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December 21 Membership Drive for 2009 Has StartedHappy New Year! The year 2009 brings with it a renewed hope: An exciting and talented, Obama Administration in Washington, D.C., and more great Democratic victories. We are ready to continue building our base and with your continued help, we can and will be ready for the 2009 campaign season.
Currently, we are challenging legislative districts to increase their PCOs and membership numbers along with increased voter registrations. We will be providing more and improved training so that our doorbelling and telephoning becomes more effective.We have many activities planned already: Legislative Action Day in Olympia, Honors Banquet, Annual Picnic, Chairs and PCO training, and most important of all, support to our Democratic candidates and Democratic value campaigns.
Please consider making a donation and becoming a member of a great organization. Annual Membership Dues are $40.00. You may want to consider making a donation at a higher level to support our efforts in the coming year.
A monthly donation program is available for those who want to ensure a steady flow of support throughout the year for as little as $10/month. Secure donations can also be made online at our website, www.kcdems.org. All members and sponsors will be listed in the monthly newsletter and be invited to special events and receptions. Click on "Help Fund the Party" at the left navigational bar.
We need your help and support. Keeping the grassroots motivated and involved is an enormous venture. We ask you to become a paid member of KCDCC today! All meetings are free and open to all Democrats; monthly meetings take place on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Renton Carpenters Hall, 231 Burnett Avenue North in Renton, 7:00 pm.
Thank you for your past and current support as it helps in getting the Democratic message out into the community. If you have any questions, please call or write us. The donation form, page two of the file, is available at http://www.kcdems.net/documents/2009call.pdf
The King County Democratic Central Committee
Post Office Box 58337 - Renton, Washington 98058
Telephone 425.255.2679; FAX 425.255.2146
email: kingcountydemocrats@msn.com
website: www.kcdems.org
December 17 Legislative Action Committee Meeting, December 14thThanks to everyone who braved the cold and waited an extra half hour for someone to open the IAM Machinist Hall in South Seattle this past Sunday! Speaker Frank Chopp attended along with Senator Kline and Representative Springer. Here are the notes from the meeting as taken by Sarajane, and here is a post on Steve Zemke's blog, Majority Rules. This entry is cross posted on Blogger and MSN Spaces. If you have additional information or comments, please comment below, or post on your own blog and create a link! December 16 December 16th Edition of "The King County Democrat"2008's last weekly newsletter is available here,
Have a great holiday season!
KCDCC - Elections Director Candidate Forum RescheduledTuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:00 pm, the King County Democratic Central Committee will host a forum for all candidates for King County Elections Director. Social Hour begins at 6:00 pm and the forum, moderated by David Goldstein will begin at 7:00 pm.
Tuesday January 6, 2009 - 6:00 pm Social Hour; Forum - 7:00 pm
Renton Carpenters Hall - 231 Burnett Avenue North
Moderated by David Goldstein
If you have any question, please contact the chair at 425.228.4729.
December 14 KCDCC Meetings and Events for Week of December 15th CancelledDue to the winter storms and conditions, all KCDCC meetings and events previously scheduled for the week of December 15th have been cancelled. There will be no candidate forum and no KCDCC Officers and Legislative Chairs meeting. Stay warm and safe, and enjoy a great holiday season.
