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"Our challenge is to mobilize a new coalition of conscience to restore the Voting Rights Act, strengthen voting rights and broaden voter access in the legislatures of the 50 states."

Martin Luther King III

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NEWS

Trump/Pence COVID-Spreading Campaign Makes a Stop in Wilmington

Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Wilmington Tuesday in one of a series of events by Pence and President Donald Trump that seemed designed to spread the deadly COVID-19 virus to as many of their supporters as possible. Pence spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of several hundred people gathered at the Wilmington International Airport on Tuesday evening, one of his two stops in North Carolina that day. He was introduced by Republican Thom Tillis, who the polls show is trailing Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham in the race for Tillis' U.S. Senate seat.

As is typical for Trump and Pence flurry of last-minute rallies, the audience was packed together with few members of the crowd wearing masks. The event came within two weeks of at least five people in Vice President Mike Pence's orbit testing positive for coronavirus, including his chief of staff Marc Short. The appearance clearly violates guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click here for a WWAY story on Pence's visit.

Judge Reuben Young Seeks to Retain Seat on Court of Appeals

(From keepjudgeyoung.com) Judge Reuben F. Young was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Court of Appeals on April 15, 2019. Previously, Judge Young served as Interim Chief Deputy Secretary of Adult Corrections and Juvenile Justice. From 2009 to 2011, Judge Young served as Secretary of the former Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. He was the first Secretary of the newly consolidated Department of Public Safety in 2012. Later, Judge Young was appointed Special Superior Court Judge for the 10th Judicial District of North Carolina. Judge Young served as a jurist for five years until he returned to the Department of Public Safety as its Interim Chief Secretary.

Judge Young began his legal career in Austin, Texas where he worked as a prosecutor, assistant attorney general, and a private practitioner. When he returned to North Carolina in 1995, Judge Young worked for the state Department of Justice, specifically the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for six years. In 2001, Judge Young joined the Governor’s office as Deputy Legal Counsel, and then Chief Legal Counsel. He is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. and North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham.

We Need You For GOTV Canvasses And As An Election-Day Poll Greeter

We need you to participate in final Get Out The Vote canvasses by the Coordinated Campaign to flush out Democratic voters who haven’t yet gone to the polls. This is sure to be efficient and effective GOTV because the lists will exclude everyone who has already voted.

Here's the link for training: https://www.mobilize.us/nc2020victory/event/348904/

And the link to sign up to canvass! https://www.mobilize.us/nc2020victory/event/350104/

Shannon Schaible reports that thanks to your hard work, blue ballots and candidate lit have gone out to 31,695 doors. Hannah Vaughan picked up the final complete Lit package on Saturday at 5pm. Please distribute any lit that you have picked up before Election Day.

We also need Poll Greeters and Site Captains for 43 precincts on Election Day. You will be handing out blue ballots, and literature and campaign paraphernalia including thousands of Biden stickers that arrived on Friday.

We will hold a no contact sign and blue ballot distribution event at NHCDP HQ, 5041 New Centre Drive, Wilmington today (Monday) at 3 to 6 pm. All precinct Site Captains should plan to pick up signs and blue ballots during those hours, or should designate a volunteer to do so.

Election Day is expected to be cool and sunny, with a high of 64 degrees - close to ideal Fall weather.

NHCDP Office Open 9 to 5 Today and Election Day

The New Hanover County Democratic Party office, which is at 5041 New Centre Drive, Wilmington, 28403, will be staffed on Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After Election Day it will be staffed from Noon to 5 p.m. from November 4th through 8th. 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.

EVENTS

Precinct Site Material Pick-up -- November 2

When: Monday, November 2, 3:00 to 6 p.m.

Where: NHCDP Office Parking lot, 3051 New Centre Drive, Wilmington

Each Precinct Captain should pick up Blue Ballots and Yard Signs for the precinct polling place at NHCDP HQ between 3 and 6 pm today, or designate someone to do it for them.

Election Day -- November 3

When: Polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Where: All 43 New Hanover precincts

Please help voters find their way to the correct precinct on Election Day. Unlike Early Voting, on Election Day voters must vote in the precinct where they are registered to vote. Help your friends find the correct precinct. To look up registration information click here: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/

Election Night Zoom Watch Party -- November 3

When: Tuesday, November 3, 8:00 p.m.

Where: Zoom

Jeff Cohen has agreed to help make this a fun event! Click here to register for the event.

NHCDP Monthly Meeting -- November 16

When: Tuesday, November 16, 6:00 p.m.

Where: Zoom

We will hold a regular monthly meeting on the third Monday in November to discuss the election results and party business. I don't know if we will be celebrating or in the fight of our lives to save our democracy. Either way, we will probably need a meeting. Click here to register.

Best,

Richard Poole, Chair

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Mailing Address:

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PO Box 3036

Wilmington, NC 28406

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5041 New Centre Drive

Wilmington, NC 28403

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