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New Candidate Videos: Help Us Spread The Word On Social Media

NHCDP offered to invest in professional videos for our State and Local candidates, and eight of them took us up on it: Stephanie Walker, Marcia Morgan, Leslie Cohen, Kyle Horton, Hugh McManus, David Dowdy, Clayton Hamerski and Chris Meek. We need your help to push the videos out via email and social media. Please take a look at the videos here. Alternatively, you can view the videos on YouTube here.

Here's how you can help: Pick your favorite video and email it to friends and post it on social media. Invite people to get to know the candidates. Tomorrow pick another candidate video and keep posting them for for the next eight days. You can make a difference in this election!

Lit Drops Next Saturday and Sunday

Calling all Democrats! Join us for a no-contact literature drop in support of all of our Democratic candidates up and down the ballot on the first weekend of early voting. We have blue ballots, Biden/Harris literature, and lit for the other candidates. Lit pickup will be outdoors, weather permitting. See details below.

Voter Protection Needs A Few Good Volunteers To Help Voters Cure Absentee Ballot Defects

The Biden-Harris campaign is running the NC Voter Protection Program to make sure that every vote counts.  Right now, volunteers with VoPro are contacting Democratic and Dem-friendly voters whose absentee ballots have been deemed defective in order to help them cure the defect so that their ballots can be counted.  We currently have around 125 of those voters in New Hanover County, and there will be more in coming days as additional absentee ballots arrive.  Many of these voters are disadvantaged and hard to reach by phone.

In order to make sure every vote is counted, NC Democrats are going to these voters' houses (socially distanced of course) in order to share with them their options for curing their defective absentee ballots.  NC Voter Protection needs a few good volunteers.  A typical canvass shift includes 10-12 voters and takes about 2 hours. The canvass will use an app named Minivan rather than paper lists, so you need to have a smartphone or iPad to participate and you will need to be comfortable with technology to make it work. There are virtual training sessions every evening; sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/nc2020victory/event/348138/  For more information, email Ian Clarke at [email protected].

Biden/Harris Supporters Rally Weekly in Wilmington

There was a party atmosphere Saturday afternoon as a mask-wearing crowd gathered at the corner of Military Cutoff and Eastwood roads to show their support for the Biden/Harris presidential ticket and other Democratic office seekers. The group has been gathering at the northeast corner of the intersection near Starbucks for the last several weeks. Rock music played through a loudspeaker as rally goers waved to passing motorists who honked in support. 

The Biden/Harris group easily outnumbered a gathering of Trump/Pence supporters at the opposite side of the intersection. The rallies were fueled by grassroots supporters who met in a Facebook group, New Hanover & Brunswick Women for Biden. Heather Cwiklinski said she noticed the mini-Trump rally a few weeks ago and decided she needed to respond. "I said there's got to be more people like me out there who are backing Biden," she said. Her first trip to the corner included her and a few friends, "then it just kept growing, " she said. 

The Biden/Harris rallies will continue each Saturday afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. for two more weeks leading up to the election. The Republicans across the street will probably also be there.

Bringing 4,000 Film Jobs Back Is A Priority for State Senator Harper Peterson

Harper Peterson Jr. was elected to the 9th District seat in the North Carolina Senate in 2018 and is running for reelection. Harper grew up on a farm in Huntington, NY, sharing a modest home with his parents, five siblings, and grandparents. Upon graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harper volunteered as an English teacher in Thailand before moving to New Hanover County in the ‘70s. Harper is married, has five children, and two grandchildren and he and his wife Plunkett have been business partners in several local businesses for 35 years.

Harper served on the Wilmington City Council from 1995-1999,  as Wilmington Mayor from 2001-2003, and is a founding member of Cape Fear River Watch and Clean Cape Fear.

Harper spent most of his life, as a citizen and an elected official, advocating for the environment, sustainable growth, and equal opportunity for all of our citizens. He is running for re-election to continue the fight for clean water and air, access to affordable healthcare, a well-funded public education system, and to bring the film industry back to Wilmington, with over 4,000 high-paying skilled jobs.

 

NHCDP Office Now Has Office Hours 6 Days

 

The New Hanover County Democratic Party office still has a lot of signs for the Biden Harris signs as well as down ballot candidates.  The office is at 5041 New Centre Drive, Wilmington will now be staffed on Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from noon to 2:00 p.m. We will use the office primarily for pick up and drop off of yard signs, blue ballots and similar items. We do not anticipate scheduling meetings there. Our office phone number is (910) 805-5703.  Please wear a mask and observe social distancing. One visitor at a time in the office. Others, please wait in the hall.

 

We still have a bunch of 4 x 8 foot Biden/Harris signs, and would appreciate your help finding them good homes.

 

 

RECURRING EVENTS

 

Combined Campaign Virtual Phone Banks for Joe Biden Now Through November 3

 

When: Every day except Monday.

Where: Join Phone Bank and call from home 

 

Team Joe supporters from Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties are invited for a virtual phone bank to make phone calls to voters. Training will be provided.

 

Virtual Phone Banks for Adam Ericson -- Wednesdays through October 28

When: Wednesdays from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. through October 28 

Where: Join Phone Bank here and call from home 

 

Adam Ericson is running against Republican Ted Davis Jr. for the position of State Representative for District 20.

 

Virtual Women to Women 'Friendbank'  for Biden/Harris -- Through October 28

 

When: Eight dates through October 28 

Where: Join Friendbank here and call from home 

 

North Carolinian Women for Biden are reaching out to women to talk about why Joe Biden and our Democratic ticket is the right choice for North Carolina. NC Women for Biden will provide the training, camaraderie, and support volunteers needed to text and talk to their friends and family. All volunteers need a fully-charged smartphone, a laptop or computer, and your enthusiasm for Biden Harris 2020.

 

Virtual Phone Bank for Marcia Morgan -- Thursdays through October 31

 

When: Thursdays from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. through October 31 

Where: Join Phone Bank here and call from home 

 

The Marcia Morgan campaign to turn the NC House 19th District blue ask volunteers to donate time! Donate your time calling potential voters on behalf of Team Marcia. We provide the training, the script, the names and numbers -- violunteers provide the phone and the willingness to help. Multiple shifts are available.

 

Virtual Phone Banks for Harper Peterson -- Thursdays through October 28

 

When: Thursdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. through October 28 

Where: Join Phone Bank here and call from home 

 

Harper's campaign for State Senate will be hosting a weekly phone bank every Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. through October 28.