The Democrats Abroad
Global Primary is less than a week away, and it's getting really exciting! We
hope that you will come out to vote in person at our voting center in Geneva on
May 3rd. You don't have to pre-register to cast your ballot in person – just
show up and vote – although it would help if you would RSVP via this link to help our planning
committee in preparing a great event! If
you are not already a member,
you can join on the day, or through our website at any time before voting: www.democratsabroad.org/join
1) APRIL 30
DEADLINE: Request Your Absentee Ballot for the DA Primary Election
Even if you are
unable to come out to our voting center, you can still participate in the DA Global
Primary Election and vote for our nominee for President and for who will
represent us as Delegates at the Democratic Party Convention in Charlotte in
September.
To request an
Absentee Ballot for the DA Primary, please send an email by April 30th
to: vote2012@democratsabroad.org
Please include the
following details in your request email:
1. Voter's Name (the
member of DA who wishes to vote)
2. Voter's City and
Country of Residence (ex. Zurich, Switzerland)
3. Voter's email
address
Do you live in a
household with more than one Democrat?
Please make sure that
each and every Democrat in your household (who will be at least 18 on November
6) has "Joined" Democrats Abroad. We need each name to appear
separately in the membership database. Join now: www.democratsabroad.org/join
Please request only
one ballot per email.
Deadline to REQUEST
the Absentee Ballot: April 30.
Deadline to RETURN
the Absentee Ballot: May 6.
The Absentee Ballot
will include instructions on how to vote and return the Ballot. Methods of
return will include fax and email.
Voting in the
Democrats Abroad Global Primary will not in any way affect the status of your
registration or voting in your state for the general election on November 6th.
If you have not already done so, you will still need to request your absentee
ballot for the general election. www.VoteFromAbroad.org
is a tool that will help you do this.
2) PRIMARY EVENT
If you live in the
Geneva region, we would especially like to encourage you to join us at our
event on May 3rd. This is shaping up into an exciting event, with
speeches and presentations, videos, and the media on hand to observe and
report. Please join us! Here are the details:
Thursday, May 3rd
from 6:00-9:00 PM
Hotel Bristol Geneva
10 Rue du Mont-Blanc,
1201 Geneva
RSVP (not required,
but appreciated) at: http://bit.ly/DACH_Primary
You can drop by at
any time to vote, or stay for the whole event! We've got a range of activities
planned on the night, including:
6:00 - Doors open. Cash bar and free snacks will be served all
evening. Get your Obama and Democrat merchandise
too!
7:00 - Speeches and presentation including overview of key races to
watch and what's happening in the campaign.
8:00 - Viewing of the film The
Road We've Travelled - telling the story of the Obama presidency so far by
Oscar winning director Davis Guggenheim
9:00 - Voting ends, ballot counting begins
3) VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
With all this
excitement, and a large turnout expected, we will need extra hands on deck at
our voting center. We already have a great group of volunteers working, but we
need more! Can you help? Please write to volunteer@democrats.ch
letting us know how you'd like to help! We especially need people to help us:
- Register and check in members to issue them with their ballots.
- Help members register to vote using VoteFromAbroad.org
- Set up decorations ahead of the event from 4PM-6PM. (Bring your kids
to help!)
- Take photos or videos.
- Blog and post on social media sites.
- In the coming week, put up flyers announcing the Global Primary event
at campuses and work places around Geneva.
Also, if anyone out
there has design skills and some time to help before the event – we could put
your skills to good use! Again, just write to: volunteer@democrats.ch.
4) CANDIDATES FOR
DELEGATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
The DA Global Primary
is the process by which we choose the delegates that will go to the Democratic
National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina to nominate our Presidential
candidate on behalf of Democrats Abroad.
We've had an
overwhelming number of candidates throw their hats into the ring for this honor
– with 99 candidates running from the EMEA region alone, and 6 in the
Switzerland!
We wanted to clarify
a few important points regarding the campaigns for delegate:
- Candidate
list to help you decide how to vote: you can read the original
application form for each of the 99 EMEA candidates by clicking
here. In addition, each candidate was given the
opportunity to answer some additional questions about themselves as well as
include a link to any websites for further information. We have consolidated
all of those answers into one pdf file.
You can view that file at www.democratsabroad.org/sites/default/files/EMEA_Delegate_Candidate_Surveys.pdf
(login required).
- Campaigning
at Primary Events: Any candidates or their supporters who choose to attend
a Primary Event and actively campaign and solicit votes there are free to do
so, provided that they are NOT also volunteering at that primary event, and
that they stay at least 10 meters distant from the ballot box.
- Democrats
Abroad Facebook Page: Any Candidate to become a Delegate within the EMEA
region (or supporter of such Candidate) who wishes to explain their candidacy
on our Facebook pages is free to do so. You will find a number of wall posts
from candidates already posted on our DA Switzerland page and
the DA international page.
- Democrats
Abroad Website: Registered members are also free to post information in
support of their candidacy on the Democrats Abroad website.
What else is coming
up in DA?
5) Reminder about
OTHER EVENTS coming up in Geneva, Zurich and Winterthur:
May 2nd:
Second Visit Behind the Scenes at Nuit des Bains at 6:30PM
An event organized by
DACH cultural committee to raise money for our Get Out The Vote work. Come out
for a unique peek at Geneva's contemporary art scene and support DACH at the same
time.
More info and RSVP: http://bit.ly/DAnuits
May 9th:
Town Hall Meeting in Zurich, 6:00PM – 8:00PM
More info and RSVP: http://bit.ly/ZHTownHall
May 13th:
DA Switzerland Annual General Meeting in Winterthur from 2:00PM – 5:00PM
RSVP: secretary@democrats.ch
This will be a busy
month. Now is the time to get active and help Democrats win in November!
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