Williamson County Democratic Party
Fighting for you. Better schools. Better jobs. Better government.
The Williamson County Democratic Party needs:
Primary Election pollworkers
We are especially short on workers who are bilingual (Spanish and English), but we still need workers who speak only English as well. What would I have to do:  1) Get the polling place ready for people to vote.
2) Check in voters who have come to vote, and give them ballots or help them vote on the voting machine. 3) Close up the polling place when voting has ended. Is there compensation?
All workers will be paid $8.00 per hour. Will I get training?
Judges will get hands-on training from the Elections Department. Judges, Alternate Judges and Clerks must complete the Elections Departments' online training. The State of Texas does not pay for training, but the state requires that anyone who works must have received training or the state will not pay him or her.
How long will I work on election day? May 29, 2012.
The polls are open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Workers must be there to set up the polling place before the polls open. Setting up the polling place involves arranging the space, posting signs and instructions, and getting the voting machines ready to go. Your Election Judge will tell you what time to arrive. (Some judges prefer having their team set up the day before if that is an option at their polling places so pollworkers do not have to come so early on election day morning.) Election workers remain after the polls close long enough to complete the paperwork, remove the signs, and close out the voting machines. Generally, it is a 13-14 hour day.
Aside: Sometimes, election recruiters can arrange to have two people share the day -- one person comes in to open the polling place and leaves at 1; his or her partner comes in at 1:00 and stays until the pollworkers have completed their tasks after the polling place closes.
Contact: Jose Orta, 512-818-9802 or Orta_Jose@hotmail.com
Fiesta Amistad - May 26-27, 2012
Volunteer Opportunities
1299 Harrell Pkwy, Round Rock
(located behind the Dell Diamond Stadium, Round Rock, TX) This is central Texas' largest two day event. It features live music, plenty of food, and family entertainment!
The headline entertainers on Saturday will be Los Hermanos Farias (formerly La Tropa F) and Elida Reyna, and on Sunday they will be Jaime y Los Chamacos and Little Joe y La Familia. Other entertainment includes La Sombra, Grupo Ziztema, Round Rock Ballet Folklorico, and A.J. Castillo. The gates open at 11am on Saturday with the 2nd annual Fiesta Amistad Car Show. The gates open at noon on Sunday with the Horseshoe Tournament. How can you help? - You can set up the booth on Saturday between noon & 2 pm.
- You can staff the WCDP booth at the festival.
- On Saturday, our booth will be open from 4 pm - 12:30 am.
- On Sunday, it will be open from 2 pm - 11:45 pm.
- We are scheduling people for 2-hour shifts. If you could stay a third hour, that would be great!
- You can take down the booth on Sunday at midnight.
- You could make baked goods that we can use to reward people who give the county party donations!
For more information about working at the booth, contact: Audrey Amos-McGehee
E-mail: audrey.amosmcgehee@gmail.com; Cell phone: 512-415-6503. or Luis Zervigon
E-mail: LMZalias-WCDP@yahoo.com; Cell phone: 512-799-0617 When you work at this festival, you help Democrats & the El Amistad Club!
The 42nd Annual Fiesta Amistad is the El Amistad Club's premier fundraiser. El Amistad has awarded $100,000 dollars in scholarships this year and over $1,000,000 since the beginning of their scholarship program. To learn more about this organization, go to their website at www.elamistadclub/about.html.
For more information about our events and other things: Look at our Facebook Page (Williamson County Democrats). Friend us! Like us!
Read your News Updates. If you are not receiving the WCDP News Updates and want to, send a request to be added to the list to: KarenCarter2008@aol.com.) Check out the "News" section of this website. ______________________________________________________________________________
MAY HAPPY HOUR!! Once a month, the WCDP sponsors a Happy Hour somewhere in the county. In March it was held in the Austin area of Williamson County at Mesa Rosa. In April it was held in Round Rock at Kraves. This month we will be traveling to Georgetown! Take the opportunity to spend a couple of hours with like-minded friends (or friends-to-be). Meet some of our candidates who will be on your ballot in November.
Where: Hardtails Bar and Grill 1515 N IH 35 Georgetown, Texas For more information about Hardtails, including their menu: http://hardtailsbarandgrill.com/events.html
When: May 31st, from 6-8 p.m. (or until the last of us leaves!)
Hardtails' happy hour rates will be in effect until 7:00p.m. A live band will begin playing at 8:00.
Join us! Relax! Enjoy! Bring a friend! Make a new friend! Meet some of our candidates!
Notice to all Williamson County Delegates
What: Pre-Convention Caucus of Senate District 5 Delegates and Alternates to the State Convention.
Every two years prior to the Texas Democratic Party State Convention, delegates elected to represent the counties in Senate District 5 (SD5) gather. It is here that we get to meet each other and build relationships with people from other county parties in SD5. We learn who among us is going to run for seats allotted to us (1) on the SDEC (senate district executive committee), (2) in the convention committees, and (3) for national delegate. It is not required that you attend this meeting if you want to run for those positions at the state convention, but it is an excellent opportunity to build support for your candidacy.
EVERY ONE WHO IS CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. Even if you do not intend to run for any of the positions, attending this meeting will give you an opportunity to meet the candidates.
No positions will be voted on until the official SD5 Caucus meeting that will be held Friday, June 8, at the Texas Democratic Convention in Houston!
