|
|
Chair: Ginger Blair
Deputy Chair: Kimberly Valdez
Secretary: Carmen McZeal
Treasurer: Natalie Ward
Sergeant At Arms: Marc Meyer
|
|
|
|
September 15, 2022
Hispanic Heritage Month
|
|
Click on the Contribute button to help turn Montgomery County Blue!
Please consider becoming a sustaining member at $10 per month (or more!).
|
|
Montgomery County Democratic Headquarters
704 N. Thompson St. #195
Conroe, Texas 77301
936-703-5841
|
|
|
|
Montgomery County Democratic Headquarters Hours
Hours of operation: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Due to the continuing spread of COVID, our policy now is for staff and visitors to comply with social distancing guidelines & masks are optional. The best way to reach someone at the MCDP headquarters is to call or leave a message at 936-703-5841 or send an email to mcdpoffice@gmail.com. For urgent matters, please text 713-256-1420 or email chair@mcdptx.org outside of office hours.
|
|
In this issue:
Fiestas Patrias - September 18, 2022
Final Friday - Debate Party and Meet the Candidates
Beto Town Hall in Conroe, TX
Beto Signs
Fun Fundraiser - Run to Save Democracy
Election Judges/Clerks Training Posted
Become a Poll Watcher
MCDP Women's Outreach Open House
Mike Collier Article
High Meadows Success
We Need Precinct Chairs
Register to Vote
Joe and Kamala's Corner
Tweets
Pride Festival - Oct. 24, 2022
Texas Democratic Candidates
Blue Store
Upcoming Party & Community Events
This newsletter is published on or about the 1st and the 15th of every month. Email content for consideration to communications@mcdptx.org no later than 3 days before publication.
|
|
SIGN UP ON MOBILIZE US TO ATTEND.
CELEBRACIÓN DE LA LIBERTAD Y LA INDEPENDENCIA
CUANDO
DOMINGO, 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, 4:00PM – 8:00PM
DÓNDE
704 N. THOMPSON STREET, CONROE, TX 77301
MÚSICA, ALIMENTOS, ENTRETENIMIENTO DE LOS HIJOS
DIVERSIÓN FAMILIAR GRATIS!
VEN A CELEBRAR CON NOSOTROS
|
|
FINAL FRIDAY TO HOST
BETO vs ABBOTT DEBATE PARTY
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
6:30 pm
Mark your calendars now for Friday, September 30, 2022, at 6:30 pm for what promises to be a lively town hall style debate between Beto O’Rourke and Greg Abbott. We will have debate bingo cards, trivia contests, and a basket of mismatched sock balls to lob at the TV screen for our famous in-person headquarters party! There will also be some downloadable props for our Zoom crowd!
Lots of our local candidates will be present to share their campaign issues, ask for our help in block walking, sign us up for postcard writing, and fire up the crowd for the debate!
The link to watch virtually is highlighted in blue below.
You may also watch on Facebook Live.
MCDP Final Friday Speaker Series – Local Candidates & Debate Watch Party
Time: Friday, September 30, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Place: 704 N. Thompson St., Suite 195, Conroe, TX 77301
Manner: Zoom, Facebook Live, or In Person.
+13462487799ng ID: 915 3533 3507
Passcode: 969389
One tap mobile
HAVE SOME FUN, WIN A PRIZE, LET OFF STEAM!
|
|
BETO'S CORNER
1. Share his first commercial which is posted on Facebook and Twitter. Access it through his website’s Facebook and Twitter links at www.betofortexas.com.
2. Secure your BetoforTexas sign(s) this week. See below for how to get your signs from MCDPTX!
|
|
Beto O'Rourke held a Town Hall in Conroe, Texas, on Sept. 14, 2022.
