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September 12
Hall County Democrats Invite You to
Wine & Cheese at Linwood Ecology Center
When: Monday, Sept 12, 5:30-7:30 pm
(Note earlier start time)
Where: Redbud Project Linwood Ecology Center
118 Springview Drive NW, Gainesville, GA 30501
Directions:
Click on the PDF below for printable instructions.
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September 18
Stacey Abrams in Forsyth County
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Sept. 20
Melita Easters, WIN Executive Director, Reproductive Rights Tour
When: Tuesday, Sept. 20
Stops scheduled at Noon in White County and at 5:00 pm in Hiawassee
Check the newsletter for more details as they become available.
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URGENT NEED FOR CANVASSERS
Sign up to canvass for Abrams/Warnock Coordinated Campaign
Help get out the vote for Democrats. Shifts are available Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Sign up today.
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Hall County Canvass! · Democratic Party of Georgia | Election Day quickly approaches! Join us on doors in Hall County to mobilize voters on behalf of Senator Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams, and local down-ballot candidates. No experience necessary - first time canvassers are welcome! We will provide training, a script, and the list of addresses. | | | |
TIME TO COMMIT TO ACTION!
The election is 65 days away. If you haven’t already, it’s time to take action NOW!.
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Be sure you are registered to vote. Register by Oct. 11, and check your registration to ensure it is active. My Voter Page
- MAKE YOUR PLAN to vote, whether you vote early, on Election Day, or absentee.
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Become a poll worker or poll observer.
- Sign up to canvass (see above).
- Sign up to work at HQ.
- Sign up for phone banking or text banking.
- Donate to us and our candidates.
- Put up a sign in your yard and bumper sticker(s) on your car
- Work at the voter hotline.
- Share this link with overseas military & civilians so they can request their ballots NOW: fvap.gov or votefromabroad.org.
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WE HAVE STACEY ABRAMS YARD SIGNS! | |
Letters to the Editor
Lindo Ostrow, a dedicated Hall County Democrat, sent a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times to encourage us to learn more about our Constitution during this upcoming Constitution Week.
A letter from Cleveland resident Jimmy O'Neill describes the devolution of the Republican Party into the cult of Trump and encourages voters to chose Democrats in November.
If you would like to voice your opinion in a letter to the editor, here is the link to submit: https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/about-us-main/contact-letter/
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Opinion: Time to revisit the Constitution | Sept. 17 begins Constitution Week. This is a great time to learn more about this important document and celebrate the freedoms it gave us. The First Amendment gave us freedoms of press, speech, religion and assembly. With these freedoms come the citizen's responsibility to protect and defend this precious document. | | | |
Opinion: GOP is the cult of Trump | I'm 78 years old, and I remember when the Republican Party was a conservative, business-oriented party that had enough moderates in it to enable working with Democrats. That GOP no longer exists, and its inability to reject the Jan. 6 insurrection is proof of that. | | | |
Candidate News
Volunteer, attend an event, host an event, contribute
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Join the committee to elect Kim Floria for a FUNdraiser Thursday Sept. 15th All are welcome. Scan the QR code to register. For more information call 661-857-1846. |
Wine Down and Write Postcards with Kim Floria for GA HD30 · Mobilize | Join Kim on Wednesdays from 6-7:30 to write postcards to voters in South Hall and NE Gwinnett. We'll supply the postcards, addresses, and a short script. | | |
Kim for Georgia-Canvassing · Kim Floria for Georgia HD 30 | Join us canvassing to help elect Democrat Kim Floria as Representative for GA House District 30. | | |
Mike Ford, US Congress, Georgia's 9th District
Mike Ford will be at the Chattahoochee Mountain Fair on 9/11 at the Habersham County Fairgrounds on Highway 17 in Clarkesville, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm.
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County Fair | Chattahoochee Mountain Fair | Georgia | Chattahoochee Mountain Fair The Chattahoochee Mountain Fair has been a tradition in Northeast Georgia since 1975. Spend a special week back in the good old days of home made treats, hand made crafts, a farm animal petting zoo and carnival rides galore! September 9-17, 2022 | | | |
Jody Cooley, GA State Senate, District 49
Volunteer for Jody Cooley's Post Cards to Teachers campaign. Email Campaign22info@gmail.com
Photos from Jody's campaign kickoff event. Great turnout! Top 3 photos: Jody with the crowd. At bottom, candidates Angela Middleton (left) and Mike Ford (right),
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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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Voting and Elections News | |
Report on September 6 Board of Elections Meeting
Elections Director Report
Lori Wurtz indicated that voters who had previously received absentee ballots during the current election cycle will be receiving absentee ballots for the Nov 8 election beginning October 12th.
She reported that 554 new requests for absentee ballots have been received as of September 6th.
She indicated that voter review panels will be formed, and their work must be completed by November 15th.
She reported that there are currently 142,494 voters registered in Hall County, a new record.
Staff Report
There are currently 312 poll workers trained for the November 8th election. Poll worker training is ongoing.
Board Member Comments
Board member Craig Lutz indicated that the elections board staff must be prepared for challenges during the upcoming election season. Lori Wurtz confirmed that she believes the staff is well prepared.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 4th in the County Commission office at 3:30 p.m.
Submitted by Frank Lock, Hall County Democratic Party Voter Protection Coordinator
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Upcoming 2022 Mid-term Election Dates

August 22 - First day to submit application for absentee ballot
Important note: You can request absentee ballots now, but the elections office won’t start mailing them out until October 11th.
