Bloggers for 2007

Local elections produce the most candidates and the least publicity. Now more than ever, we need bloggers.

If you have a special issue, such as land use policies, transportation, education, or some other issue, blogging offers a great opportunity to educate your readers and track legislation during the 2007 session.

Blogging about the election for Board of Supervisors, General Assembly, School Board, or any other election, gives our candidates an opportunity to ge their message out that is not otherwise available.

If you speak a language other than English, you have a special opportunity to explain local government to your community.

Don’t worry about getting readers. With regular posting you will find your audience. Send Waldo an email and he will put you on the Virginia Political Blogs aggregator. I assume the same is true of the BlogNetNews aggregator. Lefty Blogs has a page where you can add your blog. It takes them a few months to approve you, they have to make sure you write about local politics from a Democratic point of view and that you are not a troll blog.

I look forward to seeing more fine Virginia Democratic bloggers.

Note - use WordPress.

Election 2007

Next year the entire General Assembly, Board of Supervisors, and constitutional offices are up for election. We have are real chance to take back the assembly.

This is the election where you have the most candidates and the fewest volunteers. If you are one of the many thousands of volunteers who were inspired by the Webb campaign, please come back and help us again.

Join the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, it is a chance to make a difference.

Glorious Victory

Congratulations to Jim Webb, Jim Moran, Bobby Scott, and Rick Boucher. Thanks to Andy Hurst, Judy Feder, and all our candidates.

Special thanks to all our volunteers.

$250,000 Reward

MoveOn Offers $250,000 Reward for Evidence Leading to Voter Fraud Conviction

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- MoveOn.org Political Action is offering a $250,000 reward for new material evidence leading to a felony conviction for an organized effort of partisan voter suppression or electronic voting fraud.

Throughout the day accusations of election fraud and voter suppression incidents have been flooding into state and federal authorities throughout the country. In Virginia, the FBI has launched a criminal investigation into charges of voter suppression. In 20 Congressional districts, NRCC robocalls appearing to come from Democrats harassed voters with repeated calls in an apparently coordinated campaign to suppress the vote.

Complementing an earlier reward for whistleblowers, MoveOn's reward is being offered to anyone who provides this information.

Don't FCC regulations prohibit this sort of thing?

AUDIO: Laura Ingraham Tells Listeners To Jam Voter Protection Hotline

What voter suppression sounds like

Allen's campaign caught on tape.

They really don't get blogosphere. We don't have to persuade some editor of the newsworthiness of this, we can just put it on the Internet.

Vote Democratic

Special thanks to volunteers

Last night I spoke with Chris Ambrose, who is organizing our last minute operations. He told me that last weekend we have 500 volunteers in Fairfax County lit-dropping in our Democratic precincts. We have Presidential level of volunteers coming forward, including some from out of state. This has been an historic election. We are going to do well, we just don't know how well. Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

Fight voter suppression

GET OUT AND VOTE NO MATTER WHAT!

The DNC has a hotline setup incase anyone experiences anything "unusual" tomorrow, the number is 1.888.demvote! If you should encounter any problems at your polling place, STAY AT THE PRECINCT and dial this number, and they will have a rep. out within minutes. You can also learn about your rights as a voter, or find your voting location.

Statement From Webb Campaign Lawyer Jay Myerson

Webb for Senate

There have been many misreports in the media concerning whether voters are required to have identification to vote.

“The law is clear,” said Jay Myerson, General Counsel of the Democratic Party of Virginia. According to the State Board of Elections, if a voter is willing to sign an Affirmation of Identity statement, the voter gets to vote. The State Board of Elections has directed that a “Voter without ID must NOT be pulled out of the main line to complete the Affirmation of Identity form, or be detained or delayed in any way unless there are other problems.” (State Board of Elections, What If…, item 2, emphasis in original).

The only exception is if the voter registered to vote by mail and it is his or her first time voting in a federal election. In that case the voter must show a current and valid photo identification or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other document that shows the name and address of the voter (including a Virginia voter card).

“In all other cases, the voter is entitled to vote on the machine and not by provisional ballot,” said Myerson.

“We are confident that Virginians will not be fooled and will not be dissuaded from exercising their fundamental constitutional right to vote,” concluded Myerson.