Mecklenburg Cty. Dems need emergency funding ASAP. National focus on NC has them stretched to limit

[blm]

and they are running on empty. Their GOTV is crucial for this state because that is the Charlotte area where the most Dem votes are located.

This is exactly why GOP here did what they did by reducing early voting sites in Meck County from 22 to 10. The lines are 3-4 hours long, the needs are constant, and Meck Dems are even trying to provide water for those in line.

They are also handing out Blue Ballots to every Dem voter to inform them of judges and other Dem candidates down ballot. GOP took away Straight ticket voting this year, so many voters will be finding out the hard way if they don't have that Blue Ballot.

http://www.meckdem.org

If you have any funds to donate, please do ASAP. If you've EVER done GOTV in a purple state you know how hard these Dems work.

Thank you DU.

[lillypaddle]

1. K&R nt

[wildeyed]

2. Done

[Tanuki]

3. Once again, thanks for helping those of us who do not live in critical "swing states" identify

the best places to help with a donation. Giving this a mighty K&R for a true blue North Carolina on November 8! Every dollar helps.

#3

[blm]

6. Honestly…it's TOUGH out here.

The work is never-ending for GOTV in the last 2 months. And the HRC campaign keeps coming in and that requires accommodation, too. They know this is where the votes are. It just happens to have the local Dems stretched to the max.

[NCTraveler]

4. There are so many localities that need help. These posts are great in highlighting them.

It's very time consuming to figure it out without great help from others. Many of us don't give to the major party structure. We give to individual candidates. Information like this is big.

[blm]

5. Thanks for understanding the need…all of you.

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[winstars]

7. just sent them $50.00... As a friend once said, "thats what the money is for"... Good luck!!!

[blm]

31. so happy that blue state Dems will help us purple states….we really want to be blue, too

heheheh

[Ford_Prefect]

8. Done and donated!

[Johnyawl]

9. Just sent them $100.

We don't need it here, Washington State will have no problem staying blue.

[blm]

20. heh…lucky you.

.

[Adrahil]

10. Dropped them some cash! GOTV!!!!! NT

[GulfCoast66]

11. They just received mine

Even though I am in a swing state I thought I should help up there.

[cwydro]

12. My mom voted in Mecklenburg,

Not even a 15 minute wait.

[blm]

13. Suburb? I hear the Lake Norman area has lots of machines and short lines.

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[DFW]

14. Just sent them $300

Burr has to go and McCrory needs to know his dirty tactics are being repudiated by the people of his state.

[blm]

17. Thanks…NC seems to be ground zero this year.

Your help and attention is so appreciated.

[zwyziec]

15. My $25 is in their bank as of a minute ago. Thanks for the alert

[blm]

16. Cool - your donations are coinciding with HRC and Michelle hitting the stage in NC right now!!!

Perhaps more DUers will make that connection between the national race and our state and its county offices. It's not easy fund wise and the workload is doubled when you're the crucial state for Dems to win.

[NCTraveler]

18. With a grain of salt.......

Over $475 from your op alone.

I bet per word you are on par with the rate of a Clinton speech to GS.

[blm]

19. a bit more, some donated privately. This covers printing costs on those blue ballots

that are so desperately needed. GOP knew exactly what they were doing when they cut out straight party voting. Plus the crucial judge vote.

Judges, judges, judges.

[B2G]

21. Just heard on the news they've increased the voting locations to 22. nt

[blm]

22. Yahoo! We have to constantly fight the SOBs here to get what most states get without question.

It wasn't always like this - just 5 years ago this was the most progressive state in the south.

[tledford]

23. This is why GOTV is at LEAST as important

in mid-terms as in Presidential election years.

If the same people had turned out to vote in 2010 that turned out in 2008, we wouldn't have gotten this moronic Republican legislature that has done everything it can to wreck any and everything good about NC.

And don't forget the tons of Democratic voters in the Triad and the Triangle, too; in fact, it sounds like the Republican Mecklenburg BOE screwed over Charlotte MUCH worse than the Republican Guilford BOE screwed over Greensboro and High Point, we have the same number of early voting locations (starting today, later than 2012, though) that we had in 2012 and 2008.

[blm]

24. I don't think (post Moral Mondays) that NC Dems will be complacent.

I recently moved from Meck to Henderson County. Will work to strengthen party infrastructure here. Meck is strong structurally….they're just overwhelmed with the all the added work and costs. But, it will definitely payoff when Ross and Cooper beat Burr and McCrory.

[Jane Eyre]

25. THANK YOU!!

Thank you so much for your generous contributions!