October 11 - Voter Registration Deadline for 11/8 election (& for 12/6 runoff for state and local races if needed)
November 7 - Voter Registration Deadline to be able to vote for Federal offices in Dec 6 runoff, if needed
NOVEMBER 8 - 2022 MIDTERM GENERAL ELECTIONS
DECEMBER 6 - 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION RUNOFF (if needed)
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Early Voting for November 8, 2022, General Election
Dates & Locations
Early voting will begin on Monday, October 17, 2022 and 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.
Early voting days & times:
Monday, October 17 - Friday, October 21 9AM to 6PM - ALL LOCATIONS
Saturday, October 22 9AM to 5PM - ALL LOCATIONS
Monday, October 24 - Friday, October 28 9AM to 6PM - ALL LOCATIONS
Saturday, October 29 9AM to 5PM - ALL LOCATIONS
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)
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The Fight for Our Democracy | |
What's Going on with Coffee County?
As we shared with you last week, Fulton DA Fani Willis announced her office is investigating the security breach of Coffee County's voting equipment by more Trump allies desperate to prove the Big Lie. During that breach, operatives being paid by Sidney Powell (Trump's lawyer who helped engineer efforts to discount 2020 elections results in multiple states), made copies of virtually every component of the county elections system, including the vote tabulation server.
This week, more evidence of shenanigans emerged. As the result of a federal lawsuit filed against Georgia by the Coalition for Good Governance and others, surveillance video has emerged of a group of operatives being escorted by chair of the county Republican Party and fake elector Cathy Latham. Prior to the video's release, Latham denied being there. Her lawyers claim it was just inaccurate memory and state she was not involved in any impropriety. She went on to take the 5th.
Local and national outlets picked up on the story, which, according to the New York Times, "raises new questions about how many individuals and groups gained access to the county’s voting software, a data breach that is under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and is one of a number of similar incidents coordinated by Trump allies in various swing states."
The cast of shady characters involved in the breach include several Georgia Republicans, an Atlanta-based data forensics firm, at least one representative of the Cyber Ninja firm (remember them from the lengthy and lucrative bogus "audit" of Arizona's election?), MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and Sidney Powell, who apparently gave them their to-do list.
When it was first revealed that (former) Coffee County Elections Director Misty Hampton posted a video on YouTube compromising the security of their elections system, the Georgia Secretary of State's office opened an investigation. That was in December 2020. Since then, Hampton resigned, and the Secretary of State's Office closed the investigation, with Gabriel Sterling claiming it was a case of "one bad actor." Oops. Since then, they've reopened the investigation and called in the GBI.
However, the Republicans in the state legislature are focused on taking over Fulton County elections. Wonder why they're ignoring Coffee County?
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Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach | A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows. | | |
Election deniers repeatedly visited Ga. county office at center of criminal probe, video shows | NOTE: This is a gift article that should bypass the paywall. Technology consultants who sought evidence that Donald Trump's 2020 defeat was fraudulent made multiple visits to a county elections office in rural Georgia in the weeks after an alleged post-election breach of voting equipment there that is the subject of a criminal investigation. | | | |
What's going on with Coffee County? | With a population of 43,000,Coffee County doesn't usually get much attention. In the past two years, that's changed. What's happening: Interest in the county's handling of the 2020 election has broadened as details emerge about a team of consultants allied with former President Donald Trump. | | |
Bookman: Fulton DA builds 2020 election conspiracy story from bottom to top - Georgia Recorder | I don't think Georgia is prepared for what's coming its way. I don't know how it could be, not with the most important and controversial trial in American history looming in its not-too-distant future. Now, maybe that trial will never happen. | | | |
State & Local News (Some links may require a subscription)
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Q&A: Bee Nguyen on Her Run for Georgia Secretary of State | After succeeding Stacey Abrams in representing Georgia House District 89 in the Georgia General Assembly, Rep. Bee Nguyen - in her run for secretary of state - has the opportunity this November to make history as the first Asian American woman to ever hold statewide elected office in the Peach State. | | |
Sen. Warnock: It was a 'gut punch' finding out AMC was closing | ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - The state is just 55 days from WellStar's Atlanta Medical Center shutting its doors. Georgia lawmakers, like US Sen. Raphael Warnock, are in the forefront, speaking out against the closure. While others have dodged comment. "Quite frankly it was a gut-punch to hear that the Atlanta Medical Center would be closed by WellStar," said Sen. | | | |
Human Rights Campaign Endorses Charlie Bailey, RepresentBee Nguyen | ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Today, the Human Rights Campaign PAC (HRC PAC) announced its endorsements in Georgia of Charlie Bailey for Lieutenant Governor and Representative Bee Nguyen for Secretary of State. HRC PAC is committed to engaging our volunteers, members and supporters to mobilize the 1.4 million Equality Voters in Georgia in support of Bailey, Nguyen, and other pro-equality candidates up and down the ballot. | | |
ZACHARY: Sitting down with Stacey Abrams | Politics is politics. People are people. Stacey Abrams is real people. She is authentic, genuine, open and unrehearsed. In fact, when all is said and done, she's just Stacey - unassuming, unpretentious and pretty much unaffected by the national notoriety she has garnered over the past few years. | | | |
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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 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday CLOSED
Friday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday CLOSED (Staffed on canvassing days)
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Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone: (470) 892-5825
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