What's YOUR Issue
What’s your passion?
The environment, LGBTQ, veterans’ affairs, minority rights, animal rights…There are so many issues to be addressed these days and not enough time to learn everything there is to know. We’d like you to share your cause with our membership.
- Tell us about the issue that has caught your heart.
- What’s being done to make things better?
- Where can we learn more? Provide a link.
- What can we do to help? Provide a call to action, something small or something big.
- If you’d like, provide a contact for people who want to join you in your efforts.
Send your message to [email protected] We’ll post it on our website and link it to our Facebook page. Let us help you make a difference.
We look forward to hearing about all of the ways our fellow Democrats living abroad are making the world a better place.
WHAT’S GOING ON
JULY 4TH EVENT
With UPV closed the American Space is unable to host this summer's July 4th picnic. Instead, DA Valencia is offering a July 4th Social Gathering at Tommy Mel's in the Aqua Mall @ 2pm on July 4th. Come enjoy a burger and share the holiday with other Americans.
Read moreDA Valencia intro
Bienvenido Democrats Abroad - Valencia!
Welcome to DA-Valencia (DAV), the official arm of the Democratic Party for American Democrats living in the Valencian Region of Spain.
MISSION: To provide relevant information about candidates and issues that affect democratic-leaning expats. Chapter activities are designed to facilitate the meeting of new people of like-mind people in fun-filled social, political and community events that show a positive image of the US and US expats living in Valencia.
Together with DA country committees around the globe, we're advocating for overseas Americans on Capitol Hill and joining friends and family in the US and in Spain in important activism campaigns. With technology and social media, there are many ways for us to make our voices heard, even an ocean away.
VOTING: US Citizens living abroad need to register to vote EVERY YEAR. We can assist with your voter registration and with securing and filing your ballot(s).
JOIN THE FUN: Members are notified of all the activities of the Valencian chapter and are kept informed about local and national US issues as well as those that expats face while living in Spain. To join this dynamic group, simply Click Here. We will contact you after receiving your information.
We rely on volunteers to ensure members and friends are informed about local and national US issues as well as those that expats face while living in Spain.
Watch this space for upcoming announcements of meetings and events. We have events planned throughout the year and encourage anyone interested in participating and helping with Democrats Abroad Valencia to let us know of your interest.
Please share your questions, ideas, and enthusiasm with us!
We look forward to meeting you very soon!
Your DA Leadership Team,
Christopher Schwandt, Chair
Catherine Cleaver, Vice Chair
Georgie Grossman, Secretary
Peter Smith, Treasurer
For more information email us at:
To contact DA Valencia just click here
Passion, commitment, conviction and challenge in the eye of the storm
To really understand what is at stake in 2020 I strongly encourage you to listen carefully to the last 14+ minutes of Adam Schiff’s 2:20 hour address to the opening of the impeachment trial.
http://bit.ly/Schiff-Argument
This new pride does not erase my personal responsibility for the apathy and lack of attention that I have paid in the past to the threats that have been developing over the past several decades. In a very real way, I am responsible too.
I did not look. I did not see. I intentionally blinded myself to the reality that slowly but surely the wheels were falling off the wagon. I was wowed by the intellect and governing of people like Obama and a congress that seemed to be keeping everything in check and balance.
Does this sound familiar - no, I mean really - does this ring any bells for you? “We” must now recommit ourselves to fight for who we are due to the democratic freedom we enjoy.
Now - I / we must act to safeguard the constitution and restore confidence in our government that is so severely eroded.
Act now - please, we cannot again be part of the 30% of eligible voters who did not vote due to our apathy.
SPEAK OUT NOW - DEMOCRACY DEMANDS PARTICIPATION
We are at a historic turning point in our country today.
The President of the United States is being tried by the Senate on whether or not to abolish the Impeachment Clause of the Constitution. If a president can categorically deny Congress all witnesses and all documents whenever he feels like it, there is no Impeachment Clause anymore. One of the first steps to ending a democracy and erecting an autocracy is making it legally impossible to remove the head-of-state.
A vote to acquit on Contempt of Congress pushes us toward autocracy. By the same token, a vote to acquit on this particular Abuse of Power allegation is a vote in favor of foreign governments getting a say in our elections. So if the Senate GOP votes to acquit on Abuse of Power, your vote just lost 75% of its power. Please understand that.
