So, what is the DNC doing in preparation for 2018?

[Chasstev365]

Are they recruiting great candidates at all levels, especially in the most competitive races?

Are they doing everything possible to make sure people get the proper documentation if Photo ID's are required?

What is the GOTV plan?

Can anything be done about hackable voting machines?

I hope that Perez and Ellison do a better job than Debbie Wasserman Shultz did! Relying on the unpopularity for Republicans is not enough: Unfortunately Democats now have to lead by a big enough margin to make election theft implausible.

[vlyons]

1. you're not paying attenrion

Perez and Ellison have just launched a nation-wide tour.

Starting later this month, the pair will embark on what they are calling a “Democratic Turnaround Tour” that hits a collection of states that the party lost in 2016 and where there are ongoing races. The first stops, beginning March 24, are in Detroit and Flint, Michigan — where Hillary Clinton was the first Democrat to lose since 1988.

Looking forward to them coming to Texas. Refining the messaging around "kitchen table" issues is what I've heard in person from Gilberto Hinojosa, Texas Dem party chair. I'm sure the DNC tour will be listening to what states need, what candidates have thrown their hats in the ring, etc.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/perez-ellison-democratic-national-committee-235840

[femmocrat]

2. There is a handful of special elections coming up.

Maybe they are focusing on those right now. Off the top of my head, these seats are vacant ... Price in GA, Zinke in MT, Pruitt in KS?... probably missed one or two. I think Sessions' replacement would be made by the governor of TX.

Also there are good declared candidates against Issa and Chaffetz. Also read that there have been training sessions for potential candidates, so they must be gearing up for the mid-terms.

Hackable voting machines are probably the responsibility of the states who installed them after the "Help America Vote Act". I know in PA, there was a lot of uproar over the paperless machines, but now it's too expensive to replace them.