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. |
August 18 | Keweenaw Indivisible monthly meeting at 7 PM @ KUUF. |
August 19 | Baraga County Democrats monthly meeting. More info here. |
August 20 | MI Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel Meet & Greet. See item below for more info. |
August 22 | Afternoon on the Town, sponsored by Michigan Tech. HCDP Table on campus! Encourage students to stop by our office in Hancock! |
August 27 thru 30 | Table with us at the Houghton County Fair! (see item below for more info) |
September 1 | Deadline for your recipe submission to our Community Cookbook. Submit your recipe here. |
September 2 | HCDP Monthly meeting |
September 6 | HCDP Annual Labor Day Weekend Picnic. 4 PM to 7 PM at Kestner Park in Houghton. See item below for more info. |
September 21 | HCDP’s first ever In It to Win It fundraiser at Carmelitas in Calumet @ 6 PM. Tickets on sale now. (see item below for more info) |
Events featured in our newsletter can also be found on the Events Calendar on the main page of our website.
PARTY NEWS
THE FALL ELECTION IS FAST APPROACHING!
Election Day is November 3rd, but absentee voting starts September 24th - that’s only 37 days away!! Here are key dates to be aware of for the fall election:
DATE | WHAT’S HAPPENING |
|---|---|
September 24 | Absentee ballots and drop boxes become available |
October 19 | Last day to register to vote online or by mail (registration in person at your local clerk’s office is still available up to and including Election Day.) |
October 24 | Early in-person voting begins. The early voting site for all Houghton County precincts is the Houghton County Building on Sharon Avenue. |
November 3 | Election Day |
NEW EARLY VOTING SITE FOR NOVEMBER
County Clerk Jennifer Kelly has announced that the Early Voting Site for the November election will shift from the HOCO Arena to the Houghton County Building located at 19741 W. Sharon Avenue. (This is the former church building acquired by the county a few years ago.) The Early Voting Center will be open from Saturday, October 24 until Sunday, November 1 each day from 8 AM to 4 PM.
IN IT TO WIN IT FUNDRAISER
WE ARE HOSTING OUR FIRST EVER IN IT TO WIN IT FUNDRAISER & SUPPORT OUR SLATE DINNER!!
Join us for this taco bar dinner at Carmelitas in Calumet on September 21. We’re looking forward to an evening of camaraderie and support for our fall slate of candidates.
Together we will make a difference as we fight to elect the candidates who will bring needed change to our state and country. Candidates who share our democratic values.
If you’re unable to attend please consider a donation to help the HCDP get out the vote and to support our local candidates.
Tickets are on sale now. Scan the QR code in the flyer or click the button below to get yours!
ANNUAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND PICNIC
Join us on September 6th at Kestner Park along the Canal in Houghton for our annual Labor Day weekend picnic. We’ll be serving burgers and hot dogs but ask you to please bring a dish to pass (side dish, appetizer or dessert). From 4 PM to 7 PM - it will be an afternoon of fun, fellowship and food!
Once again this year we are expecting to be joined by candidates and elected officials who will share a few words with us.
MEET MDP CHAIR CURTIS HERTEL AUGUST 20
MDP Chair Curtis Hertel will be here August 20th to meet with Houghton County Democrats. We’ll gather at the HCDP office at 323 Quincy Street in Hancock at 7:30 PM.
SEATING IS LIMITED! USE THE BUTTON BELOW TO RSVP
TABLE WITH US AT THE HOUGHTON COUNTY FAIR
Table with us at the Houghton County Fair. Please call or text Barb Turuc at (906) 370-5496 to volunteer.
Here are the hours for tabling at the fair: Thursday 6 PM to 10 PM, Friday & Saturday, 11 AM to 10 PM, and Sunday 11:30 AM to 5 PM. Volunteers are asked to cover at least a two hour shift during these hours.
PASTY FEST TABLE A SUCCESS!
Another great year for us tabling at the Pasty Fest! We had a near constant flow of like-minded visitors to our table, from near and far. Huge THANK YOU to our volunteers!
OFFICE HOURS
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR OFFICE VOLUNTEERS!
As we enter the November election campaign watch for the new expanded office schedule - to be announced soon.
We’d love to have your help — volunteer to staff the office leading up to the November election! 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!!
CAMPAIGN NEWS
DEMOCRATS RALLY FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
After the primary the Michigan Democratic Party’s One Team held a General Election Rally in Detroit. The event took place the evening of August 7th. A statewide slate of
our candidates took the stage for the first time together in the campaign season.
The rally featured speeches from Eli Savit, Garlin Gilchrist, Jocelyn Benson, Pete Buttigieg, MDP Chair Curtis Hertel, Abdul El-Sayed, and MI Supreme Court nominees (and sitting Justices) Noah Hood and Megan Cavanagh. The whole event was captured on video, and is available on YouTube. Click below to view the one and a half hour event.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
TUE AUG 18
The Laurium Village Council meets tonight at 6 PM in the Council Chambers of the Town Hall. More info (including the GoTo Meeting link to attend virtually) can be found on the Village's web page.
The Calumet Village Council meets tonight at 6:00 PM in the Village Council Chambers. More information (including the Zoom link to attend virtually) can be found on the Village’s News & Events web page.
WED AUG 19
The Hancock City Council meets at 6 PM in the Hancock City Hall Council Chambers. This meeting is both the regular City Council meeting and a Public Hearing for the proposed Ordinance 318, which would grant SEMCO Energy Gas Company a franchise to supply gas to City of Hancock residents and businesses for a period of 30 years, subject to the rules and regulations of the Michigan Public Service Commission. More information is available in the PDF document posted on the City’s Events page, which can be found here.
SUBMIT A RESOLUTION
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