October 30, 2022 / Newsletter 300 | |
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LAST WEEK OF EARLY VOTING!
WE NEED TO GET OUT THE VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS IN HALL COUNTY!
Sign up to canvass for Abrams/Warnock and our local Democratic candidates
Democrats across Georgia are hitting the pavement to knock on doors and hand out literature. Meeting voters face-to-face is still the most effective way to get people to the polls.
If we want Georgia to turn blue, we have to work to make sure Georgians vote blue.
The best way to canvass is with a friend, or a group of friends, so sign up together!
We will provide all the information you need to be a part of this statewide effort. Just wear comfortable shoes, and bring water and a fully-charged cell phone.
You are the key to making sure we put Stacey in the governor's mansion, return Reverend Warnock to the Senate, and elect our local candidates to state and county office.
Shifts are available starting at noon and 3:00 pm. You will need a smart phone (iPhone or Android).
Sign up below to canvass. Why not sign up for recurring shifts while you're there? We have only 1 week to get this done!
Sign up for weekends at the link below:
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Get Out the Vote in Gainesville · Mobilize | The best way to make sure that Democratic voters head to the polls on November 8th is to knock on doors. With the U.S. Senate and the future of Georgia at stake -- don't sit on the sidelines! We have thousands of voters we need to talk to and we need YOUR help getting out the vote. | | | Sign up for weekdays using this link: | |
Knocktober in Gainesville! · Mobilize | The best way to make sure that Democratic voters head to the polls on November 8th is to knock on doors. With the U.S. Senate, at stake -- don't sit on the sidelines! We have thousands of voters we need to talk to, and we need YOUR help getting out the vote. | | | | |
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Polls Are Open Monday through Friday! Last Chance to Vote Early |
November 8
Election Results Watch Party
Watch the early results with friendly fellow Democrats, including many of our local candidates.
When: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 6 pm - 10 pm
Where: Tino’s Tex-Mex Cantina
inside the Ramada Inn, 400 E.E. Butler Pkwy
Gainesville, GA 30501
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Voter Protection Volunteers Needed
for Paper Ballot Monitoring, Vote Review, and Duplication Review
One Georgia is managing the scheduling. Volunteers can indicate their availability on the form. Click this link to volunteer:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduwwHUYWYzTT6HkRyiO1unFYglAE4bVdWlQJA_3gjmbUvoKA/viewform
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Help by Putting Out Signs at Voting Precincts
We need volunteers to put out campaign signs near voting precincts ahead of the November 8 Election Day. This can be done on Sunday Nov. 6th or Monday Nov 7th.
Contact Kim Copeland by phone or text to volunteer: (770) 532-6964
Come by HQ Sunday, Nov 6, or Monday, Nov 7, 12 pm to 7 pm to pick up signs and be assigned precincts.
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2022 Elections - Bee Nguyen Describes Initiatives on the Ballot in Georgia | Ballot Initiatives explained. | | | |
WE HAVE YARD SIGNS FOR STACEY ABRAMS, RAPHAEL WARNOCK, DEVIN PANDY and more! | |
Candidate News
Volunteer, attend an event, host an event, contribute
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Obama to rally Friday with Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams in Atlanta |
The former president sought to use his star power to motivate Democrats to turn out in several high-stakes races, saying: “You can vote right now.”
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Kim Floria, Democratic Candidate for Georgia House District 30 - North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble | The North GA Blue: Getting into Good Trouble podcast covers democratic politics in North GA, the 9th Congressional District, and across the state of Georgia. The podcast is in Q&A/Interview format with various democratic politicos including county chairs, democratic operatives, politicians, a... | | |
Canvassing with Kim Floria and Angela Middleton
Canvas for Kim and Angela
Saturday Nov 5th 3-5pm
Followed by pizza and beer
Sunday canvas for Kim
1-3pm
Followed by pizza and beer
Contact Kim at 470-742-4622
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Jody Cooley, GA State Senate, District 49
We’ve seen many Cooley yard signs and bumper stickers around town. Get yours and help get the word out!
Volunteer for Jody Cooley's Post Cards to Teachers campaign. Email Campaign22info@gmail.com
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Donate to our Democratic Candidates
Using the secure website ActBlue, you can donate to these Hall County Democrats running for office. Use the links below:
Isabel-Martinez Flynn, Hall County School Board Post 2
Pat Calmes, Hall County School Board At Large
Get the word out and support these Democratic candidates.
