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June Primary Candidates for Legislative Seats

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Photo of a piece of paper with a red checkmark above a ballot box with the words Primary Elections written in big lettersState Senate District 11
House of Delegates District 54 (Sally’s current seat):
[David Brown left the race on Feb. 22, Dashad Cooper left on March 14 to enter City Council race]

 

Charlottesville City Council (3 seats)
As a matter of policy, the Cville Dems can’t take sides in primaries. We’ll continue to cover these races through June in an even-handed way following a process we’ve shared with all the candidates.

Action Item: Save Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) from Gov. Youngkin!

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Photo of a house surrounded by floodwaters with a caption "Thanks to RGGI, for the first time ever localities all across the have access to dedicated state funding to perform critical flooding resilience planning and projects."Gov. Youngkin continues to work on gutting the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a crucial and highly popular multi-state cooperative effort to rein in greenhouse gasses. He couldn’t get the General Assembly to change the law that brought Virginia into RGGI, so now he’s trying to use changes to administrative regulations to get what he wants. 
We need to stand up for RGGI! Between now and the end of March, please post a comment opposing the governor’s actions on the State’s feedback portal.
Some background information:
“…RGGI is one of Virginia’s top global warming solutions and is currently under attack. We need you to show your support for RGGI and protect this critical program.” Environment Virginia, 3/15/23
“Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to remove Virginia from the initiative, also known as RGGI — pronounced “Reggie” — a consortium of 12 East Coast states where energy producers trade emission reductions for credits, or buy credits to emit carbon dioxide past the capped amount.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 3/16/23
“At a press conference organized by the League of Conservation Voters Thursday, William and Mary student Philip Ignatoff touted the benefits of the funding RGGI participation is generating and argued Virginia should lower energy bills through electricity rate reform.” Virginia Mercury, 3/16/23

Town Hall Meeting (Thursday 3/23) on Gun Violence

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Flyer with two yellow-background text boxes at top announcing "Townhall Meeting" and "Empowering Families: Keeping Our Community Safe from Gun Violence" and giving location, date, and time. Pictured are 5 event guest speakers: Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis, Carl Murray, Sen. Creigh Deeds, Kim Powell, and BUCK Squad's Herb Dickerson.The Charlottesville Coalition for Gun Violence Prevention (CCGVP) has organized a Town Hall to be held at Buford Middle School on Thursday March 23 from 6:00-7:30pm.
Speakers will include Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, and representatives from the BUCK Squad and Charlottesville and Albemarle County Public Schools.
If you have ideas to share, or want to know what you can do to help stop the violence, please attend or show your support in other ways!

Candidate Forum + (maybe) a Zoning Forum

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Horizontally-oriented graphic reading "Community Forums" in a yellow handwriting-looking script and "Long-Range Planning" in a standard print font surrounded by a white background and an abstract geometric designThe Cville Dems will definitely be sponsoring one or more candidate forums, probably in coordination with the Albemarle Dems; we’ll announce details as soon as they’re worked out.
We’re also wondering if people (you!?) would find it helpful for us to sponsor an informational forum about the upcoming Draft Zoning Plan (Module 1 of 3 available here) that City Council will be voting on in June. The party hasn’t taken a position, but it’s an important issue and we’re wondering if a panel representing a wide variety of stakeholders would be valuable in sharing the many perspectives held within the community.
So:
  1. Would you like to see some kind of panel/forum on Zoning?
  2. If so, what groups/people would you be most interested in hearing from?
  3. Any other thoughts about this that you’d like to share with us?
Please send your thoughts to cvilledemschair@gmail.com

Summer 2023 Bash (Annual Fundraiser) on June 2!

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Crowd (partial) seated at long outdoor tables on the grass at Jefferson School for the Summer 2022 summer fundraiser (a fish fry that year)We’ve tentatively scheduled Friday, June 2, for our annual dinner/fundraiser (where you can also meet all the candidates running in the primary election on June 20!).

The plan is to once again have it outside on the lawn of the Jefferson School, this year with chicken and vegetarian dinner options. We’ll share further details as they fall into place.

It’s not too early to sign up as a sponsor, and it’s not too early to be an early bird from your precinct! So sign up today using ActBlue!!

Images of two pieces of fried chickenGraphic showing the word VEGEGARIAN surrounded by a dozen or so colorful vegetables

Election Time = Voter Registration Time

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graphic showing a ballot being submitted via insertion into a box with a narrow slit at the top. intoSuzanne Michels and Jim Nix have identified all the ways you can register to vote and some important information about registering/voting this year:
• Now through 5/30 at your Registrar’s Office, or online, or at a registration drive
• When you early vote at your Registrar’s Office, 5/31-6/17 (same-day registration)
• On Election Day 6/20 at your local precinct (when you use same-day registration at your precinct, you vote with a provisional ballot which will be counted unless there’s some other problem).
And as for actually voting:
• Early voting for the Primary is done 5/5-6/17 at the Registrars’ Office (Monday-Fridays, and there will be some Saturday times announced too).
• On (Primary) Election Day, 6/20, go to your local precinct polling place any time from 6am-7pm.
Important:
• City Council approved some changes to precinct boundaries and changed a few polling places. Once these changes take effect on April 7, the Registrar will start sending letters to the 40% of Charlottesville voters who will have new voting locations starting with the June 20 primary.
• Whenever you cast your ballot, bring an ID that meets Virginia’s criteria (see lists in English, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese)!
• For more information, call the City of Charlottesville Registrar at 434-970-3250 (unless you’re one of our Albemarle friends, in which case call the County Registrar at 434-972-4173).
NOTE: Our mighty and always-active Voter Registration Team welcomes new members. It’s fun to be out talking to people in the spring, and there are few things more satisfying than signing up a new voter! If you might be interested, email Suzanne: suzemichels@gmail.com
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