Cheshire County Democratic Committee

Dear Friend:

With the New Hampshire Primary less than four weeks away, we are continuing to build our organization on the ground, adding new volunteers daily, and reaching out to supporters across the state. However, just four days after the Primary, our focus will shift to the remainder of 2012, starting with the selection of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte next September.

In 2008, people from all walks of life got involved in the political process for the first time. From high school students to retired service members, young Americans and retirees, delegates showed how the Obama campaign belonged to the grassroots. We want to continue that tradition in 2012.

Per the DNC rules and bylaws, New Hampshire will be electing 18 “district-level” delegates (nine from each CD) to the Convention on *January 14, 2012*. Each Congressional District in New Hampshire will hold a separate caucus:

– The First Congressional district will caucus at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. – The Second Congressional district will caucus at the IBEW Hall in Concord.

The qualifications to run for delegate are simple. You must:

– Be age 18 years or older *by November 6, 2012.* * – Be a registered New Hampshire voter in the congressional district you vote in. – Vote for the Democratic candidate you pledged to support in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary on January 10th, 2012.

* To clarify, you are eligible to run for delegate as long as you will be 18 years old by Election Day, November 6th, 2012.

Please note that *no individual is guaranteed a spot as a delegate*.

If you are interested in running for district-level delegate, please fill out the application found on the NHDP website:http://OFA.BO/NHDelegate. The deadline to submit your application back to the party is *5 PM on **Friday, January 6th.* If you have any questions, please contact the New Hampshire Democratic Party at 603-225-6899. Ann Heffernon chair cheshiredemocrats.org

The redistricting committee appears to be heading off the rails. The Republicans have hired someone to develop a redistricting plan that is designed to draw districts across town lines in such a manner as to remove as many Democratic House districts as possible. This is being done to insure an unbreakable Republican/Tea Party/Free State take over for the next ten years. The plan has been presented to all the Republican Reps who have been sworn to secrecy but some parts of the plan are leaking out. The 4 Democrats on redistricting have yet to see the plan which will be released to the public and posted on line by 1:30 tomorrow (12/14). The one and only public hearing will be at 1:30 in Room 306-308 in the Legislative Office Building on 12/15 at 1:30. If we can get enough people to attend this hearing on Thursday so that it can be moved to Reps Hall, it will give a leg up to those who are fighting for representative Democracy in NH.

One of the rumors flying around has Keene being broken up into slices like a pie and paired with other smaller towns around the county to destroy the traditional Keene Democratic voting block as well as the Walpole Democratic voting block.

If at all possible, a nice trip to Concord to swell the crowd and tell Rep Mirski and his committee that this is just not going to fly would be a good thing to do on Thursday afternoon. Check out

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committees/committee_websites/h48/default.htm for the latest plans. Here is a link to Rep Lucy Weber’s explanation

http://www.bluehampshire.com/diary/13769/redistricting-hearingsround-twodont-blink-or-youll-miss-it-edition. Finally, Kathy Sullivan’s latest post will give you

the latest information http://www.bluehampshire.com/diary/13769/redistricting-hearingsround-twodont-blink-or-youll-miss-it-edition. Hope to see many of you in Concord.

Cyndy Chase

Dear Cheshire County Democrats-

We will not be holding our monthly meeting in December, a very busy time for us all!

We will resume in January, and will be planning our summit which we hope to hold in late January.

On the excellent news from the state house this past Wednesday–thanks so very much to all of you who took the time to participate, and our amazing Representatives for the efforts, I wish you all a wonderful and joyous Holiday Season!

Best, Ann Heffernon chair cheshiredemocrats.org

*House Special Session on Wednesday, November 30th Please go to Concord if you can!*

Speaker O’Brien is up to his shenanigans again, but we are ready for him. He has called yet another special House session so we must be ready for him to call the veto over-ride vote on HB 474 the so-called Right to Work bill. We are asking folks to go to the State House in Concord on *Wednesday, November 30th* to show your support for the veto and to encourage our friends to stand with working families and the middle class.

Check-in will be between 7:00 and 7:30 am at the America Votes office (there will be coffee!) at 4 Park Street and be prepared to stay for as long as you are available. The speaker has scheduled an early gavel, so even if you can only come for an hour or two you can make a difference because the legislators will see the faces of the people they are affecting as they arrive for the session. We know that the speaker wants to claim victory on this vote, *but we won’t let him! *

For more information contact Kurt Ehrenberg at (603) 623-7302 or kurtehrenberg@nhaflcio.org

*Greater Boston Labor Council Rally for November 22nd at Senator Kerry’s Office in Massachusetts Cancelled*

Tomorrow’s rally at Senator Kerry’s office has been cancelled since the Super Committee (formally known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) was unable to come to any agreement on deficit reduction.

Ann Heffernon chair cheshiredemocrats.org