Operation Turn DuPage Blue Newsletter
                                     
PRIMARIES, PIZZA AND PRECINCTS!
January 10-18, 2008
breakfast 9:00 A.M. THIS SATURDAY Jan 12th! SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR DEM TOWNSHIPS MAKES US STRONGER! Please plan to be there.

Addison Township's Annual Legislative Breakfast

Empress Banquets, 200 E. Lake Street, Addison. All DuPage County Democratic candidates and Democratic state officers and elected officials have been invited. Please contact Gene Birmingham at genbirm@aol.com or  Art Remus 630-832-1525 or addison@dupagedemocrats.org to reserve your ticket(s). Donations are $20, $15 for seniors, and $10 for children.
In This Issue
Addison Breakfast
Take our Survey
Liberty and Free Pizza for all
Upcoming Events
survey guy We'd still like to hear your thoughts on the state and future of Democratic politics in DuPage! Click on the icon above.
Dupage County Tax Referendum?Dupage Tax referendum?
(No calls from PETA, please!)   :-))
 
pizza party 
Nearly 80 people turned out at John's Pizzeria last Tuesday to eat pizza and prepare to work their precincts! Many folks offered tips and first-hand accounts of the value of getting to know your voters.Thanks to our guest from Elk Grove Township, Kent Kirkwood and thanks to all of you who came to the standing-room-only event. Most of our 33 write-in candidates picked up materials but those who didn't will be hearing from us soon! The outstanding precincts at this time are: Addison 43, 60, Milton 60, 17, 18 and 109, Lisle 53, 56 and 57 and Downers Grove 11 and 128.

FOR ALL PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN: Keep your eyes out in the next few days for a new feature on our website
A PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN'S TOOL KIT which will include:
Sample letters to your voters, sample scripts, candidate coffee instructions and invitations, ways to order business and volunteer commitment cards and much much more!
UCOMING What's Happening Jan 11-18
Grace Period Voting

January 12th Addison Legislative Breakfast 9 a.m. Empress Banquets Addison 200 E Lake Street $20

NOW THROUGH JAN 22  Grace period voting at the Election Commission call 630-407-5600

January 12th  1-4 pm  Preparing for the 2008 Elections!
Join a Town Hall meeting to talk about preparing for the 2008 Presidential Elections, political process education, voters registration and candidates information. For more information, contact Naim Mansour, (312) 506-0070  Islamic Foundation, 300 W. Highridge Rd., Villa Park, IL 60181

Jan 14th Early voting starts go to www.dupageelections.com
for more information. Absentee ballots applications can also be printed by going here
Applications must arrive by Jan 31st and mailed back with at the latest 2/4 (postmarked Feb 4th)

January 16th Bob Peickert speaks at Winfield Township 7:00 pm  at Bowling Green Center, 30W150 Roosevelt Rd, West Chicago, Il 60185

UPCOMING:
Jan 24th Bob speaks at Naperville
Jan 31st PollWatching Training with Marlene Tap and Illinois Ballot Integrity Project Helen Plum Library in Lombard 7:30
Feb 5th Election day
Feb 15....HOLD THIS DATE FOR A SPECIAL EVENT! (7-10 pm)
March 5th County Convention to elect new leadership to the DuPage Democrats