The DFA Campaign Academy mission is to focus, network, and train grassroots activists in the skills and strategies to take back our country, manage successful campaigns or run for office themselves. Our Campaign Academy weekends are 16 hours of interactive workshops that bring hundreds of local activists, campaign staff and candidates together for 2 days [...]
The August meeting of DFA-MC had three excellent speakers, Corrine Horowitz of UFCW, Tim Hogan of The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest (ACLPI) and Tim Schmaltz of Protecting Arizona Families Coalition (PAFCO). They each gave us something we can do to help improve Arizona. Corrine asked that we send letters to the [...]
In two nights a number of activists learned techniques for victory. Led by Democracy for America’s Jay Henderson, the group learned about developing goals, targets and tactics that will help when working on such issues as Clean Elections, Redistricting, voting rights, getting people to the polls, etc. Anyone interested in learning about the topics discussed [...]
Conservative courts may soon invalidate the matching funds provision of Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections Act. Longtime foes of Clean Elections view this as their opportunity to end public campaign financing in Arizona and return to a time when big-money was the primary factor deciding who would represent our communities in legislative and statewide elective offices. [...]
DFA-MC Monthly Meeting November 5, 2008 Wednesday 6:30pm My Mother’s Restaurant 4130 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix, AZ, 85015 Agenda: Debrief Election Day activities, especially items relevant to election integrity. This will be a moderated discussion. Reports will be gathered on any incidents, so please bring notes, etc. We meet together the first Wednesday of each [...]
Preferred I.D. – One Required (Photo I.D. with name & address): * Valid Arizona driver’s license; OR * Valid Arizona non-operating ID; OR * Tribal enrollment card or other form of Tribal identification; OR * Valid United States federal, state or local government issued I.D. Alternative I.D. – Two Required (Non-photo I.D. with name & [...]
Newly Registered Voters: * Save receipt until Voter I.D. card arrives * Check Voter I.D. card to ensure it matches your driver’s license or photo I.D. information Call Maricopa County Elections Dept. at 602-506-1511 to: * Request an Early Ballot , either for each election, OR Permanent Early Ballot (requests must be received by the [...]
You may have seen or heard reports of – or experienced yourself – less than perfect service at the polling place. While we spend massive resources getting voters to go to the polls, we want to make sure that when they get to the polls, they’re able to vote, they’re not discouraged by unnecessary delays, [...]
The deadline for new Voter Registration in Maricopa County for the November 4 General Election is midnight Monday, October 6. Elections offices will be open late. You can register online at https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter/, or download a printable form with instructions at: http://recorder.maricopa.gov/pdf/english.pdf . ID to Register Voters new to Arizona or Maricopa County must provide proof [...]
Things ALL VOTERS Should Know About Voting at the Polling Place, especially Board Workers and Observers The “Chain of custody” begins at the Polling Place. The Board Worker Manual is mostly a series of checklists for procedures to ensure that eligible Voters are able to vote, and that their votes are securely delivered and accurately [...]
