Due to terms of our insurance, no alcohol is permitted. We will provide plates, cups, napkins and individual utensils.
Seating may be limited, so please bring your own chairs. Parking may also be limited, please consider carpooling. We will have an attendant directing you to a parking place. Please, no pets.
RSVP: ourfriendsourneighbors@gmail.com
August 3: Building a community team?
Looking for more volunteers? Learn the art of conversation canvassing and talk to your neighbors.
Watch a series of short videos and sign up for a one-hour workshop. You can sign up with a friend or with a team! http://www.conversationcanvassing24.org/
Our next workshops are: Thursday, August 3 @7 pm, Wednesday, August 16 @7 pm, Monday, August 28 @7 pm, Wednesday, September 13 @7 pm
August 2: NH Electronic Ballot Counting Device Demonstration.
New Hampshire legislators, election officials, and members of the public and media will have an opportunity to test electronic ballot counting devices produced by four vendors.
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan is inviting the public to take part in an interactive electronic ballot counting device demonstration on August 2nd from 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., with an opportunity to attend either the morning session from 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. or the afternoon session from 1:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. The event will take place at the following location:
Legislative Office Building, Second Floor, 33 North State Street, Concord, NH 03301
RSVP and more Info: https://www.eventsquid.com/mobileapp.cfm?id=21055…
Facts don’t change minds! Conversations do!
Watch a series of short videos and sign up for a one-hour workshop.
You can sign up with a friend or with a team! http://www.conversationcanvassing24.org/
Our next workshops are:
Wednesday, July 12 @7 pm,
Monday, July 17 @7 pm,
Thursday, August 3 @7 pm,
Wednesday, August 16 @7 pm,
Monday, August 28 @7 pm,
Wednesday, September 13 @7 pm
Does your town have a Democratic town committee?
Do you know who your town chair is?
Time to Warm Up Your Voter Contact Skills for Enfield!
Enfield will hold a special election August 22 to fill the Grafton House District 16 vacancy created when Josh Adjutant resigned earlier this year. Democrat David Fracht, chairman of the Enfield Planning Board, will be facing only one Republican, so the August election will determine who holds the seat through 2024.
Special elections often produce lower than usual voter participation. In a May special election in a Nashua ward, just 211 voters cast ballots. Grafton House District 16 is wholly within Enfield, and while the town has a strong Democratic voting history, a special election in August may be even more challenging. So we can take nothing for granted, and we need all hands on
deck to make sure Democrats keep this seat. As in the 2023 session, voting rights, reproductive rights, public schools, health care and many other critical issues will all be at risk again in the 2024 Legislative session.
Enfield Democratic co-chairs Dawna Pidgeon and Barb Jones are hosting a Mascoma Lakeside picnic July 8 th to meet David. The picnic starts at 4 p.m. next Saturday at Barb’s home, 14 Johnston Drive, Enfield, off Route 4, near the Enfield / Lebanon line. Special guests include NH Senator Sue Prentiss and Representative Corinne Morse.
Please RSVP here if you plan to attend!
To help get David’s message out and support his effort to reach as many Enfield voters as possible, please consider contributing to his campaign through this link
to his Act Blue account: https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/148457
Ann Garland, Chair & Thomas Oppel, Vice Chair
Grafton County Dems