The county party has received no outside funding this year whatsoever. Unlike previous years, we are 100% staffed with volunteer labor instead of paid staff. The main reason? Republicans cut off the public financing of political parties' GOTV funds when they eliminated the "tax check-off" option for each taxpayer to contribute $3 of the year's income taxes to the political party of their choice. The state Democratic party received about $1.5 million a year, and the Republican party about $1.2 million. Our county party received $30-$50,000 in past years to help pay for things like slate cards, staffing needs, gas cards for rides to the polls, robocalls and general operating expenses. That doesn't happen now.

Despite the lack of funds, the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party in Charlotte, NC has maintained an office and welcomed the coordinated campaign with open arms. However, we are now struggling to finance the printing of our "Blue Ballot" that educates our voters as to who the Democrats are on the ballot and where to go vote. Your contributions will help finance a much-needed second printing of the Blue Ballot so that we can elect down-ticket Democrats - especially our judges!

[Farmgirl1961]

26. Done!

Thanks for letting us know. Hope this helps them out a bit.

[KK9]

29. Sent some money...

...and will also call my grown son and his GF, who live in Charlotte, and nag them to get to the polls ASAP.

[blm]

30. LOL - You just did DOUBLE DUTY!!!

Y'all are making a HUGE difference. We pull through NC we will control senate and HRC will have the landslide needed to stave off GOP obstruction for awhile.

[wildeyed]

32. Waiting in line to vote now.

The Dem volunteer was talking about how much money The Democratic Undergound raised as I walked up! They ran out of sample ballots until y'all pitched in! WAY TO GO DU!!!!

[blm]

33. YEAH!!!! This is how DU can change an election.

Round of applause.

wild, how about composing a separate thread and sharing that great story with everyone here at DU. I want them to know firsthand how important they have been to the very region that will decide control of the US senate and probably the very governance of this state.

[wildeyed]

34. Will do.

Stuffing fast food into my face right now since I missed lunch. But will post a separate thread later

[blm]

37. looking forward to it - let DU know how REAL their help is -

sometimes people need to hear their efforts matter.

[blm]

38. Hey - can't find your thread

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[wildeyed]

39. Because I only just posted.

But here it is!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512556877

[blm]

40. we have GOT to meet…..

you are SUCH an angel to care so much for our work.

[jumptheshadow]

35. And Deborah Ross was endorsed by the NY Times this week...

She has dominated with North Carolina newspaper endorsements. The Times endorsement may not help much in-state, but hopefully it will raise her profile with out-of-state Democratic donors. She has fought the good fight against a brutal cascade of non-issue attack ads. And the Times is right, this is an opportunity for a huge constructive change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/opinion/north-carolinas-chance-for-a-fresh-senate-voice.html?_r=0

The contrast between the two candidates could not be sharper. Mr. Burr is a quiet party wheel horse whose career in the House and the Senate has been supported by significant campaign donations from the fossil fuel and nuclear energy industries. He was appointed to Donald Trump’s national security advisory panel, but, like many Republican incumbents, he has been hemming and hawing about Mr. Trump’s demoralizing candidacy. “I take him at his word,” the senator said rather meekly after Mr. Trump denied that he had ever committed the sexual assaults on women that he bragged about in the “Access Hollywood” tape. Mr. Burr has been trying to convince voters that Hillary Clinton’s “lack of judgment” is worse than Mr. Trump’s.

Mr. Burr is caught up as well in the controversy over the “bathroom bill” championed by Gov. Pat McCrory, whose re-election campaign is in trouble. In the face of business boycotts, the senator called for retreat from the ill-advised law that forces transgender individuals to use public bathrooms according to their birth gender and prohibits cities from passing antidiscrimination ordinances to protect gay and transgender people. Democratic and millennial voters have also been energized by the Republican state government’s enactment of a sweeping voter suppression law. It was struck down in federal court as a transparent attempt to block African-American voters “with almost surgical precision.”

Ms. Ross showed the sort of spirit North Carolinians need in the Senate when she chose to run after better-known Democrats declined. Her agenda ranges from tighter Wall Street regulations to stronger gun controls, from a higher minimum wage to defense of the Affordable Care Act. She hasn’t hesitated to criticize Mrs. Clinton’s handling of the email server controversy as “wrong.” Mr. Burr attacks Ms. Ross as an opponent of the state sex offenders registry, because in the 1990s she questioned whether it would promote vigilantism. As a state legislator, Ms. Ross supported the registry.

[blm]

36. She really is a classic Dem. Thanks for your attention to this.

You made an enormous difference in this race.

After the election let's chat about your ideas. You inspired me.