Save the date! Our topic and theme for the meeting will be “How to Bridge Today’s Great Social Divide”.
Before our “Knockathon for Ricky”, Bay News 9 TV will be there to interview him. Share this info with all your friends, clubs, caucuses and volunteers. A crowd of supporters sends a message. Even if you can’t canvas that day please drive over to show your support for this strong Democrat. (We hope you CAN help us canvas for him.)
This could be a great way to bring in votes! This is a SPECIAL ELECTION on May 1st. We could knock off another important RED SEAT and TURN IT BLUE!
Learn more effective ways to produce results as a Precinct Committeeman or Committeewoman. ALL Democratic volunteers are encouraged to attend!
Sessions will be held at this location the first Thursday of each month.
Workshop sessions for the west side of Polk County will be held the third Thursday of each month at the Lakeland Medical Center in Northern Lakeland, 2459 Highway 98 North, Lakeland, FL 33884
You will be given a training course to become a voter registrar.
– Or –
A refresher course if you served as a registrar before.
You will receive all the materials you need to go out
Into the field and register people to vote in the
2018 election.
This job is critical to changing the nation!
On May 9th we are having a Spring Banquet dinner prior to the meeting. Chicken Marsala, garlic mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and lemon cake for dessert. Salad, rolls, iced tea and coffee are also included. The vegetarian option is Grilled Vegetable Lasagna. $27 for members and $30 for non-members.
Please RSVP to Kate Kohout as soon as possible at 863-496-0481 or katekohout@yahoo.com. Please let me know the number of guests and if you want the vegetable lasagna. You may pay at the door. Checks must be made out to Solivita Democratic Club.
Place: Ballroom
Time: Doors open at 5:30, dinner @ 6 and meeting @ 7pm
We hope to see you there. More information will be sent about the speaker, etc. soon.
Kate Kohout
Hospitality Chair
863-496-0481
The Florida Democratic Party has suggested that all County DECs, Clubs and Caucuses designate Saturday, May 26th as a Day of Action. We NEED to do this so we stop thinking about what we should do and start putting those ideas into actions. Now is the time to organize a precinct canvassing, meet and greet, phone-banking, postcard party or anything else that you think will improve your precinct’s outcomes in Getting Out The Vote! Even if only 1 or 2 people come out for your event, it will be a start!
For those who still need some help, the Membership and Precinct Organzing Committee will have a Blue Wave Action Launch for Precinct Captains going on all day on May 26 at the Haines City Office. If you need help finding volunteers in your precinct, one of the MPOC Coordinators will show you how to make a targeted list in your precinct and canvas, phone bank or send postcards to find those volunteers. We can help you with precinct strategy, canvassing lists and tips and tricks to energize voters. Bring your laptop and a charged phone.
Briefly, the best targeted list to find precinct volunteers is your Tier 1 and 2s and your Hot Dems. The best targeted list for increasing the midterm voting turnout is your Warm Dems, particularly by increasing the numbers that vote by mail. Other good tips to increase voting turnout can be found at https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-science-can-help-get-out-the-vote/.
You can sign up for the Blue Wave Action Launch here.
For questions, please call me at 650-305-0139.
Kathie Sutherland
Join us to celebrate Fathers’ Day and Flag Day! Meeting topic: “Why support restoration of voting rights?”
This will feature a POT LUCK dinner. Please contact Hospitality Chair, Kate Kohout at (863) 496-0481 to coordinate your contribution to the meal.
Join the Blue Wave with our Poinciana canvassing launch on 6/23/18.
Now let’s get to work to TURN POLK COUNTY BLUE! The next step is knocking on your neighbor’s doors to talk to them about voting and all the good reasons to Vote By Mail. The only way we can make things change is by showing up as voters!
We will provide training and all the materials you need, You will only be meeting with Democrats or left-leaning NPAs. Everyone will be paired with a experienced partner.
You should provide a passion to get Democrats elected and change the direction of our country, comfortable walking shoes, sun screen and sun hat.
Even if knocking on doors is not your thing, please join us as we will need non-walking people to do data entry and collect walking lists as they come in.
Chatting with like-minded people is fun! And, hey, let’s all get together afterwards for snacks or lunch and a download of how it went!