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Heading into Election Day, There's Good News and Bad News about Voting
Both the Congressional January 6th Committee and the Fulton County DA, Fani Willis. are working steadily to get more key witnesses to testify. The House Committee has served Trump's lawyer with a subpoena and also scheduled Secret Service agents to testify about the agency's lack of preparedness for the violence on January 6th despite intelligence warnings that armed extremists would descend on Washington. The Fulton County DA's office has submitted briefs to the Supreme Court in their attempt to get Lindsay Graham to testify about his phone calls to state officials to echo Trump's calls to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. And a US Circuit Judge has ordered Mark Meadows to comply with the Grand Jury subpoena to testify in the Fulton County investigation.
On the other hand, Republican efforts to suppress voting through criminal statutes are a concern for this election and those in the future. The Guardian reports "In the last two years, at least 130 bills have been introduced across 42 states that would increase the involvement of law enforcement in the voting process,.. Of those bills, 28 have passed in 20 states." This includes Georgia, which has criminalized proving food and water to people in line to vote." They describe 3 major trends:
- In 14 states, lawmakers have tried to empower law enforcement officials, such as prosecutors and police officers, to investigate suspected election crimes, arming them with new powers and requiring them to more aggressively pursue alleged offenses.
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Republican lawmakers have focused in particular on ballot collecting, a practice at the heart of false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
- In 12 states, lawmakers sought to increase the penalties for existing election crimes, changing the classification of some to felonies from misdemeanors.
In spite of the voter suppression efforts, a record number of Georgians have turned out to vote early. Many of these early voters are Black voters (who tend to vote for Democrats) and older voters (older white voters tend to vote for Republicans). The future of Georgia is Democratic, so let's all work to make that future NOW!
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Secret Service officials to testify in Jan. 6 probe | The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is planning to interview key Secret Service officials and agents in the coming weeks, CBS News has confirmed. Scott MacFarlane has more details. | | |
Mark Meadows ordered to testify before Georgia grand jury | Former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must testify in front of a Georgia grand jury conducting a criminal investigation of the conduct of the former president and some of his supporters following the 2020 election, South Carolina Circuit Judge Edward Miller ordered Wednesday. | | |
Trump's attorneys accept subpoena from Jan. 6 committee | Lawyers for former President Trump have officially accepted service of the subpoena from the January 6th committee according to a source familiar with the matter. | | |
Democracy is on the ballot: Lawrence interview with Beto | Watch highlights from The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. | | |
Jan. 6 panel chair calls for agencies to redouble efforts to protect officials after Paul Pelosi attack | Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, called on federal agencies and law enforcement to redouble their efforts to protect officials in the aftermath of the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). | | | |
Analysis | The effort to break America's elections | It's telling that, in an interview with ABC News on Sunday, Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake invoked untrue "facts" in defense of her efforts to undermine confidence in her state's elections. | | |
Georgia's early voting turnout so far is Blacker, older than recent general elections | After one full week of in-person early voting in Georgia, nearly 838,000 people have already cast their ballots in an election that is expected to shatter midterm records. | | |
New US state voting laws present most intense voter suppression threat in decades | Since the 2020 election, lawmakers in all but eight states have attempted to pass laws that would create new election investigation agencies, establish criminal penalties for election offenses or further empower law enforcement officials to investigate such crimes, according to an analysis by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. | | |
Fulton prosecutors to Supreme Court: Don't let Lindsey Graham get out of testifying | "A stay would create the possibility, or perhaps the certainty, that the Grand Jury would either have to pursue an extension of its term indefinitely to await the testimony of a single witness or issue a report without receiving any testimony or information from the Senator at all," the prosecutors' 27-page filing argues. | | | |
Voting and Elections News | |
2022 Mid-term Election Dates
Now - Mail in or drop off your absentee ballot. Due to possible delays with mail, we urge you to act soon if you plan to vote absentee. Official Absentee Ballot Drop Box is available inside the Elections Office during early voting hours until November 4.
October 31 through November 4 - Last week of early in-person voting (details below)
NOVEMBER 8 - 2022 MIDTERM GENERAL ELECTIONS
DECEMBER 6 - 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION RUNOFF (if needed)
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Early Voting for General Election
Dates & Locations
Early voting locations are open Monday, October 31, 2022, and will end on Friday, November 4, 2022. Hall County voters can go to any one of the listed below seven locations regardless of where in the county they reside or are registered to vote. There is no more Saturday early voting.
