Dem convention: We Got Pictures!

Click the pictures below to see an album of pictures from Convention! Feel free to comment on the pix. It was a great time and we did some great work.

West River Dems played big roles: our very own Linda Lea Viken was co-chair of the Convention; and of course Cheryl Chapman is State Vice-Chair. Many more of us were there pitching in and making it a great success.

SD Dem Convention

Delegates Selected
The following delegates were selected by the State Central Committee directly after the convention was adjourned:

* Unpledged At Large Delegate—Mark Anderson, Sioux Falls
* Elected Obama Delegate—Juanita Lentz, Watertown
* Elected Clinton Delegate—Cecilia Fire Thunder, Bennett County
* Clinton At Large Delegate—Bill Nibbelink, Flandreau
* Clinton At Large Delegate—Kay Solberg, Watertwon
* Obama At Large Delegate—Martin Yeung, Rapid City
* Clinton At Large Alternate—Liz Himmel-Roberts, Hartford

[PenDems (90)] PenDemorandum for June 22

PenDemoranda Of Summer



LAST CHANCE!!
If you plan to attend the 2008 Democratic State Convention at Cedar Shores Resort in Oacoma this week, there is still time to register. Email jblume21-at-gmail.com or call and leave your name and number with PenDems at 721-1636.
Convention begins this Friday morning.

EVENTFUL
Do you know of an event that Democratic candidates should attend? Please let us know by calling 721-1636 or emailing democrats-at-pendem.org.

CAMPAIGN ON!
With the opening of offices for Sen. Johnson, Rep. Herseth Sandlin, the coordinated statewide campaign, and races for all our local legislative seats, the need for volunteers is upon us. Whether you want to get your exercise walking door to door or would rather answer phones or input data, we have jobs for volunteers. Call 721-1636 or email democrats-at-pendem.org, and a campaign volunteer or staffer will help you find the best fit for your time and talents.

TUESDAY EDUCATION FORUM
Leaders and elected officials of the S.D. Democratic Party will hold public meetings on South Dakota's education and energy development potential on Tuesday evening in Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Huron. The one in Rapid City is on a topic that will be key in our West River elections, South Dakota education. All are invited to come and contribute to the discussion.
Tue, June 24, Journey Museum Theatre, 5:30 pm
http://www.qurl.com/28tk4

JOIN THE PARADE THIS SATURDAY
Kick off more than a week of Independence Day festivities by joining Democrats and Democratic Candidates in the Parade of Presidents Saturday, June 28. We'll be handing out flags to kids. We will gather at 8 am, staging is along 100 to 400 Main St (near the County Courthouse)

Heritage Fest Help Needed, July 3-6
Mark your calendars for the Heritage Festival! We will need folks to help cover the booth and get our message out that it's time to send more Democrats to Pierre!
Please sign up here, email democrats-at-pendem.org, or call 721-1636.

We Got Pictures: Rock The Vote
We had a fun night on June 14 and hope to do it again before the summer is out! The pictures don't do the volume and fun justice! Thank you Johanna, Erin, Edie, Suzanne and all others that made this such a great event, it was a great time and... we registered Democrats!
http://www.qurl.com/5d7rg

Democrats hold public meetings Tuesday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2008

Democrats hold public meetings Tuesday on education and energy

SIOUX FALLS - Leaders and elected officials of the S.D. Democratic Party will hold public meetings on South Dakota's education and energy development potential on Tuesday evening in Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Huron.

Jack Billion, chair of the S.D. Democratic Party, said the meetings are designed to offer ideas and to get the public's input. The information gathered at the meetings will be forwarded to delegates meeting June 26-28 at the S.D. Democratic Party State Convention at Cedar Shore Resort & Convention Center in Oacoma.

"These public meetings are important to give experts and citizens alike the opportunity to share ideas and discuss suggestions to make our state a better place to live and make a living," Billion said.

The meeting topics, locations and times are as follows:

• Education: What's right for South Dakota's future - Sioux Falls. The meeting will be held 6-8 p.m. on the top floor meeting room of the Downtown Holiday Inn City Centre.
  
• Renewable Energy & South Dakota's New Economy - Huron. The meeting, conducted by Rep. Dale Hargens, D-Miller, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Library Room of the Crossroads Hotel & Convention Center.
  
• Education: State of Education in South Dakota - Rapid City. The meeting will be held 5:30 p.m. in the theater at the Journey Museum.

