Newsletter of the Platte County Democratic
 Central Committee
Volume 14 No. 9                               September 2022
Calendar 

October 8 – Democrats Uniting 11:30 to 2:00 - Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II, Democratic elected officials & candidates, Labor Leaders and Trudy Busch Valentine, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. This event has been cancelled !!!

October 10 - Platte County Federated Women's Democratic Club, Platte County Election HQ, 7124 NW Prairie View Road, KCMO. 6:00 pm. Work session to help our candidates. Note: new meeting time and location!

October 12 - Last day to register to vote in the November election.

October 18 - Northland Democratic Club, ACA Business Club, 1400 NW Vivion Road, KCMO. 6:30 pm.

October 20 - Platte County Democratic Central Committee, Platte County Election HQ, 7124 NW Prairie View Road, KCMO. 7:00 pm. Note: new location!


Weekly until November 8:
Tuesdays at Election HQ - phone bank for Jamie Jamison, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Thursdays at Election HQ - phone bank for Ashley Aune, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Saturdays at Election HQ - canvass with Team 14, 10:00 am to noon.


Northland Democratic Club - click here.
Platte County Federated Women's Democratic Club - click here.
Clay County Democrats - click here. 
Jackson County Democrats - click here. 
Indivisible Kansas City - click here.
Greater KC Women's Caucus - click here.
Northland Progress - click here.
Buchanan County Democrats - click here. 
Platte County Democrats Election Headquarters
The 2022 Platte County Election HQ is open at 7124 NW Prairie View Road, KCMO. Hours are 2-6 pm, M-F,10-2 pm Saturday, 1-3 pm Sunday. Phone 816-321-2700. Volunteers can sign up to greet the public and assist candidate's campaigns here.

Candidate yard signs and literature are available at HQ.

You can get candidates Facebook, Twitter and web pages here.
Platte County Federated Women's Democratic Club
Platte County Federated Women’s Democratic Club met on September 12 at the Platte County Democratic Election Headquarters. The guest speaker was Chris Hershey from the Platte County Board of Elections. Chris provided a summary of changes to voting rights law authorized by passage of HB 1878 which took effect on August 28th. The new law requires a photo I.D. That provision is being challenged in court but is not likely to be resolved before the November 8 election. Click here for a summary of Chris Hershey’s presentation prepared by Meredith Peace. One provision of the new law of particular note – Missouri will no longer have a Presidential Primary. Instead, this state will revert to the in-person caucus system to determine our nominee for President. It should be interesting.

Spencer Graves from Community Radio 90.1 was on hand to record the proceedings. His show is Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. We expect this meeting to be broadcast in early October.

Lee Karbaumer provided a brief summary of Vote Forward, a non-partisan organization that encourages people to vote. Non-partisanship refers only to the contents of the letters volunteers write; not specifically to Vote Forward itself which seeks out Democratic voters who haven't been exercising their right to vote. It's a "Democrat-aligned voter registration and mobilization" organization. They promote "voter participation from unlikely registered voters to increase Democratic voter turnout." 

Elisa Atwell Neilson, who has re-established a Women’s Club Facebook Page promised to create a Platte County Federated Women’s Democratic Club Twitter Page. She has now done so! Thank you Elisa!

The October 10th meeting will be an evening of action: write postcards, phone bank, letters to voters. When we work together, we can make a difference!

After the meeting, several people mentioned their distress at the tax cut approved by the Library’s Board of Trustees that will mean a $1.3 million dollar budget cut for the Mid-Continent Library system. The Women’s Club executive committee would like to urge members to write to the Board of Trustees Mid-Continent Public Library, 15616 E. US Hwy 24, Independence, MO 64050 and Letters to the Editor for Newspaper publication objecting to this change.

For a Tip sheet for submitting a Letter to the Editor and contact information for local papers, click here.
Platte Country Democratic Central Committee
The Platte County Democratic Central Committee met on September 15th at Election Headquarters. Final plans for Fall Festival at Alldredge were discussed. Plans for Weston’s Apple Fest parade were also discussed.

There was some discussion about the VAN including a question about whether the candidates have to pay for access. There was also a discussion of the possibility of putting together some kind of resource guide to help with candidate recruitment for future elections. And there was a preliminary discussion of possibilities for next year’s Music and Mimosas to take place in the spring of 2023.
Missouri Democratic Party Releases Positions on
November Ballot Initiatives
To read the recommendations from the Missouri Democratic Party, click here.
Northland Democratic Club
The Northland Democratic Club met at the ACA Club on September 20. Ken Jamison, candidate for Clay County’s At-Large Western Commissioner was the main speaker.

Also speaking was Misha Smith from the Empower Missouri organization, a social justice organization working to secure basic human needs and equal justice for every person in our state through coalition-building and advocacy. https://empowermissouri.org/

Members were encouraged to attend Platte County’s Fall Festival and/or the Liberty Fall Festival both on September 24th.
Platte County Democrats Fall Festival
Candidates
l to r: Michael Kelley ,Sarah Shorter, Justin Short, Jamie Johnson, Ashley Aune, Rebecca Nafzinger
Great weather and venue
Trudy Busch Valentine's Visit to HQ
Paid for by PCDCC, John Kirchmeier Treasurer