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. |
August 5 | HCDP Monthly Meeting at the Keweenaw Storytelling Center in Calumet (see item below for more info). Potluck @ 6 PM, Meeting @ 7 PM. RSVP here. |
August 15 | Table with us at Pasty Fest! (see item below for more info). |
August 16 | Keweenaw Against the Oligarchy Monthly Action Meeting. Sign up here. |
August 17 | Meet & Greet with Cris Cracchiolo, Chair of the CD-1 Dems @ 7 PM at the HCDP office in Hancock. (see item below for more info). |
August 20 | MI Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel Meet & Greet. See item below for more info. |
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. |
Events featured in our newsletter can also be found on the Events Calendar on the main page of our website.
PARTY NEWS
PRIMARY VOTING
—— PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IS TODAY, AUGUST 4TH ——
NOT YET REGISTERED TO VOTE?: It’s not too late! In Michigan registration is allowed up to and including Election Day. In the last two weeks leading up to (and including) Election Day, state law allows registration only by visiting your city or township clerk’s office in person, and with proof of residency documentation.
WHERE TO VOTE TODAY: Find your polling place, your local clerk, or almost anything else to do with voting at the Michigan Voter Information Center.
VOTER GUIDES:
Find the non-partisan online Voter’s Guide produced by the League of Women Voters Education Fund at vote411.org. This guide includes information about voting in the Michigan primary, including links to the candidate’s websites and their responses to LWV questionnaires.
Another source of information to consider is the Blue Voter Guide. This guide shows you all Democratic candidates in the primary along with key endorsements for each. Find it at bluevoterguide.org.
Finally, links to the websites of all the fall Democratic candidates appearing on Houghton County ballots can be found on our own “2026 Democratic Primary Candidates” web page.
MONTHLY MEETING TO BE HELD IN CALUMET ON AUGUST 5TH
NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION!!
Join us next Wednesday, August 5th for our first monthly meeting at the Keweenaw Storytelling Center in Calumet. The address is 215 5th Street (the old Woolworth’s / Family Dollar). This is our first monthly meeting outside of the city of Houghton in quite some time.
There are over 1000 square miles of land in Houghton County, and distance can make it time consuming or difficult for folks located outside of the city of Houghton to attend our monthly meetings. As a consequence ALL our monthly meetings are available for remote attendance on Zoom, and we are committed to holding meetings at geographic locations across the county on a recurring basis.
If you have an idea for a meeting site you would like us to consider for a future monthly meeting let us know by emailing us at [email protected] or leaving us a voicemail at 906-523-1233.
Potluck starts at 6 PM. Bring a dish to share if you can, or just stop in and enjoy some quality time with your fellow Dems before we settle down to business at 7.
Remote attendance is available by Zoom. Click here at 7 PM Wednesday to attend by Zoom.
Membership in the Houghton County Democratic Party is encouraged, but not required, to attend meetings. We welcome all Houghton County residents who support progressive Democratic government to attend our meetings and events and also to become involved.
Want more information about our meeting site for this month? Learn about the facilities offered by the Keweenaw Storytelling Center (owned by Real People Media, a 501(c)3 organization) on this web page.
VOTING ON THE FLOCK CAMERAS RESOLUTION
Voting on the revised resolution regarding automated license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras will be on the table at the August 4th meeting.
As a reminder, the first resolution on this topic was unanimously approved at the April meeting. At May meeting that resolution was rescinded - not because of its conclusion but due to concerns about the wording that laid the grounds for action in the resolution. (More information on the rescission can be found in the May 12th newsletter).
In preparation for the vote on the revised resolution, you are asked to please review it at this link.
MI DEMS OF CD1 CHAIR HERE AUGUST 17
Join us on August 17 as we welcome the Chair of the MI Dems of CD1 (our Congressional District Dems group) to our office at 323 Quincy in Hancock.
We’ll gather at 7 PM to hear Chair Chris Cracchiolo speak about the CD1 group, after which he’ll take questions.
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.
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. This is our first chance to promote our full November ballot slate! Available shifts are 12-2pm and 2-4pm. You would be joined by Nancy Verive - contact her at (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
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR OFFICE VOLUNTEERS!
With the Primary Election today our office hours are in a bit of flux. We my not be staffed this evening, but will definitely be staffed this coming Saturday from 10 AM to noon.
As we enter the November election campaign watch for the new expanded office schedule - too 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
THANK YOU!!
The Houghton County Dems thank all of our members and supporters who have stepped up this primary campaign season to support the Democratic candidates of your choice for elected office. Whether you donated to a candidate’s campaign, knocked on doors or made phone calls for your candidate, put their sign up in your yard, or otherwise showed your support WE APPRECIATE YOU, and we thank you.
IT IS PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO MAKE OUR DEMOCRACY WORK! AND THAT THAT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES.
After the results roll in tonight, in the days leading up to the November election, we hope that you’ll continue to work on behalf of our democracy regardless of the results for any particular candidate you may have supported in the primary.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
THUR AUG 06
The South Range Village Council meets Thursday at 6 PM in the South Range Community Building. For more information contact the Village at [email protected] or (906) 482-8833A 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