Final national convention delegates - Application form attached

From: Richard A. Hauffe
Date: Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:05 AM
To: South Dakota Democratic Party

The second and final round of delegate selection for six delegate positions and one alternate position will take place Saturday afternoon, June 28, by the S.D. Democratic Party State Central Committee at Cedar Shore Resort & Convention Center.

The deadline for applications for these positions must be received by noon Friday, June 13, at the S.D. Democratic Party office, P.O. Box 1485, Sioux Falls, SD 57101 (street address is 309 W. 43rd Street - Suite 107, Sioux Falls, SD 57105).

Due to the result of Tuesday's primary election, Hillary Clinton received six district-level delegates plus two alternates and Barack Obama received four delegates plus one alternate. These delegates and alternates were chosen in Pierre at the state caucus and their names appeared in rank order on the primary ballot. In the final round June 28, Clinton will receive an additional three pledged delegates and one alternate and Obama will receive two pledged delegates.

Here are the positions that are available and how they must be pledged:

- Three committed at-large delegates - Two positions must be pledged to Hillary Clinton and one to Barack Obama.

- One at-large alternate - Must be pledged to Hillary Clinton.

- Two pledged Party Leader & Elected Official delegate positions - One must be pledged to Hillary Clinton and one must be pledged to Barack Obama. People who qualify as "Party Leaders & Elected Officials" must be Democrats who hold elected office in South Dakota or who hold official party office positions, such as chair, vice chair to precinct committee woman and man.

- One unpledged add-on delegate - This position is nominated from the floor by the State Chair and the State Central Committee. If you want to be considered for nomination, you may select unpledged add-on delegate on the form or you may contact a member of the State Central Committee.

Delegate application forms have been in circulation among local party officials, campaigns and others. Please forward copies to registered Democrats who express an interest in competing to receive any of these remaining positions.

Here are a few important notes:

* The State Central Committee is not the same entity as Delegates to the State Democratic Party Convention, (please fill out and send in that form [PDF, 118K]) which also meets June 26-28 at Cedar Shore Resort. The State Central Committee is comprised of the chair, vice chair, state central committee woman and state central committee man in each organized county of South Dakota.

* The vote by the Central Committee on these positions is based on a "weighted vote," according to Democratic National Committee rules. This means each county party votes a strength based on the number of votes received in 2006 by the Democratic governor candidate. The counties which posted the highest number of votes in 2006 will have the greatest portion of weighted votes (i.e., Minnehaha, Pennington, Brown counties).

* The weighted vote of each county may be divided according to the number of central committee members from the county are present. For example, if Aurora County cast 1,000 votes for the Democratic candidate for governor in 2006, and only two members of the county's central committee delegation attend the meeting June 28, the vote may be split according to the members present. In other words, one member can cast 500 votes for one candidate and the other member can cast 500 votes for the other candidate. There is no proxy voting in Central Committee meetings and there is no secret ballot.

* The Obama and Clinton campaigns have the right to discard applications submitted for their respective pledged delegate/alternate positions prior to the June 28 meeting. This means if the presidential primary campaign's representatives tells the State Central Committee that only three names out of all the applicants may be considered for the pledged positions available, the Central Committee may only vote on the approved names.

* A bias will be implemented by the State Central Committee's selections on June 28 so that South Dakota will meet its affirmative action goals which are established in the 2008 Delegate Selection Plan. Some of those goals were achieved in the selection June 3 achieved with the 10 district delegates. The remaining goals MUST be the result from the June 28 selection - a 50/50 gender balance (realizing there will be 23 delegates), one disabled person, one Native American person, and one person from the
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender population.

The attachment (PDF, 378K) is the form for delegate/alternate positions which will be chosen June 28.

Best wishes,
Rick

Richard A. Hauffe
Executive Director
South Dakota Democratic Party
Post Office Box 1485
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57101-1485
Office Phone 605.271.5405
Cellular Phone 605.759.7499
Email rhauffe@sio.midco.net

[PenDems (86)] A word from Cheryl

Dear Friends,

Voices from Rapid City Democrats opened the national CBS radio news on Tuesday night. These voices spoke what we know is true—Pennington County and South Dakota Democrats are the winners in having this historic presidential primary contested down to the wire in our state. Our competition has been of the best of intentions and respectful at every turn. We can be proud of our primary process—and we can reap the benefits of hundreds of more Democrats registered and ready to work for change in South Dakota.

