Democratic Candidates on the Ballot in
The filing period has now ended, and the
candidates for
office in the
Democratic Committeemen Candidates in
In each precinct, there is a Democratic
Committeeman and a
Republican Committeeman. In many
precints, those jobs sit empty. The
number of Democrats who filed as precinct committeeman candidates took
a big
jump this year, In DuPage County
there
were 117 Democratic committeeman candidates in 2006 compared to 237
this year,
which is 37% of precincts. In
Voting in the Primary
I often get asked how to register as a Democrat. The answer is simple – you don’t have to do anything. Every registered voter is eligible to vote in the February 2008 primary. When you sign in, you will be asked if you want a Democratic or Republican ballot. If there are any referenda, you will also be offered the opportunity to take a non-partisan ballot, which would have the referenda on it, but nothing else. If you took a Republican ballot in 2006, you can take a Democratic one in 2008, and vice-versa. This time you can also take a Green Party ballot, but I don’t think there will be any candidates for anything.
Dick Durbin
sponsors cybercrime bill
The Leahy/Specter/Durbin cybercrime bill will help
us expand
and strengthen existing identity theft laws to keep up with the
ingenuity of
today's identity thieves. It will also help victims of identity
theft
receive full restitution -- not only compensating them for their direct
losses
but also for the loss of time and money spent restoring their
credit.
But identity thieves don't just target
individuals... cyber
criminals often try to manipulate American businesses as well.
That's why
the legislation would also expand the coverage of federal computer
fraud laws
to small businesses and corporations. The
Senate Judiciary Committee has already approved this critical
legislation. Now they
are working to build the support needed to pass the bill in the full
Senate and
move it on to the House of Representatives for action.
Already, the Identity Theft Enforcement and
Restitution Act of 2007 has widespread support, including from the
Department
of Justice, the Secret Service, federal prosecutors and investigators
who
specialize in identity theft cases, business groups, and consumer
organizations.
Rob Bisceglie elected chairman of DuPage County
Democratic Party
At a special meeting of the Democratic Party
Central
Committee, Rob Bisceglie was elected the party chairman.
With a degree in political science, he had a
job in
Jon Myers hired as part-time political director
Our former political director had the job just a
few months,
and has moved on to the private sector.
Jon Myers is the new political director of the Democratic Party
of
DuPage County. He has responsibilities
for various documents and volunteer coordination. If
you would like to volunteer at the office
in
The Warrenville Curmudgeon has failed us (so
far)
I enjoy reading the Warrenville Curmudgeon, even when I don’t agree with her, such as when she complained about Spanish in the paper. And I have so far resisted writing about issues that aren’t directly related to the Democratic Party as it fits in to local, state and national politics. But I make an exception. The addition of television ads at gas station pumps makes life worse. I started seeing them at Shell stations about a year ago. I pretty much stopped going to Shell stations about a year ago. The Shell in Warrenville put in these monstrosities more recently. Last week for the first time, I saw the same thing at another brand gas station. I drove in and drove right back out again. You can certainly choose not to look at them, but there is no way not to listen to them, and they are obnoxious to the point of being maddening. This is the sort of thing where the Warrenville Curmudgeon should be leading the complaints, and her failure to so is worthy of scorn. But Shell deserves much much more heaps of scorn. I would hope that a large fraction of the consuming public would just refuse to go to gas stations where they have these televisions. Curmugeon?
Feedback
It is welcomed and appreciated
maurygoodman@dupagedemocrats.org