UPCOMING EVENTS
DATE & TIME | EVENT & LOCATION |
|---|---|
Ongoing / Wednesdays | Yoopers for Ukraine Bridge March. Every Wednesday at 5 PM. More info on the Yoopers for Ukraine Facebook page. |
Ongoing thru the August Primary / Tuesdays ( 5 - 7 PM) and Saturdays (10 AM - Noon) | HCDP Office hours, 323 Quincy Street, Hancock. Google Maps location here. |
July 19 @ 5:30 PM | Callie Barr hosts a Town Hall with special guest Bart Stupak at the Calumet Theatre. Pre-register to attend here. |
July 19 @ 7 PM | Keweenaw Against the Oligarchy Monthly Action meeting. More info here. |
September 1 | Deadline for your recipe submission to our Community Cookbook. Submit your recipe here. |
Events featured in our newsletter can also be found on the Events Calendar on the main page of our website.
THE PRIMARY HAS BEGUN! KEY DATES —
DATE | EVENT |
|---|---|
June 25 | Absentee ballots & Drop Boxes first become available |
July 20 | Deadline to mail or online register for the August Primary (in-person registration is available thru Election Day at your local clerk’s office.) |
July 25 | Early voting starts. (NOTE: This year’s early voting location is the HOCO Arena, on the Houghton County Fairgrounds - 1500 Birch St in Hancock.) |
August 2 | Last day of early voting |
August 4 | Primary Election Day |
NEED MORE INFORMATION? | Find your polling place, your local clerk, and more at the Michigan Voter Information Center. |
PARTY NEWS
Thanks to everyone who marched with the Houghton County Dems at this past weekend’s Strawberry Fest! Our marchers were met with smiles and good responses despite the very warm day. (L to R (standing): Justin LaCosse, Valorie Troesh, Becky Darling, Barb Turuc, and William Keith. In front is state House candidate Brian Irizarry)
HIGHWAY CLEAN UP TOMORROW
COME JOIN US FOR THE SECOND HIGHWAY CLEAN UP OF THE YEAR!
Join us tomorrow as the Houghton County Dems go out on the road again for our second highway clean up of this summer. We’ll be cleaning our stretch of highway as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program — M-26 from just past Goat Hill Rd heading out of Ripley, and on through to Dollar Bay.
Join us Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15th at 5:30 PM. (Rain Date is the following Wednesday, July 22nd). Parking is available at the Adopt-A-Highway sign just past Goat Hill Rd. We provide gloves, safety vests and bags.
ITS ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO BRING YOUR OWN WATER BOTTLES.
TABLE WITH US AT PASTY FEST & HOUGHTON COUNTY FAIR
TABLE WITH US AT PASTY FEST
Help is needed tabling at the 22nd annual Pasty Fest in Calumet. Contact Nancy Verive @ (812) 573-1403 to volunteer.
HOUGHTON COUNTY FAIR
Table with us at the Houghton County Fair. Please text (906) 370-5496 to volunteer.
OFFICE HOURS
Just a reminder that the HCDP office is open on Tuesdays from 5 PM to 7 PM and on Saturdays from 10 AM until noon through the August primary election. Stop by to pick up campaign lit and yard signs!
As campaign season moves beyond the primary we would like to expand office hours as we have in previous years. To do so takes volunteers to staff the office. Shifts are flexible and are typically evenings and weekends. If you’d like to volunteer just drop a line to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 906-523-1233.
HELP US COOK UP SOMETHING GOOD
In honor of our nation’s 250th birthday we’d like to prepare a community cookbook so we can all cook up a celebration! So gather up the recipes for those longtime favorites and submit them our Community Cookbook! Just scan the QR code in the graphic, or click the button below to access our form where you can submit your recipe. Or if you’d like you can email your recipe to [email protected]. WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR RECIPES NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1ST. Thanks for participating, and please share with your friends and family!!
VOTED McMORROW ON ABSENTEE BALLOT?
We’re highlighting the message shared on our Facebook page last week. The message is for anyone who cast an absentee ballot for Mallory McMorrow prior to her exiting the race, and who wants to understand their options to update their vote:
The Houghton County Democrats salute Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow for her candidacy in Michigan's U.S. Senate election this year, and respect her decision to withdraw from the race. Running for office is always an investment of time, effort, and ideals, and anyone willing to make a stand for their principles honors American democracy.
If you have returned an absentee ballot with a vote for Senator McMorrow and wish to update your vote, it may be possible to do so. You cannot change your vote if you have already inserted your ballot into a tabulator at an early voting site. But according to the Michigan Secretary of State website:
"Voters who complete and submit an absent voter ballot by mail, in person at a local clerk’s office, or via drop box, have the option to change their vote by spoiling their original ballot and requesting a new one:
The deadline for spoiling a returned absentee ballot is 5 p.m. on the second Friday before the election.
The deadline for spoiling an unreturned absentee ballot and receiving another by mail is the Friday immediately before the election at 5 p.m.
The deadline to spoil and receive another in-person absentee ballot is the day before the election at 4 p.m.
Voters who wish to vote in person after obtaining an absentee ballot can do so at their early voting site or Election Day polling place if they have not already returned their absentee ballot. Voters may either submit their voted absentee ballot for tabulation at the early voting site or Election Day polling place or they may “spoil” their absentee ballot and be issued a new ballot."
More information on changing an already cast absentee ballot can be found at https://www.michigan.gov/.../elect.../voting/absentee-voting
If you have any additional questions on this you can call the Michigan Democratic Party’s Voter Assistance Hotline at 833-MI-VOTES (833-648-6837)
CAMPAIGN NEWS
CALLIE BARR TOWN HALL AT CALUMET THEATRE JULY 19TH
Callie Barr will hold a Town Hall at the Calumet Theatre this Sunday, July 19th from 5:30 PM until 7 PM. Joining the candidate will be former state and US House Rep. Bart Stupak. Find more information and RSVP here.
YOOPERS FOR ABDUL SEEKS DOOR KNOCKING VOLUNTEERS
A message from the “Yoopers for Abdul” campaigners:
Door knock with Yoopers for Abdul! We’ll meet briefly at the HCDP office for training before heading out. The app is easy to use and the doors are Dem-friendly. Follow this link, then scroll down to find a Houghton date that works for you!
COMMUNITY NEWS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE - VOLUNTEER FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT
From the good folks supporting the local Special Olympics Area 39:
Make a huge difference in the community by helping with the Special Olympics Michigan Upper Peninsula Regional Bocce Ball Tournament, hosted by our local Area 39 program. We expect nearly 100 athletes from across the U.P. to participate. The tournament will be on August 1 at the Houghton High School Football Stadium. All volunteers helping will receive a very cool volunteer t-shirt. Those helping during the day on August 1 will receive a free lunch as well. We will provide training for all volunteers who sign up to judge the matches...no bocce knowledge or experience is necessary. Please review the available slots on our Sign-Up Genius Page and consider helping out!
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
TUE JUL 14
This month's regular meeting of the Houghton County Board of Commissioners is tonight at 6 PM in the Conference Room on the fifth floor of the Houghton County Courthouse. Find more information on the Board's webpage (find the Microsoft Teams virtual meeting info in the Agenda).
WED JUL 15
The Hancock City Council meets at 6 PM in the Hancock City Hall Council Chambers.
A FULL LISTING OF ALL LOCAL CITY, VILLAGE AND TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENTS, WITH CONTACT INFORMATION, AND (WHERE AVAILABLE) TIMING OF LOCAL COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
SUBMIT A RESOLUTION
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Contact us by email at [email protected] or by text or voicemail at 906-523-1233