With the June 3rd primary behind us, we will unite in our passion for re-electing Senator Tim Johnson and Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. We will work to elect a new Democratic President and we will win a Democratic majority in our State Senate and break the two-thirds stronghold in the State House. Working together we will change the debate in South Dakota and bring new leadership for our future.

Our momentum must continue. We can catch our breath, but let us re-double our efforts to bring two-party government to South Dakota!

I look forward to working together over the next several months. Won't you join us? Write to chair@pendem.org or call 484-0334.

Cheryl Chapman, Chair
Pennington County Democratic party

  
    

[PenDems (85)] Election day!

Voting Information

Time for GOTV (including getting ourselves out to vote too!)
- PenDems can vote Monday 8-5 at the County Courthouse:
  http://qurl.com/zk9hz
- Find where to vote and sample ballots:
  http://qurl.com/mym34
- County-specific voting info on West River Blue:
  http://qurl.com/9v9zj

If you need help voting: contact your county auditor,
email democrats@pendem.org, or contact one of the Presidential
primary offices:  Hillary: 605-281-0393  Obama: 605-399-2008
 

We got pictures!
The Coordinated Campaign's blog, Badlands Blue, has updates,
and fun pictures and stories of West River Presidential candidate
visits at the blog Badlands Blue.
We appreciate their supporting this blog and invite all SD Dems
to read, comment and post!
http://badlandsblue.com

Tue June 3 Primary Night Party, 6:30p-10p at Dublin Square
Watch South Dakota returns on the big screen with fellow Dems.
Munchies, no-host bar. The suggested $7.50 donation (and
anything above) will help cover the munchie costs and also
support our great PenDem candidates. See you there!
http://www.democrats.org/page/event/detail/4vhz7


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[PenDems (84)] PenDem Voice Newsletter online

The save-a-tree version of the PenDem Voice is online here:

http://rap.midco.net/cprice/post/PenDemVoiceJuneJuly08.pdf

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[PenDems (83)] Primary 2008

PenDemorandum
Primary 2008 Edition

New PenDem Newsletter Online!
June 2008 issue
Download it now:  qurl.com/fn66s

Voting Information
Time for GOTV (including getting ourselves out to vote too!)
- PenDems can vote Monday 8-5 at the County Courthouse:
  http://qurl.com/zk9hz
- Find where to vote and sample ballots:
  http://qurl.com/mym34
- County-specific voting info on West River Blue:
  http://qurl.com/9v9zj

If you need help voting: contact your county auditor,
email democrats@pendem.org, or contact one of the Presidential
primary offices:  Hillary: 605-281-0393  Obama: 605-399-2008
 
Mon June 2 Hillary at Tally's Downtown 8:30 am
Come Join Senator Hillary Clinton for a
"Solutions for Securing South Dakota's Future" Event!
Doors Open at 8:30AM, event begins at 10:00AM
Tally's Restaurant, 530 Sixth St, Rapid City, SD

Obama Campaign June 2-3
You can read about Obama's weekend Rapid City stop here:
www.badlandsblue.com
PenDem Ida Fast Wolf gave a wonderful introduction!
The Rapid City team wants your help to get supporters
and all Dems to the polls!
Obama Campaign Rapid City Office: 605-399-2008

Tue June 3 Honk and Wave For Hillary
11:00AM-1:00PM, 4:00PM-7:00PM
Come down to our West River HQ and we'll send you out
to Jackson Blvd and other key locations across the city
so you can encourage fellow South Dakotans to vote for Hillary!
Be a champion for Hillary like she is for us!
2020 Jackson Blvd, Suite 4, Rapid City, SD

Tue June 3 Primary Night Party, 6:30p-10p at Dublin Square
Watch South Dakota returns on the big screen with fellow Dems.
Munchies, no-host bar. The suggested $7.50 donation will cover
costs and and supports local candidates.
http://www.democrats.org/page/event/detail/4vhz7

Fri June 6: First Friday Forum at Radisson 11:30a - 1p
Steve Kolbeck, vice chairman of the Public Utilities Commission,
will be the speaker at First Friday Forum, noon, Friday, June 6, at
the Radisson Hotel in Rapid City. Cost of lunch $12.
For more information contact: 
Jane Murphy, (605) 347-8937  Nadine Thomas, (605) 391-2762
http://www.democrats.org/page/event/detail/4vhcb

June 26-28: Dem State Convention
Please sign up now now. Early birds get a better chance
to get on the committee they want to be on!
YOU MUST REGISTER BY JUNE 16!
Download the registration form, fill it out, and mail it in:
http://qurl.com/7qq4k

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