Why are we supporting impeachment? And why do many of you? Because we want to live in a “democracy”. We want our votes to matter. And when a president acts like an autocrat, upends rule of law and destroys our electoral process, that president doesn't get to stay in office.
As Members of Democrats Abroad, we are asking each of you receiving this letter to please
IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE A CALL TO YOUR SENATOR OR ANY SENATOR YET
TODAY WOULD BE A PERFECT DAY TO START.
Every day "45" remains in office he poses a threat to national and global security.
The Senate switchboard number is 202 224 3121. Please find below scripts you can follow if you call. ALSO: Resistbot.com is a great way to send a message. You can use Twitter, look up Resistbot and type Resist and you will be ready to send your message. Type Done when you are finished and your message will be sent.
Talking points courtesy of Seth Abramson, Sandra Odem Dowd, and Indivisible:
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS: My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], State [zip code]. I am calling because I want to thank the Senator for supporting the impeachment process and speaking out for a fair Senate Impeachment trial. But I’m worried about a cover-up with the Senate trial. I ask that he/she please push for:
1. Reject the Senate resolution as it’s currently written.
2. Support witnesses, depositions, and the public release of testimony.
3. Reject McConnell’s attempt to have this play out in the middle of the night, as it prevents the American people from watching the trial.
Make sure to tell them that to go forward with the proposed rules is to be complicit in a cover-up more appalling than Watergate, not to mention a violation of the oath they took to protect our democracy and the constitution.
A SECOND SAMPLE SCRIPT:
• A fair and just Senate impeachment trial that is held during the light of day, with witnesses and documents.
• the press to have full access to report on the Senate impeachment trial.
• If you want a DEMOCRACY, and if you want FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS, your vote on impeachment must be to convict.
• If you want AUTOCRACY and FOREIGN-RUN ELECTIONS, vote to acquit.
• The president & enablers extorted a foreign nation for the president's personal gain
• The president withheld crucial, congressionally mandated military aid from a vulnerable burgeoning democracy as a bargaining chip - demanding that nation publicly spread conspiracy theories and manufacture false claims against a competitor in an upcoming US election
• Please take a principled stand, put yourself on the right side of history and speak out against the crimes committed by this President.
If you are inclined, here are the numbers to call McConnell, in Kentucky. The message is to demand he allow TV cameras to cover the impeachment trial, and reporters are allowed in the Senate. Remind him he is supposed to represent all Americans, as this is an issue of national importance. If he can "coordinate" with 45, then he should recuse himself. If we all call, all of these numbers, it may move the needle toward transparency. He has no right to prevent us from seeing what will go in in this trial. We The People demand our representatives represent us, not their own self-interest, or the interests of a possible dictator.
502-582-6304
859-224-8286
859-578-0188
606-864-2026
270-781-1673
270-442-4554
202-224-2499
Note. He NEVER answers his DC number.
Here's the list of moderates, etc....
SPREAD WIDELY! DEMOCRACY REQUIRES PARTICIPATION. LET’S SPEAK OUT WHILE WE STILL CAN!
Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee
https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/
https://twitter.com/SenAlexander
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
Chattanooga Office
Joel E. Soloman Federal Building
900 Georgia Avenue, #260
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: (423) 752-5337
Fax: (423) 752-5342
Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri
Phone: (202) 224-5721
Springfield Office
2740 B East Sunshine
Springfield, MO 65804
P: (417) 877-7814
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine
https://www.collins.senate.gov/
https://twitter.com/senatorcollins
Main: (202)224-2523
Fax: (202)224-2693
Augusta Office
68 Sewall Street, Room 507
Augusta, ME 04330
Main: (207) 622-8414
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah
https://www.lee.senate.gov/public/
https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee
Phone: 202-224-5444
Fax: 801-524-5730
Salt Lake City
Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building
125 South State, Suite 4225
Salt Lake City, UT 84138
Phone: 801-524-5933
Fax: 801-524-5730
Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas
https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/
https://twitter.com/jerrymoran
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-6966
Wichita Office
100 North Broadway
Suite 210
Wichita, KS 67202
Phone: (316) 269-9257
Fax: (316) 269-9259
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/
https://twitter.com/lisamurkowski
Phone: (202)-224-6665
Fax: (202)-224-5301
Anchorage Office
510 L Street
Suite 600
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 271-3735
Fax: (877) 857-0322
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky
Phone: 202-224-4343
Bowling Green
Main State Office
1029 State Street
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-782-8303
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio
https://www.portman.senate.gov/
https://twitter.com/senrobportman
Phone: 202-224-3353
Columbus Office
37 West Broad Street , Room 300
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-469-6774
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah
https://www.romney.senate.gov/
https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney
Phone: (202) 224-5251
Fax: (202) 228-0836
Salt Lake City Office
125 S. State Stree Suite 8402
Salt Lake City, UT 84138
Phone: (801) 524-4380
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida
https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/
https://twitter.com/SenRubioPress
Phone: 202-224-3041
Fax: 305-596-4345
Orlando Office
201 South Orange Avenue
Suite 350
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: (407) 254-2573 or toll free in Florida 1-866-630-7106
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania
https://www.toomey.senate.gov/
Phone: (202) 224-4254
Fax: (202) 228-0284
Erie Office
United States Federal Building
17 South Park Row
Suite B-120
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: (814) 453-3010
Fax: (814) 455-9925
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi
https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/
https://twitter.com/SenatorWicker
Phone: (202) 224-6253
Gulfport Office
2909 13th Street
3rd Floor, Suite 303
Gulfport, MS 39501
Main: (228) 871-701
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Phone: (202) 225-3706
Fax: (202) 225-3486
Amarillo Office
620 South Taylor Street
Suite 200
Amarillo, Texas 79101
T: (806) 371-8844
F: (806) 371-7044
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Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) | Twitter
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Phone: 202-224-4224
Lincoln Office
1128 Lincoln Mall, Suite 305
Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone: 402-476-1400
Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado
Home | U.S. Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado
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Cory Gardner (@SenCory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) | Twitter
The latest Tweets from Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner). Proudly serving the state of Colorado in the United States Senate. This is my official Senate Twitter account. ColoradoCoryGardner) | Twitter
Phone: (202) 224-5941
Fax: (202) 224-6524
Denver Office
1961 Stout St., Ste. 12-300
Denver, CO 80294
Phone: (303) 391-5777
From FiveThirtyEight Article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/…/if-republicans-ever-turn-on-…/
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
Home | U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) | Twitter
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) | Twitter
The latest Tweets from U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy). Treated uninsured patients as a doctor in Louisiana’s charity hospital system, now serving the people of my state in the US Senate. Proud LSU grad! #GeauxTigers. Baton Rouge, LA
Phone: (202) 224-5824
Baton Rouge Office
5555 Hilton Ave.
Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: (225) 929-7711
Fax: (225) 929-7688
Sen. Lamar Alexander (@SenAlexander) | Twitter
Sen. Lamar Alexander (@SenAlexander) | Twitter
Los Tweets más recientes de Sen. Lamar Alexander (@SenAlexander). 7th generation Tennessean born and raised in Maryville #LowerHealthCareCosts #MakingCollegeWorthIt #OpioidCrisisResponse #RestoreOurParks #TitanUp. Maryville, TN
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Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma
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Inhofe Press Office (@InhofePress) | Twitter
Inhofe Press Office (@InhofePress) | Twitter
The latest Tweets from Inhofe Press Office (@InhofePress).
Press Office of U.S. Senator @JimInhofe (R-Okla. Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 224-4721
Fax: (202) 228-0380
Oklahoma City Office
3817 NW Expressway #780
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone: (405) 208-8841
Fax: (405) 604-0917
https://Home | U.S. Senator for Oklahoma
Phone: (202) 224-4721
Fax: (202) 228-0380
Rep. Daniel Webster of Florida
YOUR VOTE CANNOT COUNT IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED.
HERE ARE REGISTRATION DATES SORTED BY REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR YOUR STATE.
