Much news in Michigan as usual, not enough of it good.
Some links and headlines for you. Please feel free to add your announcements below.
Michigan Kossacks Running for Office!
Very interesting developments from Michigan Kossacks. We have TWO Kossack candidates (that I know of) this cycle: Charles Gaba (Brainwrap), running for Oakland County Commissioner in the Bloomfield Hills area, and Douglas Smith (DougSmithforCongress), running in MI-3 (Grand Rapids) for the Democratic nomination against the notorious Justin Amash. If you can help out one or both of them, please do.
MORE Michigan Kossacks *COULD* Run for Precinct Delegate!
The deadline to file an Affidavit of Identity to have your name on the ballot in August for Precinct Delegate is this coming Tuesday, May 3rd. For more information, check out my post from last week here.
In the post by kos this morning, emaglive made a key point that deserves repeating:
The absolutely most direct impact of a failure to vote for the Democratic Nominee in November for any given voter, even if you are in a strong red or strong blue state, is that it weakens your future ability to nominate the candidate of your choice in the future.
So many people do not seem to understand that the Democratic party apportions delegates across states based on the votes for the Democratic Party nominee for President in the last Presidential election. So, the delegates apportioned this year are based on the 2012 General Election votes and the delegates in 2020 will be based on the General Election votes this year.
Every vote is important.
I joined my local Dem party to help pull my state party to the Left. This is how we do it—taking over from within.
MORE Posters Requested for MI Open Threads
I know you get tired of me begging. But it’s really more fun if we can do this as a group. Many thanks to DoReMI for pitching in as she does. Surely she is not the only other one with a commitment to rallying MI Kossacks…. Let me know in the comments or in a Kosmail when I can sign you up.
Anyone Else Attending the MDP “Legacy” Dinner, or the Women’s Caucus Luncheon, this Saturday?
Pipe up so we can connect while we’re there!
Please help us build this weekly Michigan thread so that it includes any information relevant to turning MI Blue again that you would like me to highlight. MI contributors are always welcome! You can reach me through kosmail at peregrine kate. Or say hi through email here: peregrinekate@gmail.com And please follow me on Twitter @peregrinekate
Please feel free to drop in on ANY State Open Thread! So far, we have these regulars:
Colorado: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Mountain
Michigan: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Eastern
North Carolina: Sundays, 1:00 PM Eastern