Nationally there has been a lot to cheer about. We have elected a Democratic President and increased the Democratic control of the House and Senate with the possibility of a filibuster-proof Senate. In Arizona we didn’t fair as well although we added another member to our Congressional team from CD 1 and as of this [...]
This past Sunday we celebrated the work of the past year and began focusing on the next year. Your support means you are a part of making the work of DFA-MC possible; work such as: hosting the recent Election Integrity Forum in Phoenix, coordinating election observer training with the Democratic party, co-hosting the activist suite [...]
DFA-MC, along with ACER and the GEMDEMS EI (Election Integrity) Committee, hosted an Election Integrity Training Event on September 27, 2008 at the Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Hall #469. Richard Hayes Phillips gave a talk on his book WITNESS TO A CRIME, A CITIZENS’ AUDIT OF AN AMERICAN ELECTION: OHIO 2004 . . . Proof [...]
Western Progress, a think tank which advances progressive solutions in the Rocky Mountain States, reported in a news brief today: A new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute demonstrates how the gap between America’s wealthiest families and those at the bottom and in the middle has grown [...]
Candlelight vigil at John McCain’s Office After sunset, attendees lit candles, and Dennis Stout, co-leader of the Arizona chapter of Veterans for Peace, read the names of Arizona’s soldiers killed in the war, including four ASU students. “Those are 4,000 people — not 4,000 numbers,” he said. “Each of these is a family that’s been [...]
Toby Stahl prepared the following report on a recent Election Integrity Forum: At the State Democratic Election Integrity Committee meeting (EIC) on February 19th there was a panel discussion between Karen Osborne, director of elections for Maricopa County and Dr. Tom Ryan, member of EIC on why the ballot prep system (BPS) and the bridge [...]