FOR DETAILED STATE INFORMATION SEE: Vote From Abroad
To download a PDF copy of this table, please click HERE.
| By State | By Date | |||||||
| STATE | PERSON | ONLINE | STATE | PERSON | ONLINE | |||
| AK | 5-Mar | 6-Mar | 7-Mar | MP | 14-Jan | N/A | 14-Jan | |
| AL | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | SC | 26-Jan | 26-Jan | 26-Jan | |
| AR | 2-Feb | 4-Feb | NV | 1-Feb | 3-Feb | 29-Jan | ||
| AS | 2-Feb | 4-Feb | TX | 2-Feb | N/A | 2-Feb | ||
| AZ | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | AR | 2-Feb | 4-Feb | ||
| CA | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | AS | 2-Feb | 4-Feb | ||
| CO | DAY OF | 24-Feb | 10-Feb | OK | 7-Feb | N/A | 7-Feb | |
| CT | 27-Apr | 23-Apr | 23-Apr | PR | 8-Feb | N/A | 8-Feb | |
| DC | DAY OF | 12-May | 12-May | VA | 8-Feb | 8-Feb | 8-Feb | |
| DE | 4-Apr | 4-Apr | 4-Apr | MS | 9-Feb | N/A | 9-Feb | |
| FL | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | MA | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | |
| GA | 25-Feb | 25-Feb | 25-Feb | MO | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | |
| GU | 22-Apr | 22-Apr | OH | 16-Feb | 16-Feb | 16-Feb | ||
| HI | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | AL | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | |
| IA | DAY OF | 24-Jan | 19-Jan | CA | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | 17-Feb | |
| ID | DAY OF | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | AZ | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | |
| IL | DAY OF | 1-Mar | 19-Feb | FL | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | 18-Feb | |
| IN | 6-Apr | 6-Apr | 6-Apr | GA | 25-Feb | 25-Feb | 25-Feb | |
| KY | 20-Apr | 20-Apr | 20-Apr | HI | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | |
| LA | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | LA | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | 5-Mar | |
| MA | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | AK | 5-Mar | 6-Mar | 7-Mar | |
| MD | 23-Apr | 7-Apr | 7-Apr | PA | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | |
| ME | DAY OF | N/A | 11-Feb | RI | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | |
| MI | DAY OF | N/A | 24-Feb | NY | 3-Apr | 3-Apr | 3-Apr | |
| MN | DAY OF | 11-Feb | 11-Feb | DE | 4-Apr | 4-Apr | 4-Apr | |
| MO | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | IN | 6-Apr | 6-Apr | 6-Apr | |
| MP | 14-Jan | N/A | 14JAN | KY | 20-Apr | 20-Apr | 20-Apr | |
| MS | 9-Feb | N/A | 9-Feb | WV | 21-Apr | 21-Apr | 21-Apr | |
| MT | DAY OF | N/A | 3-May | GU | 22-Apr | 22-Apr | ||
| NC | EARLY | N/A | 7-Feb | MD | 23-Apr | 7-Apr | 7-Apr | |
| ND | DAY OF | N/A | N/A | NE | 24-Apr | 17-Apr | 17-Apr | |
| NE | 24-Apr | 17-Apr | 17-Apr | CT | 27-Apr | 23-Apr | 23-Apr | |
| NH | DAY OF | N/A | 29-Jan | OR | 28-Apr | 28-Apr | 28-Apr | |
| NJ | 12-May | 12-May | 12-May | NM | 5-May | 5-May | 5-May | |
| NM | 5-May | 5-May | 5-May | VI | 7-May | N/A | 7-May | |
| NV | 1-Feb | 3-Feb | 29-Jan | NJ | 12-May | 12-May | 12-May | |
| NY | 3-Apr | 3-Apr | 3-Apr | SD | 18-May | N/A | 18-May | |
| OH | 16-Feb | 16-Feb | 16-Feb | NH | DAY OF | N/A | 29-Jan | |
| OK | 7-Feb | N/A | 7-Feb | CO | DAY OF | 24-Feb | 10-Feb | |
| OR | 28-Apr | 28-Apr | 28-Apr | ME | DAY OF | N/A | 11-Feb | |
| PA | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | MN | DAY OF | 11-Feb | 11-Feb | |
| PR | 8-Feb | N/A | 8-Feb | IA | DAY OF | 24-Jan | 19-Jan | |
| RI | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | 29-Mar | ID | DAY OF | 12-Feb | 12-Feb | |
| SC | 26-Jan | 26-Jan | 26-Jan | IL | DAY OF | 1-Mar | 19-Feb | |
| SD | 18-May | N/A | 18-May | MI | DAY OF | N/A | 24-Feb | |
| TX | 2-Feb | N/A | 2-Feb | UT | DAY OF | 25-Feb | 25-Feb | |
| UT | DAY OF | 25-Feb | 25-Feb | WA | DAY OF | 2-Mar | 2-Mar | |
| VA | 8-Feb | 8-Feb | 8-Feb | WI | DAY OF | 18-Mar | 18-Mar | |
| VI | 7-May | N/A | 7-May | WY | DAY OF | N/A | 21-Mar | |
| VT | DAY OF | DAY OF | DAY OF | MT | DAY OF | N/A | 3-May | |
| WA | DAY OF | 2-Mar | 2-Mar | DC | DAY OF | 12-May | 12-May | |
| WI | DAY OF | 18-Mar | 18-Mar | VT | DAY OF | DAY OF | DAY OF | |
| WV | 21-Apr | 21-Apr | 21-Apr | ND | DAY OF | N/A | N/A | |
| WY | DAY OF | N/A | 21-Mar | NC | EARLY | N/A | 7-Feb | |
WILL YOUR VOTE BE COUNTED ?