MCDPTX Young Democrats Chair, Angela DeLaCruz Garcia, was honored to introduce Beto. She is also one of our outstanding former student office interns. Beto was gracious and enthusiastic as he addressed the major issues critical to Texas voters from the catastrophic power grid failure to the lack adequate of gun safety, and answered questions from the crowd. It was great to see Angela Johnson, Chair of the MC Texas Coalition of Black Democrats at the Town Hall event, and all the Democratic Candidates who attended!
Beto is Better for Texas!
|
|
SUNDAYS Walk for Beto Campaign in Conroe
Meet up with other volunteers and go door-to-door to talk to Texans about Beto and about the
upcoming election! All you have to do to prepare for the event is download our block walking app, MiniVAN, to your smartphone, make sure your phone is fully charged, and wear comfortable
clothes and shoes. This event is for both experienced and new block walkers! Even if you’ve never knocked on doors before, we will make sure that you have all the resources and training you need to have a great first-time experience canvassing.
Sundays through Oct. 23, 2022
9:30am to 12:30pm
Booker T. Washington Park
813 S. Washington, Conroe 77301
|
|
Run to Fund Democracy in Montgomery County!
We are supporting a virtual fun run to raise much needed donations for the Montgomery County Democratic Party of Texas, and have some fun at the same time!
It will be a virtual Fun-Run. You can sign up for the run through Facebook or an Act Blue page. The cost is just $35. The link and QR code below gives you all the details. When you sign up, you will receive a free moisture wicking t-shirt in the size of your choice.
We will have an informal meet towards the end of October to run together if you are available. More information on that to come. Hope to see you all out there!
|
|
JUDGE AND CLERK TRAINING SCHEDULING NOW
Judge and Clerk in-person training is our next focus. The classes are now open and listed at montgomeryvotes.org . In addition we encourage all clerks to go to Judge training, which is a more informative, especially for our first time workers. For those of you that are working as Alternate Judges,once you have communicated with your Republican Presiding Judge, please find out how many Democratic Clerks you can bring, if any. This is due to the fact that there are some Alternate Judges are unable to bring anyone other than themselves. If you would, please communicate this information to me so that I can keep a record of it.
It's full steam ahead as time passes very fast . We are looking forth to a victorious win across the board. Thanks to everyone for working and remaining dedicated to seeing that our democracy flourishes.
Claretna Vaxter
Election Coordinator MCDP
281-239-1800
|
|
How to Become a Poll Watcher. We Need You!
Most of us have seen Election Judges and Clerks working at the Polls to assist voters in casting their ballots at every election. We have also seen Technicians and other employees of the County inside the polling places from time to time to maintain a voting machine or deliver required materials to the Election Judge.
Inspectors from the Secretary of State’s Office sometimes visit a polling station to make sure that election procedures are being properly followed. Law enforcement officials may also be present from time to time. There may also be interpreters, medical assistants, or other persons assisting in individual voter with special needs. In general, each person inside a polling place, including the voter, has a specific role and functions within certain guidelines while they are inside the polls.
Poll Watchers are also allowed to be present inside a polling place and the rules for poll watchers have recently been changed. Since that is the case, it is likely that the presence of Poll Watchers will be more readily apparent at our upcoming elections.
According to a recent advisory issued by the Secretary of State, the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas adopted legislation effective in late 2021 that specify “that poll watchers duly accepted for service under Chapter 33 be allowed to observe and report on irregularities in the conduct of any election but may not interfere in the orderly conduct of an election.
|
|
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S OUTREACH
MCDP is so proud of a fantastic and productive first Women's Outreach Meeting! We want to create and be a resource where every woman in the Party is represented and served. Please join our Facebook page " Montgomery County Democratic Party Women's Outreach" where we will post helpful information and events. Just like Democracy, this won't work without participation. Come join us for education, resources, community, and sisterhood!
|
|
Democrat Mike Collier embraces his GOP past as he tries...
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Democrat Mike Collier is increasingly leaning into his background as a former Republican as he tries to pull off an upset against GOP Lt. ...
