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lpackard's Profile
@lpackard on Twitter, Small biz owner @Power_Thru: progressive/Democratic digital consultant, co-chair @Health Care Voter, founder @VoterRights, cancer survivor, was #BlockedByTrump.
Real Name: Laura Packard
Gender: female
Groups: Michigan, My Michigan, Voting Rights, 50 State Strategy Project
Twitter: lpackard
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lpackard
Diaries published: 16 (1501 days since last diary on Fri Apr 01, 2016 at 04:39 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 196 (621 days since last comment on Tue Aug 28, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: often
Total Recommends: 617
Total Comment Ratings: 300
Most Recommended Diary: Tonight I Met Al Gore, 224 comments, 188 recommends
People Following lpackard: 19
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UPDATE 4/5/16:
I delivered your signatures to the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. last week (photo on Facebook and Twitter), and the news just came out that the DOJ is going to investigate!
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In Maricopa County (Phoenix area)...
by lpackard
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on Fri Apr 01, 2016 at 04:39 PM PDT
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UPDATE 12/9/15: Great news! The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched an investigation into the closure or reduction in services at 34 drivers' license office in Alabama, "as part of the agency's responsibilities under Title VI of the Civil...
by lpackard
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on Mon Oct 05, 2015 at 11:16 AM PDT
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Update 10/10/15: Victory! Governor Brown signed AB 1461 the New Motor Voter Act into law today.
You may have heard about the voter suppression going on right now in Alabama. But there's potentially good news about voting rights, for a change--...
by lpackard
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on Sun Oct 04, 2015 at 12:01 PM PDT
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Running for office, or know somebody who is? As progressives, we need to make sure we use our time and money most effectively, since we don't have a lot of either to waste. Here's my thoughts on how ...
by lpackard
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on Wed Jul 23, 2014 at 11:59 AM PDT
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As a digital strategist and political consultant, I see political campaigns all the time that launch with critical pieces missing in their strategy. Then they get bad press, or no press. They fail ...
by lpackard
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on Fri Feb 28, 2014 at 04:16 PM PST
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This weekend, I hit the road as a volunteer with the Jim Martin for Senate campaign again as we toured Georgia by bus. You can read my previous ...
by lpackard
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on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 07:56 AM PST
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- Aimee Allison believes in living her politics and standing up for courageous, moral leadership. Speak with her for just a few minutes and it’s clear that she practices those same principles with a very clear goal in mind—elevating women of color to...11 comments 97 Recs
- ActBlue is a wonderful thing, as it allows you to gather together any number of individual Democratic candidate campaign funds onto a single donation page. Right after the 2016 disaster, I made a personal and lofty goal of trying to raise at least...40 comments 135 Recs
- Despicable Dean Heller is not going to get away with lying about his voting record. Heller, after happily giving his vote to Trump, voted YES to repeal the ACA, and this included repealing preexisting condition protections. The Nevada senator...8 comments 27 Recs
- 2019 Open Enrollment begins on November 1st (unless you live in California, then it starts on October 15th!). Yes, the news is depressing. Yes, it is easy to feel despair. Yes, rage, anger, outrage, and disbelief abound. And yes, there is a...1 comments 3 Recs
- Campaign Action Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins is rallying the right wing to push back against people-powered democracy in her home state. Mainers for Accountable Leadership, the Maine People's Alliance, and Be A Hero, founded by national health...24 comments 83 Recs
- Meet Laura Packard, healthcare voter, survivor. You might recall seeing her in 2017 during the healthcare debate when Republicans were voting to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. She told the story of her cancer journey in a video that went viral. She...15 comments 95 Recs
- Campaign Action In the wake of the initial spate of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, women in a variety of professions began speaking up about violations we’ve endured from male colleagues or superiors. The business...34 comments 55 Recs
- Many of you have heard the story of Laura Packard, a young woman who was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s disease last spring, and who has since become a powerful advocate for the Affordable Care Act, writing op-ed pieces for US News & World...32 comments 177 Recs
- Last night, Democrats made history with Doug Jones’ win in the Senate special election in Alabama. Going into the race, pundits across the board decided that black people were “unenthusiastic” and “uninspired” about Jones. To that end,...522 comments 466 Recs
- Helen Huynh and her family were devastated when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia this past February, one that required immediate chemotherapy until she could undergo a lifesaving stem cell transplant. Despite the grim news, there...168 comments 263 Recs
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