Early voting days & times:
Monday, October 31 - Friday, November 4 7AM to 7PM - ALL LOCATIONS
Early voting locations:
North Hall Community Center 4175 Nopone Road, Gainesville
East Hall Community Center 3911 P Davidson Road, Gainesville
Mulberry Creek Community Center 4491 JM Turk Road, Flowery Branch
Chicopee Woods Ag Center 1855 Calvary Church Road, Gainesville
Spout Springs Library 6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch
Murrayville Library 4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Gainesville Civic Center 830 Green Street NE, Gainesville
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Change in Voting Locations for Nov. 8 Election
(does not apply to early voting)
ATTENTION VOTERS OF
OAKWOOD 2
(West Hall Baptist Church)
BEGINNING WITH THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 ELECTION
YOUR NEW VOTING LOCATION IS:
FLAT CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
5504 FLAT CREEK ROAD – GAINESVILLE
ATTENTION VOTERS OF
ROBERTS
(MOUNT SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH)
BEGINNING WITH THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 ELECTION
YOUR NEW VOTING LOCATION IS:
LANIER POINT CHURCH
6302 LANIER ISLANDS PARKWAY - BUFORD
FOR MORE INFORMATION: PLEASE CONTACT (770) 531-6945
(source: Hall County website. Complete list of precincts for ELECTION DAY ONLY https://www.hallcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/10151/Hall-County-Precincts-List-November-2022?bidId=)
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State & Local News (Some links may require a subscription)
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This article from August may provide some inspiration for those who are not sure whether voting will make a difference. Please share it with anyone you know who is hesitant to vote. There are many Republicans in Georgia who can be persuaded to vote for Warnock instead of Herschel Walker. If you know moderate Republicans, share this with them. Although it shouldn't even be close, many polls have this Senate race-- which " could help determine the country’s very tenor and direction for a generation to come"--in a virtual tie. Help Warnock (and all our Democratic candidates) win in this election. The alternative is too awful to contemplate. |
'There's Never Been Anybody Like Him in the United States Senate' | DALTON, Ga. - In the middle of a community center gym in the northwest corner of this state that is the epicenter of American politics stood the Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock. Flanked by red, white and blue balloons, the Democrat campaigning here in staunchly Republican terrain looked out at a small but supportive crowd of Black and white faces. | | | |
A cautionary tale of having a county with 1 party rule. Vote for Democrats in local government to have checks-and-balances over our county government! |
Hall Solicitor General calls for independent investigation into allegations of her improper spending; attorney general probe also authorized | Fox 5 aired a story Thursday, Oct. 27, detailing questionable spending by Woodard that was reimbursed to her or bought with her Hall County purchasing card. Personal items purchased by Woodard included in the station's report were noise-cancelling headphones, home items, an antique coffee table and registration for the LSAT. | | |
Fake ballot found in Georgia was meant to 'cast doubt on election integrity': report | Authorities in Georgia said this week that an investigation was underway after a fraudulent ballot was found in Spalding County. According to WSB-TV, election officials in the county turned the "possibly fake ballot" over to the Secretary of State's office on Wednesday. "Channel 2 Investigativ... | | | |
With poll workers facing enormous scrutiny, Georgia is deploying a new tool to help keep them safe - WABE | Tight elections and baseless conspiracy theories mean election workers are facing enormous scrutiny, so the Georgia Secretary of State's office is introducing a text-messaging application to help election workers flag threats. After the 2020 election, Fulton County election worker Shaye Moss said she no longer felt comfortable giving out her business card or even going to the grocery store. | | |
Political Rewind: Politico reports Walker's team knew about abortion allegations months prior | Chauncey Alcorn, @CLamontLives , politics reporter, Capital B Atlanta Emma Hurt, @Emma_Hurt , politics reporter, Axios Atlanta Stephen Fowler, @stphnfwlr , political reporter, GPB News 1. According to Politico, members of Herschel Walker's team were aware their candidate allegedly paid for an abortion. This comes days after the Daily Beast first reported the story. | | | |
Letters to the Editor
This past week, The Times printed only one letter to the editor, a worthwhile appeal to help victims of domestic violence.
As the election nears, if you would like to let people know how Democrats are making everyday Georgians' lives better, how Republicans are working against women's freedoms, or how electing Democrats is the best way to ensure the survival of democracy, here is the link to submit a letter: https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/about-us-main/contact-letter/ By the way, The Times now limits letters to 350 words or fewer.
If you are willing to sign your name to a letter to the editor that we have composed, please email us at HallCountyDemocrat@gmail.com.
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Please note there may be some days where our volunteer staff have an outside commitment, so check for the American flag our front to know that HQ is open. Office will be open on days canvassers have signed up.
Monday 12-6
Tuesday-Friday 12-7
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 12-6
or by appointment
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314 College Avenue
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone: (470) 892-5825
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