Tear Down This Wall

This is published in regards to HB2305 recently passed and signed by the Governor in Arizona. While it applies only to Arizona other states controlled by Republican Legislatures with Republican Governors have enacted or attempting to enact laws that create roadblocks to ALL United States citizen's "RIGHT to VOTE". These tactics of "Voter Suppression" are desperate attempts by Republican politicians who are "hell-bent" to buy time to remain in POWER. The Republicans across the country have chosen between two masters, the voters who elected them or the money interests that provide the millions of dollars to help keep them in office. This outright suppression policy of keeping minority voters, young and new voters from registering to vote and blocking easy access to the ballot box can be demonstrated with this ONE of many facts from the 2012 election. Republican officials in their plush offices paid for by special interests yelling for less government, really meaning, no regulations, no consumer protection, no environmental or occupational safeguards know this ONE fact from the last election.
MAKE NO MISTAKE Keep the Power in the
!!!!!!Latino Voters, who overwhelmingly voted for President Obama's reelection and Democratic candidates are a KEY to the GOP remaining in Power and holding on to elected positions. In 2012 Latino Voters numbered 11.2 million ballots cast, however, another 12.1 million Latino United States citizens were eligible but DID NOT vote.!!!!!!

Republicans in political power in Arizona, a state with a large population of Latinos, this year passed legislation in HB2305 designed to build walls around the election process, limit the citizens use of the Constitutional guaranteed rights to INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM and RECALL.

Tucked into HB2305 provisions to destroy Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL) by a process of purging voters who fail to vote by mail in four elections over two years. Voters who sign up for "Mail Ballots" RISK being "purged by postcard" if they miss just one vote by mail. {You're on the Permanent Early Voter List, unless Purged.}

HB 2305 attacks minor party candidates access to getting on the ballot, imposes almost impossible legal standards on VOTER sponsored ballot initiatives, while leaving wide open access for Legislative Ballot Measures. (Arizona voters have turned down as many or more of the Legislative Ballot Measures as they have citizens Ballot Initiatives. This is why such organizations as the Animal Defense League of Arizona are participating in the Grassroots Effort to stop HB 2305 and give the citizens of Arizona an opportunity to vote on HB 2305 next year.)

The Democratic Party is hard at work with petitions to put the question and voter roadblocks in HB 2305 on the ballot. Strict rules are in place for collecting signatures and handling petitions, almost to the point of kicking volunteers in the chin who are getting signatures and exercising their Constitutional Right of Referendum.

HB 2305 if left to become law will make Citizen's Initiatives more costly and overly complicated, just another maneuver by the Republican controlled Legislature in their efforts to discourage wide citizen involvement in the election process. You can help tear down this wall of voter suppression, volunteer to help in the petition drive to Kill HB 2305.

Your help is needed in collecting these signatures. Petition packets are available at various offices:At the  Green Valley Democratic Headquarters.  Hours are 10 AM - noon, weekdays, Monday - Friday. The Headquarters is located in the Continental Shopping Plaza in Green Valley (next to CVS).  Trained LD-2 Precinct Committee People will be available to assist with procedures for signing the petition.    

At the Pima County Democratic Headquarters, 4639 E. 1st St., Tucson (One block west of Swan, one block south of Speedway), please call Shasta McManus, Executive Director of the Pima Democratic Party, at 520-326-3716.  

In Cochise County please call Pat Fleming, Chair of the Cochise County Democratic Committee, at 520-249-5228. 

At the Arizona Democratic Party Headquarters, 2910 N. Central Ave. in Phoenix.  Please call Barbara Lubin, 602-234-6800 or Jacqueline Adams, 602-234-6803.

The Permanent Early Voting and returning of Mail Ballots will become better understood as voters use the system.  One easy effort that would not cost a penny is to print a notice of the mailed ballot instructions and notification of the enclosed material.

Print on the outside of the mailed ballot, "OFFICIAL November 4, 2014 Ballot, RETURN in enclosed prepaid envelope by US MAIL no later than October 31, 2014."   This simple statement informs the voter what they are receiving and how to cast their mail ballot.  No fuss, no cost and it will be very plain for the voter to know exactly what they have received and how to return to get their vote counted.



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