ELECTION VOLUNTEERS for Democracy and Humanity

News Flash: July 21, 2008:
Friday, July 18 was the last day for legislative candidates to apply for the public funds for the primaries. The Commission will meet this Wednesday, July 23, and will probably approve the last funding requests for the primaries at that time. A list of all approved requests (both for the August 12 primary and the November general elections) can be found at:
http://www.ct.gov/seec/cwp/view.asp?a=2861&Q=401806&PM=1
Minutes of the Commission meetings can be found at:
http://www.ct.gov/seec/cwp/view.asp?a=2358&Q=305490&seecNav=|
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ENDORSEMENTS - 2008 ACTIVE PRIMARIES

1. New Endorsement - July 23, 2008: Susan Johnson - House District 49 (Windham) - Contact information will be posted soon. In the meantime, please contact this website if you wish to volunteer.

Note: This seat has been held by Walter Pawelkiewicz, an excellent legislator who is not running again and has endorsed Susan Johnson.

Susan Johnson was awarded the public funds for the primary campaign. No further contributions are needed, but volunteers are essential.

2. Andrés Ayala - House District 128 (Bridgeport)
Incumbent: Democracy-Humanity Rating 100%
Contact Rachel Hayman at rayhay43@gmail.com
or Carmen Colon at carmenidaliacolon@Yahoo.com
or Conzuelo Salas at conzuelo.salas@att.net
Campaign office phone: 203.870.1254

Note: Andrés Ayala has been a legislator for two years and has done an excellent job. He has followed his principles and worked hard for Bridgeport.
Andrés Ayala was awarded the public funds for the primary campaign. No further contributions are needed, but volunteers are essential.

3. Gary Holder-Winfield - House District 94 (New Haven)
This was Bill Dyson's seat and Bill has endorsed Gary. To volunteer contact Gary directly at gary@winfield08.com, Cell phone 203-687-1582. This campaign needs contributions. To contribute, , please write the check (between $5-$100) to "Winfield 2008", print and fill out the campaign finance contribution form at http://www.ct.gov/seec/lib/seec/CertificationForm2008.pdf
and mail to 117 Hubinger Street, New Haven, CT 06511.

4. Deborah Heinrich - House District 101 (Madison and Guilford)
Incumbent: Democracy-Humanity Rating 100%
To volunteer, please go to her website at
http://www.debheinrich.com
and click on the button to volunteer, or call the volunteer coordinators - Steve or Donna Kapsinow - at 203.453.9628.

Bulletin - July 21, 2008 - Deborah Heinrich was awarded the public funds for the primary campaign. No further contributions are needed, but volunteers are essential.

5. Chris Caruso - House District 126 (Bridgeport) Incumbent: Democracy-Humanity Rating 100%
To volunteer, call Chris at 203.374.1655.

Note: Chris has been the Chair of the Government Admininstration and Elections Committee and has fought long and hard to pass the system of public financing of campaigns.

6. Duane Perkins - Senate District 24 (Danbury, Bethel, New Fairfield, Sherman)
To Volunteer, please send an email to deperkins2008@yahoo.com. This campaign needs contributions. To contribute, please write the check (between $5-$100) to "Perkins 2008", print and fill out the campaign finance contribution form at http://www.ct.gov/seec/lib/seec/CertificationForm2008.pdf
and mail to P.O. Box 2751, Danbury, CT 06813.

Note: Duane served on the Danbury City Council when the vote was taken to have the Danbury police cooperate with the immigration authorities. He was one of only two votes against this proposal - a courageous stand.

7. Charles Clemons House District 124 (Bridgeport) Incumbent: Democracy-Humanity Rating 100%
To volunteer, please call 203.331.0958.

Bulletin - July 21, 2008 - Charles Clemons was awarded the public funds for the primary campaign. No further contributions are needed, but volunteers are essential.

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2008 Primaries with Endorsements -
No Longer Active

1. Larry Butler - House District 72 (Waterbury)
Incumbent: Democracy-Humanity Rating 100%
Bulletin - July 21, 2008 - Larry Butler's opponent will probably withdraw and therefore we no longer expect a primary in this district.

2. Lonnie Reed - House District 102 (Branford)- began long ago to make careful preparations for a campaign against the incumbent, Peter Panaroni, who had a 25% on the Democracy-Humanity Rating, the lowest of any Democrat. Lonnie worked very hard, and has been very active in the community. Representative Panaroni announced that he would not run again as a Democrat, and the Republican Party also decided not to propose a candidate. Unless there is a minor party candidate, Lonnie will be the next rep from this district. She is still planning to go door-to-door speaking with voters, and if you would like to help her you could contact this website.

electionvolunteers@mags.net

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General Elections in November

Recommendations for candidates to support will be posted on this website beginning soon and extending throughout the summer.

Working for a good local candidate is also an excellent way to generate additional votes in the November presidential election.

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Other Volunteer Opportunities

At the Capitol

Public hearings are recorded and transcribed but committee meetings are not. Under the Freedom of Information Act any member of the public may record them. It would be helpful to be able to track the actions of legislators in committee meetings and report them on this website. We need volunteers to attend committee meetings and record them.

Research

We need help with the research that is the backbone of this website. There are many topics pending.

For more information, to comment on the website, or to volunteer
please contact Barbara Richards at:

electionvolunteers@mags.net

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