The election that will take place at the DNC to replace the chair will decide the policy direction of the Democratic party. Let your voice be heard!
The election that will take place at the DNC to replace the chair will decide the policy direction of the Democratic party. Let your voice be heard!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22077561
“I’m not interested in anyone who is moving further away from the center,” said Cindy Bass, a Pennsylvania committee member from Philadelphia. “The center is where we have to be.”
They're not going to change a thing unless people make them.
Find your local state delegate and personally tell them how you feel a centrist is only going to guarantee another Republican victory. They are listed here: https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Committee
Bernie Sanders is working behind the scenes to get a progressive in there but he can't do it alone.
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Please spread, cross post, share, whatever; wherever you can. People should have input into the democratic policy platform, but they're so brazen as to say the "center is where we need to be".
These people, these few hundred people, are a big problem with the democratic party.
We need to take the narrative back from centrists. It can be done by telling the DNC what to do, not the other way around.
Does the article tell us how to cast a vote? I skimmed it and couldn’t find a link to where I could at least send an email.
It's not voted on directly, you are going to want to talk to your state's party chair to try to convince them vote on the type of chair like you would a congress person on a vote for something. In the body of the post, you can find how to find your state's party chair
Here's the table copied over:
State Chair | State Chair Alabama Randy Kelley | Montana Robyn Driscoll Alaska Mike Wenstrup | Nebraska Jane Kleeb American Samoa Patrick Ti'a Reid[15] | Nevada Daniele Monroe-Moreno Arizona Yolanda Bejarano | New Hampshire Raymond Buckley Arkansas Grant Tennille | New Jersey LeRoy J. Jones, Jr. California Rusty Hicks | New Mexico Jessica Velasquez Colorado Shad Murib | New York Jay Jacobs Connecticut Nancy DiNardo | North Carolina Anderson Clayton Delaware Elizabeth D. Maron | North Dakota Adam Goldwyn District of Columbia Charles Wilson | Ohio Liz Walters Florida Nikki Fried | Oklahoma Alicia Andrews Georgia Nikema Williams | Oregon Rosa Colquitt Guam Anthony Babauta[16] | Pennsylvania Sharif Street Hawaii Derek Turbin | Puerto Rico Charles Rodriguez Idaho Lauren Necochea[17] | Rhode Island Liz Beretta-Perik Illinois Elizabeth Hernandez | South Carolina Christale Spain Indiana Mike Schmuhl | South Dakota Shane Merrill Iowa Rita Hart | Tennessee Hendrell Remus Kansas Jeanna Repass | Texas Gilberto Hinojosa Kentucky Colmon Elridge | U.S. Virgin Islands Carol M. Burke[18] Louisiana Randal Gaines | Utah Diane Lewis Maine Bev Uhlenhake | Vermont David Glidden Maryland Ken Ulman | Virginia Susan Swecker Massachusetts Steve Kerrigan | Washington Shasti Conrad Michigan Lavora Barnes | West Virginia Mike Pushkin Minnesota Ken Martin | Wisconsin Ben Wikler Mississippi Cheikh Taylor | Wyoming Joe Barbuto Missouri Russ Carnahan | Democrats Abroad Martha McDevitt-Pugh Texas' Hinojosa, when asked about Democrats' willingness to stand for trans rights, said the only part out loud: "I think what the Democratic Party has to realize is that there's some things that we can support and some things that we cannot. And when we're pressed upon to take votes of these kinds that we need to be cognizant of the long term consequences of these kinds of votes."
He has since announced that he will be resigning effective March 2025, which is after the party elects a new chair. He has no incentive to listen. Not that he ever did. At least he's leaving. Good fucking riddance. It's a shame it didn't happen years ago, but he will not stand with trans people, and he absolutely will not move to the left under any circumstances.
I'm still going to do my bit and contact his office, but I harbor no illusions about him. What other avenues do Texans have?
Reading more about DNC chair elections, the state party's vice chair usually also votes for chair too (among others). For Texas, that's Shay Wyrick-Cathey (shay@txdemocrats.org)
For what it's worth it looks like his comments about trans people are what produced a large push to get the Texas Democratic party chair to step down. He said he was stepping down the day after he gave an apology
Reading more about DNC chair elections, the state party’s vice chair usually also votes for chair too (among others). For Texas, that’s Shay Wyrick-Cathey (shay@txdemocrats.org)
Thank you. This is useful information.
Can't find a way to contact CA guy, only a way to give him $
chair@cadem.org or also rusty@cadem.org seemed to be listed on various California Democratic Party documents for him
If anyone else is having any issues finding the contact emails, reply to me with a state and I can try to help you find it!
It's not like that boat will be tallied or even looked at, If you don't have millions of bucks to give them, you don't have a voice in government.