DuPage Cty IL Voters--IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ!!!

[Norquist Nemesis]

Received this message from our DuPage Dems Chair...please pass on! Thanks! :)

TO ALL MEMBERS, CANDIDATES AND VARIOUS CONCERNED GROUPS:

WE NEED YOU TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND WE NEED YOUR FULL COOPERATION.

I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 PHONE CALLS CONCERNING LISTED POLLING PLACES ON THE "CARD" THAT ALL VOTERS ARE RECEIVING THROUGHOUT DUPAGE COUNTY.

#1 FIRST CALLER: RECEIVED 2 CARDS - EACH ONE LISTING A DIFFERENT POLLING PLACE. 1 LISTED THE "REGULAR" VOTING PLACE WHERE THIS PERSON HAS VOTED FOR MANY YEARS, THE OTHER LISTED A "DIFFERENT" POLLING PLACE.

#2 2ND CALLER: ONLY 1 CARD, LISTED A "NEW" POLLING PLACE, DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THEY HAVE VOTED HISTORICALLY. I HAD THIS PERSON CALL THE ELECTION COMMISSION THIS MORNING, AFTER AWHILE ON HOLD, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, "OH, THAT'S INCORRECT, YOU SHOULD VOTE IN YOUR "OLD" POLLING PLACE.

I AM ASKING EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES THIS MESSAGE TO "CHECK" THEIR CARD OR LETTER THAT THEY RECEIVE. IF YOU RECEIVE THE CARD, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD BY MR. SAAR, THAT IT INDICATES THAT YOU ARE VOTING AT THE "OLD" VOTING PLACE. IF YOUR POLLING PLACE WAS CHANGED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A LETTER INDICATING THE "NEW" POLLING PLACE.

IF YOU RECEIVE A CARD AND IT'S A "DIFFERENT POLLING PLACE"

#1 I NEED YOU TO CONTACT THE ELECTION COMMISSION AND CONFIRM WHAT YOUR "ACTUAL" POLLING IS. IF WHAT YOU REC'D IS CORRECT THEN THAT IS FINE.

#2 IF YOU CALL AND ARE TOLD THAT THE INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED IS "INCORRECT" , GET THE NAME OF THE POLLING PLACE YOU ARE TO GO VOTE AT.

#3 IF YOU "DID" RECEIVE WRONG INFORMATION AND THIS IS CONFIRMED "AFTER" YOU CALL THE ELECTION COMMISSION - PLEASE CALL THE CAMPAIGN OFFICE, [phone] AND ASK FOR DENISE ROSS. WE HAVE A LIST OF THE POLLING PLACES AND WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU REC'D THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

#4 IF YOU CALL AND SPEAK WITH DENISE, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. I WANT TO TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN "MISINFORMED" TO SEE IF WE NEED TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION.

THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND WE NEED YOUR FULL COOPERATION.

Thank you
Gayl Ferraro, Chair
Democratic Party of DuPage County

[skylarmae]

1. where did these cards originate?

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. DuPage County Elections Commission

Repub controlled, BTW.

[chiburb]

2. Thx for this, we'll be on the lookout! n/t

[hedda_foil]

3. Thanks. Just forwarded to my daughter in Naperville.

She and all her friends are Dems.

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. Hi Hedda! Also let her know about the meeting tonight, please

7:30 at City Hall. They're going to need people for things to help out on Tuesday. I'm going (first time).

Here's the info:

Hello Naperville Democrats -

It's hard to imagine that we're just days away from what may well be the most important election of our lifetime. To all of you who have worked tirelessly over the past months (years!), thank you. You are all an inspiration to those of us who are trying to grow the Democratic Party in Naperville.

But we have important races here in DuPage County as well - and we desperately need your help to sprint to the finish line on Tuesday. Tomorrow night is our final meeting before the election, and it is important we have as many people as possible show up.

Where: Naperville Municipal Building (400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, across from Naper Settlement). Ground floor, look for signs in the building.
When: 7:30pm, Thursday, October 28 (that's tomorrow!)

(After the meeting, several of us will head to the Red Door Tavern for a few beers; please join us!)

Here's what we will cover:

* Final chance to meet our candidates
* Poll watchers: we will assign poll watching duties for each polling place in Naperville (we will have credentials at the meeting)
* Final shipment of Kerry/Edwards yard signs. For those who've asked recently, we apologize for the delay. But demand has greatly exceeded supply! We have 60 signs to distribute tomorrow night. We need these to be at polling places on Tuesday, but there's no reason they can't be in yards throughout Naperville before then! (But if you do take a sign, please arrange with us tomorrow night to have your sign at a polling place Tuesday morning.)
* Final precinct updates: we've made tremendous progress since our last meeting knocking on thousands of doors, but there's still work to be done. If you have time this weekend, consider volunteering to help cover one of the remaining few precincts that doesn't yet have a precinct captain.
* Finance update: we've done a great job building a fundraising foundation for the group; we'll fill you in on what we've done to date and what our goals are moving forward.

Finally, we'll discuss plans for our largest party yet (it'll be in December). How much we are celebrating depends in part on how much we can do between now and Tuesday - so please come by tomorrow night and help us turn Naperville BLUE!

We're almost there - imagine the newspaper articles we'll see when we get our local candidates elected, and demonstrate how far the Democratic party has come in such a short period of time. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night!

Regards,

Rick


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Rick Klau
Chair, Naperville Township Democratic Organization
http://www.napervilledemocrats.org/