When: May 19, 2012; 10:00 pm until 3:00 pm
Where: Truman Kimbro Center, 111 West Trinity, Madisonville, Texas
There will be a $10 charge to cover expenses. Lunch will be provided. If you plan to attend and have not made your reservation, contact Laura Cannon immediately at 936-348-1425 to let her know you will be attending so she can plan for the meal.
Contact: Larry Yawn: 281-687-4781 (cell) larryyawn@yahoo.com Karen Carter: 512-260-6965; 512-586-3652 (cell) KarenCarter2008@aol.com
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Reminder to all Williamson County Democrats
The date of the June Meeting of the county party has been changed. We will meet on Tuesday, June 5th. Normally, the WCDP holds monthly meetings on the second Thursday of the month. After each primary election, however, county parties are required to canvass the vote (i.e., report and certify the results) shortly after the election. The canvass of the May 29, 2012 Primary Election must be completed prior to noon on June 6, 2012. Therefore, during the April meeting, the WCDP voted to change the party's May meeting date from Thursday, June 14, to Tuesday, June 5, 2012. We will canvass the vote and hold our monthly meeting at the same time.
What: The June meeting of the Williamson County Democratic Party When: Tuesday, June 5, 10, 2012. 6:00 - 7:00 pm: Social Hour
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Business Meeting Where: Community Room, McConico Building, 301 W. Bagdad Ave., Round Rock ________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
For more information about our events and other things: Look at our Facebook Page (Williamson County Democrats). Friend us! Like us!
Read your News Updates. If you are not receiving the WCDP News Updates and want to, send a request to be added to the list to: KarenCarter2008@aol.com.) Check out the "News" section of this website.
Candidates and Resolutions on the Williamson County
Democratic Party Primary Election ballots:
President and Vice-President Barack Obama . . . . . . . . . http://www.barackobama.com/
Darcy G. Richardson . . . . darcyrichardson@comcast.net
Bob Ely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847-331-8027, P.O. Box 652, Lake Forest, IL 60045
John Wolfe . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.johnwolfeforamerica.com/
United States SenatorPaul Sadler . . . . . . . . . . . . http://sadlerforsenate.com/; info@sadlerforsenate.com
Grady Yarbrough . . . . . . . . 903-216-3131, P.O. Box 12004, San Antonio, TX 78212
Sean Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . http://www.hubbardforsenate.com/
Addie Dainell Allen . . . . . . http://www.addiedallenforussenate2012.com/ info@addiedallenforussenate2012.com
United States Representative, District 31Stephen M. Wyman . . . . . . http://www.wymanusa.org/Railroad CommissionerDale Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-564-1448; 512-564-1388 (fax); 3578 US Hwy 183 South, Lampasas, TX 76550Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6Michele Petty . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.michelepetty.com; pettyforjudge@gmail.comPresiding Judge, Court of Criminal AppealsKeith Hampton . . . . . . . . . . http://hampton4judge.com/; info@hamptonforjudge.comMember, State Board of Education, District 10 Judy Jennings . . . . . . . . . . . http://votejudy2012.comState Representative, District 136Matt Stillwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://mattstillwell.com/District Attorney, 26th Judicial DistrictKen Crain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.kencrain.com/Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 2J. Andrew Hathcock . . . . . . . http://www.judgehathcock.com; e-mail him from this website
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/courts/civil/associate /associate_hathcock.asp Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 3Diane Henson . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.dianehensonfortexas.com/About_Diane.html; hensonlaw@aol.com
http://www.3rdcoa.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_dhenson.aspJustice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 5Karen L. Watkins . . . . . . . . . . http://www.karenwatkinsforjustice.com/Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 6Bryan Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.bryancase.com; bryan@bryancase.com; 512-773-4308 County Chair Karen Kaye Carter . . . . . . . . . KarenCarter2008@aol.com Ballot Resolution 1Any graduate of a Texas high school, who has lived in the state for at least three years and lived here continuously for the last year, should be eligible for in-state tuition at state supported colleges and universities and given the opportunity to earn legal status through a higher education or military service.
For or Against Cualquier graduado de una escuela secundaria de Texas, que ha vivido en el estado por lo menos tres años y vivió aquí de forma continua durante el último año, debe ser elegible para la matrícula estatal en los colegios y las universidades públicas de Texas y debe tener la oportunidad de obtener un estatus legal a través de una educación superior o servicio militar.Apoya o En Contra
Ballot Resolution 2 “Because a college education is increasingly necessary for jobs that allow our citizens to achieve middle class lifestyles and become the entrepreneurs who create the jobs that our economy relies on, we call on the Texas Legislature to fund colleges and universities such that tuition and fees can be affordable to all Texans.”For or Against "Debido a que una educación universitaria es cada vez más necesaria para los trabajos que permitan a nuestros ciudadanos lograr estilos de vida de clase media y convertirse en los empresarios que generen los empleos en que se basa nuestra economía, hacemos un llamado a la Legislatura de Texas para financiar colegios y universidades de tal manera que la matrícula y las cuotas pueden estar al alcance de todos los tejanos."Apoya o En Contra
Ballot Resolution 3 Should the Texas Legislature allow the people of Texas to vote to legalize casino gambling with all funds generated being used only for education?For or Against
¿Crees que la legislatura de Texas debe de permitir que los Tejanos voten para legalizar los casinos si las ganancias generadas para el estado son usadas únicamente para la educación pública?Apoya o En Contra |
|