Read more
www.texastribune.org
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A HIGH MEADOWS ESTATE SUCCESS! |
The Democratic Table at the High Meadows Estates
L – R Ginger Blair, Angela De La Cruz Garcia, Cheri Vinzant, and Vicky Russell
Vicky Russell, the new Precinct Chair for Precinct 13 joined her Republican counter part and various other community groups in her neighborhood activity center for a Community Outreach Event sponsored by her community leaders.
The event was well attended and all the groups were cordial. Vicky proved once again that reaching out is hard at first in a neighborhood where you feel all alone, but the results are well worth it in the end.
Congratulations to Vicky and her new Block Captain Cheri Vinzant, and thank you for the invitation to come out to your beautiful neighborhood.
|
|
|
|
We Need Precinct Chairs!
The listed precincts are currently vacant. If you don't know your precinct number, you may look it up by running a Street Search on the Montgomery County Elections website. To identify the area, check the maps also posted on the same website. MAPS Scroll all the way down to Individual Precinct Maps.
2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 34, 37, 38, 41, 42, 51, 52, 54, 55, 59, 60, 65, 66, 74, 80, 83, 84, 89, 91, 94, 99, 102, 104, 106, 107, 111
To apply for a Precinct Chair Vacancy, please download, print, and complete this application form, and submit it to us by U.S. mail, email as an attachment to mcdpoffice@gmail.com, or drop it off in person at 704 N. Thompson St. #195, Conroe, TX 77301. We would be delighted to meet you!
If your precinct is not listed here as vacant, you may find out who your Precinct Chair is by going to the Secretary of State website. Please call or email the MCDP HQ Office to get in touch with your Precinct Chairperson.
|
|
|
|
The deadline to register to vote is OCTOBER 11, 2022.
Make sure your voice is heard!
|
|
|
JOE and KAMALA'S CORNER !
|
|
|
Tweets !!
Candidates Are Tweeting
|
|
SAVE THE DATE!
Send a message to mcdpoffice@gmail.com to join the LGBTQ+ Outreach Committee today. Jay Stittleburg is the new chair.
|
|
TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES RUNNING IN NOVEMBER
(including links to their websites)
Please become familiar with all of our candidates - up and down the ballot. They are all working hard for your vote but many have limited resources.
Learn what each stands for and consider donating to individual candidates as well as MCDPTX.
|
|
TX Court of Appeals District 9 Place 2 - Bob Mabry
Montgomery County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 - April Prim
|
|
Drop by the Blue Store at Headquarters
to get your Merch!
As more of our neighbors show their Democratic Party allegiance, consider joining the crowd by becoming more visible as you are out and about. We have many beautiful unique items available to show that we are not alone in Montgomery County!
|
|
Event Calendar - For more details, click on the image and follow link to the MCDPTX.org website; click on the date to view event.
|
|
Other Groups & Community Events: |
|
IMMIGRATION CLINIC REOPENS - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! - Lorena Perez McGill |
Can you help?
- Legal consultation
- Set up, clean up, organize
- Speaker
Third Thursdays
5:00 to 9:00pm
24803 Oakhurst Dr. 77386
Questions and Information:
contact Lorena Perez McGill at
email or 202-294-4473.
|
|
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM to 2022 at 11:00 AM CDT
11133 Interstate 45 S · Conroe, TX
How to find us Look for the loud and proud Democrats!!
|
|
SAT. SEPT 17 - REGISTER VOTERS FOR LWV, 9:00am and 12:00pm, Woodlands YMCAs
THU. SEPT 22 - WDS GREEN: USGS GROUNDWATER TABLE, 7:00pm, Zoom Link
TUE. OCT 11 - LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER ELECTION
|
|
Paid for by the Montgomery County Texas Democratic Party, www.mcdptx.org. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
/static.texastribune.org/media/files/a408cdf3a0c4ef77593b16bca158cd4c/Mike%20Coller%20Event%20AG%20TT%2021.jpg)