Thank you,
Susan Sheary
KCDCC Chair December 11 Are you ready for the weather this weekend?Weather reports are predicting very low temperatures, below freezing in fact. They are also saying to watch out for snow! Please be careful driving home from work on Friday and throughout the weekend. Here are some emergency service phone numbers that may be useful:: City of Seattle Emergency conditions - http://www.seattle.gov/html/CITIZEN/severeweather.htm King County Emergency conditions - http://www.kingcounty.gov/safety.aspx State of Washington - Department of Health - 1-800-525-0127 Heating needs - The area's largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, has had to disconnect 40,000 customer's natural gas and electricity this year for lack of payment. But PSE says it doesn't have to get to this point. There's a 24-hour hotline you can call for payment plans and assistance. It's 888-225-5773. If you know of additional resources that we should post information about, please let us know! In a real emergency, please call 9-1-1. December 07 December 8th Edition of "The King County Democrat"The December 8th edition of "The King County Democrat" is available here,
December 06 Congratulations to the Newly-Elected KCDCC Officers for 2009-2010The King County Democrats re-organized December 6th at the IAM Hall in South Park. Newly elected officers and committee chairs are:
Chair - Susan Sheary
First Vice Chair - Chad Lupkes
Second Vice Chair - Joel Ware
Third Vice Chair - Rosemary Blackwell
Fourth Vice Chair - Emily Willoughby
State Committeeman - Javier Valdez
State Committeewoman - Ann Martin
Treasurer - Andrew Peabody
Appointed:
Secretary - Kier Matthews
Parliamentarian - Genessa Stout
Sergeant-At-Arms - Ivan Weiss
Committee Chairs:
Affirmative Action - Joanne Cisneros
Endorsements - Dean Willard
Legislative Action Committee - Sarajane Siegfried and Stephen Zemke
Procedures - Joel Ware
Recruiting - Dick Gidner
Training - Bryan Kesterson, Sharon Mast, and Jean Thomas
November 30 December 1st Edition of "The King County Democrat"View "The King County Democrat" here for details of the re-organization meeting on 12/6, Annual Speaker Chopp visit to the LAC, and Candidate Forum for all Elections Director Candidates, moderated by David Goldstein here,
November 29 Director of ElectionsElection alert!On February 3rd, King County will elect a new county position, the Director of Elections. The filing period is December 10th through the 12th. We're ready!On December 15th between 7pm and 9pm, the King County Democrats will hold a candidate forum. This important event will be held at the Renton Carpenters Hall, 231 Burnett Avenue North in Renton, and will be moderated by David Goldstein. Come bring your questions about this new position and what each candidate offers our county. Cancelled due to weatherCandidates!Candidates should download our Questionnaire and turn this in to Susan Sheary as soon as possible. This provides our members and the Legislative District Organizations with valuable information they can use to consider endorsements for this race. November 25 King County Elections Certifies 11/4/2008 Election --Copy of letter from King County Elections, edited.
Ron Sims, King County Executive
Department of Executive Services
King County Elections
News Release
Date: 11/25/2008; Contact Bobbie Egan,206.296.1552
King County certifies historic General Election
21 successful elections since 2004
King County Elections certified the 2008 presidential election today, counting more than 930,000 ballots. Turnout in the historic November election exceeded the turnout of any other election in recent memory with 84 percent of voters participating. Certified results are now available online.
Election results summary
· 647,907 total absentee ballots
· 282,131 total poll ballots
(in (includes 27,466 provisional ballots)
· 930,038 total ballots cast
( (out of 1,108,128 registered voters)
Staff reports to the Canvassing Board demonstrated continued improvements by elections officials in such areas as inventory reconciliation of ballots received and counted, and voters credited with voting. Using Six Sigma quality standards, the Elections Divisions’ reconciliation reports balanced with 22 inventory discrepancies, a fraction of what this number was in 2004 before elections office reforms.
“The work for this election begun four years ago and our ability to reconcile within 22 for the largest election in recent memory is the result of the commitment and hard work of staff,” said Sherril Huff, director of Elections. “I want to commend staff for their exceptional dedication and the long hours they worked to achieve the great success of this election.”
King County’s post-election audits found a perfect match between the electronic vote totals and paper results for the accessible voting units used at poll voting locations. The audit was conducted on 4 percent of the accessible voting units used in the election. To date, all manual audits of King County’s accessible voting units have been 100 percent accurate since first introduced in May 2006. In addition, the random, manual audit done in three poll precincts matched the electronic results. Daily audits of the software performed throughout the 21 day certification period performed well, as did a post-election logic and accuracy test done today.
"Our democracy is only as strong as our participation in the process, and our faith in democracy can only be as strong as our trust in the sanctity of our elections," said Council Clerk Anne Noris, the Council's appointee to the Canvassing Board. "I was impressed by the hard work and commitment of the Elections Division to making sure every vote counts, and I am confident that this election was conducted fairly and that all votes were counted accurately."