WILL YOUR VOTE BE COUNTED?
Three documented Russian hacking methods and a warning from Politico.com
(http://bit.ly/DA_VLC_Vote_Hacking)
Russia launched a massive social media campaign to sow discord
A new version of the old “Divide & Conquer” plan.
BE SKEPTICAL AND ASK QUESTIONS.
Hackers went after the Democrats.
500,000 Voter database records were altered in one state alone.
Paper and absentee ballots are more likely to be counted. DA ballots really count?
Request a new registration or ballot to confirm your personal information is correct.
VERIFY your personal information of record
They breached state and county agencies, too
Government systems are interlinked – changes in one data base affects others.
VERIFY your personal information of record– Utilities, Taxing authorities, Licenses
Warning: Moscow is still trying
We are low hanging fruit. We are NOT SAFE from cyber attacks.
WHAT CAN / SHOULD YOU DO?
Join Democrats Abroad for the latest information: (http://bit.ly/2GQ8Yw6)
Always Remember – Moscow, and others, want your VOTE RIGHT NOW.
Know the risks
Know all you can do to protect your vote – AND your identity.
Spread the word to your family, friends and those you meet.
Get new information from Democrats Abroad Valencia’s website:
http://bit.ly/2GQ8Yw6 OR votefromabroad.org/request/your-information/
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Political.com ( http://bit.ly/DA_VLC_Vote_Hacking )
Full Article Summary ( http://bit.ly/Vote_Hacking_Political_Full )
Democrats Abroad ( https://www.democratsabroad.org/es_news )
Facebook ( bit.ly/2YhjmSx )
Website ( bit.ly/DAValenciaInfo )
Email ( http://bit.ly/Info_DA_ES_Valencia )
Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency
Politics (NOTE: Bold, Underlined and Red text added for emphasis)
New data makes it clear:
Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency
By Philip Bump, Washington Post
August 9, 2018
For the full text of the article click this link: https://pewrsr.ch/2MbsTL0
Those who didn’t vote are as responsible for the outcome of the election as those who did.
On Thursday 18 July 2019, though, Pew Research Center released an unusually robust survey (https://pewrsr.ch/2MbsTL0) of the 2016 electorate. In addition to having asked people how they voted, Pew’s team verified that they did, giving us a picture not only of the electorate but also of those who didn’t vote.
This is a summary of the Pew findings:
Factoids worthy of note: (Lessons and call to actions)
30% of eligible voters did not vote.
50% of non-voters were non-white.
56% of non-voters earned less than $30k/yr.
>66% of non-voters were over age 50.
Republicans made up more of the voter pool than the nonvoter pool and, unsurprisingly, broadly supported Trump.
Looking at race and ethnicity, we see how the heavier turnout of white voters affected the contest. Black and Hispanic voters voted much more heavily Democratic than white votes backed Trump, but they turned out less.
Half of the nonvoters were white, 74 percent of voters were white.
12.5% eligible voters under age 30 voted.
<20% of nonwhites without a college education voted.
Groups that preferred Trump were three times as likely to be a bigger part of the voter pool than nonvoters
Groups that preferred Clinton, were about 50 percent more likely to be a bigger part of the nonvoting community