Remember when I wrote about the Florida State Party withholding the VAN List (Voter Activation Network List) from their candidates?
That would be the candidates the 140 District Project worked so hard to get to run. They recruited candidates to run in EVERY state legislative district, an historic achievement. They did it without the Parties help and guess what? The Party still isn’t helping!
Even now that a big state politician (Nikki Fried) has stepped up and said that she would pay for the list for everyone, the FL Party still isn’t giving it up. They want candidates to make 250 calls from the Party’s list before they give them their own VAN list.
They want candidates to make calls encouraging folks to vote by mail. The calls might or might not be in the candidates districts. Why make the candidates do this kind of slave labor? Why not hire college kids? High school kids? 10 year olds?
Don’t get me wrong, the candidates want to make calls, they want to activate voters. They just prefer to activate voters in their own districts. How can they activate voters if the Party won’t give them the list?
Why would Florida want to activate their voters? The #1 reason would be to get folks out to vote for the Democratic Presidential nominee. What is up with the Florida Democratic Party? Don’t they want a Democratic President? Do they work for the Republican Party or are their heads just up their asses? Whatever the reason this is why Democrats lose all the damn time!
I can’t figure it out. Maybe you could help by asking the Party officials why they aren’t helping their own candidates.
TERRIE RIZZO — FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR — (850) 222-3411
JUAN PEÑALOSA — EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — (850) 222-3411
Rosy Gonzalez-Speers — Senior Advisor — (850) 222-3411