King County Elections is actively planning for all-mail voting in the Feb. 3, 2009 special election. Issues on the ballot will include the elected elections director, proposed Fall City Metropolitan Park District and five commissioner positions, and a capital levy for Enumclaw School District. The deadline to file resolutions is Dec. 12, 2008 for the February ballot.
Other upcoming 2009 Election dates and deadlines:
Candidate filing for Elections Director 12/10-12/2008
Voter pamphlet mailed 1/12/2009
Mail Ballots sent to King County Voters 1/14-16/2009
Special Election Day 2/3/2009
November 18 YES WE DID!At our January 2008 meeting, we embraced and endorsed the campaign of Peter Goldmark for Washington State Public Lands Commissioner -- we promised to take Peter over the top in November 2008. And Mr. Southerland, who conceded this morning, referenced it,
Congratulations to Commissioner Peter Goldmark!!
November 11 Ensure that YOUR VOTE is countedBallot Signature Verification. - King County Elections sent notices to those who need to update their voter registration signatures. If you have been notified by King County Elections that you need to update your signature, please mail the signed form and a copy of your driver's license to King County Elections, 919 SW Grady Way, Renton WA 98057-2906.
You may also deliver the information to their office during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Make sure that your vote is counted. November 10 November 10th Edition of "The King County Democrat"The new, online version of "The King County Democrat" is available for viewing at,
November 09 Congratulations to KCDCC Honors Party - Volunteer Award WinnersCongratulations to the 2008 - KCDCC Volunteer Award Winners!
The Honors Party was well attended and highlighted by our special honoree, Congressman Adam Smith. The Volunteer awards were presented to:
Democrats of the Year:
Linnea Peterson (30th LD)
Chad Lupkes (46th LD)
Chair of the Year:
Barbara Geller (41st LD)
Rising Star:
Carol Friends (41st LD)
Elected Official:
Governor Christine Gregoire
Thank you to Event Co-Chairs Rosemary Blackwell and Beth Grieser for a great party and thank you to all volunteers who worked in support of the Democratic Party, candidates, and issues. You are the power!
October 19 UpdatesThe 2009-2010 King County Democrats - Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) listing is available here at the left navigational bar under PCOList. The 10% threshold, as ruled upon by the Washington State Democratic Central Committee Chair and Executive Board has been applied. Full listings and certificates of election were made available to legislative district chairs at the Officers and Chairs meeting on 10/26/2008. For those not in attendance, certificates will be available at the next KCDCC meeting on Tuesday October 28th.
Re-organizational meeting schedule will be posted soon as this site for all King County Legislative Districts.
June 22 King County Democrats on FacebookPlease take a few minutes to help grow our party by promoting the KC Dems organization to your friends on facebook. A. Go to the King County Democrats GROUP and use the "Invite" link (top right) to invite your facebook friends. B. Find the King County Democrats PAGE (search for "King County Democrats" and then click the "Pages" tab) and "Become a fan" to help spread the word to your friends via the News feed. Thanks much-- June 09 Presentation: Using GIS in the 2008 ElectionsKing County's own Chad Lupkes presented at a conference last month on the precinct maps that are available. You can view his presentation online. IMHO, this is absolutely AWESOME use of technology to help activists organize. Kudos Chad and team-- May 01 Updated PCO Training Introduces KCDCC Integrated Approach to Precinct Boundary Maps and Election HistoryThe King County Democrats announce their updated PCO Training course, introducing the integrated approach to Precinct Boundary Maps and Election History on page 21. The course materials are available on the left navigational bar as "PCO Training."
The PDF file is rather large at 2.5 MB, formatted one slide to a page. You may also access the new tools at "Find Your LD" on the left navigational bar at,
The election history (2000 to 2006) is available on the boundary map pages by scrolling down the page.
Added on June 1st: The WSDCC online - Votebuilder application.
December 29 King County Democrats Communications CommitteeIf you're interested in joining the KC Dems communications team (details in comments) please complete the survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=848753075886. |
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