Democrats,
Over the past weekend, hundreds of Democrats joined us from Miami-Dade to Suwannee County to take part in our Weekend of Action, focused on registering voters and re-enrolling them in Vote-by-Mail. This comes a few days after we launched our Take Back Florida Coordinated Campaign with the hiring of Lisa Peth as Coordinated Campaign Director. Thank you, all the elected officials, DEC Chairs, and volunteers, who participated and made this weekend a success.
This weekend, we also give thanks to President Biden — who reminded us why he must remain the leader of the free world, acting swiftly to defend Israel’s security and condemn the unprecedented drone and missile attacks from Iran. We are grateful for his leadership and join calls for the passage of bipartisan national security funding to protect democracy at home and abroad.
This week, Democrats from across the state will have the opportunity to vote for Delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Delegates are elected by Congressional District (CD), and you can find the list of candidates and voting locations for your CD here. Make sure you get out and vote on either Thursday, April 18th for early voting or Saturday, April 20th on Election Day.
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Nikki Fried
Chair
Florida Democratic Party
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Leadership Blue
Tickets to this year’s Leadership Blue gala are selling quickly! Don’t miss out on our special pricing for DECs, Clubs and Caucuses! Act quickly as we only have 2 DEC Tables Left!
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You can learn more about the exciting weekend HERE. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please email finance@floridadems.org.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Volunteer at Leadership Blue
Sign up to volunteer with the Florida Democratic Party at Leadership Blue! We will be needing volunteers to work with our Voter Registration Director on all sorts of tasks from event registration, event space coordination & management, and more.
Thank you so much for joining our volunteer crew for Leadership Blue 2024 and helping us make this yearly event a success!
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This Week: District Level Delegate Elections
Thursday, April 18 (Early Voting)
Saturday, April 20 All Congressional Districts
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We are thrilled to have so many great Democrats running across our state to serve as Delegates to the Democratic National Convention. As registered Democrats in Florida, you have the opportunity to vote for these great candidates. They are listed on our website here. We encourage you to show up and vote in your Congressional District. Click on the link below to find the nearest voting location near you. You must vote in the congressional district you live in. Early voting will take place in some CDs on Thursday, April 18th and Election Day will be on Saturday, April 20th in all CDs. |
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In order to maintain compliance with Florida Statutes and FDP Bylaws, your DEC needs to submit documents to both your county Supervisor of Elections (SOE) office and the Florida Democratic Party.
Please review all of the below information for next year's compliance process. You can also see a breakdown of requirements and due dates here:
If your DEC failed to submit the compliance requirements below you must have them submitted to the Office of Party Affairs ASAP or risk being found out of compliance.
February 28, 2024: Current DEC bylaws showing the date they were approved or amended.
*Note: Counties should also be working on updating their bylaws to reflect the new way we will elect State Committee Members. View FDP Bylaws Here.
April 1, 2024: DEC Audit for 2023
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Voter Registration
NEW Unregistered Voter Targets in VAN
We have new unregistered voter targets in VAN. The Voter Registration team has started a guidance document on what these targets are, how to use these targets, and ways to pull them. It includes Unregistered Households and Unregistered Abortion Petition Signers so far. Click here to access
Additional Unregistered Voter Data
Our team is happy to connect your organization with CiviTech and MovementLabs for additional unregistered voter data and programming. CiviTech has data for unregistered college students across the state that is refreshed every two months. Email Kris for more information on how to purchase and how to use this data: kris@floridadems.org.
Voter Registration Phone Banks
Unregistered Voters Phone Banks COMING SOON
In partnership with Field Team 6, the FDP will be rolling out phone banks for left-leaning unregistered voters in every county. These will be rolled out beginning in April!
Inactive Democrats
You can access the Inactive Dems phone bank any day of the week from 10am to 8pm EST. We meet every Tuesday evening at 6pm EST for a brief training, should you need it, and to make calls together. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far!
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Organize with us! Join the Reach App!
Step 1: Click here to access your county link and download the Reach App
(Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6pm EST)
Host a Voter Registration Event
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Movement Labs
The FDP is thrilled to announce that our Democratic partners can now enroll with Movement Labs to secure a ~50% texting discount and access to a customized distributed texting portal!
This portal includes pre-built voter targets and scripts to make it simple and effective for campaigns to leverage the platform. Through Movement Labs, our partners can also access full-service and self-service texting. Texting through our portal begins at 1.25 cents/SMS segment & 3.375 cents/MMS message. Please note the sign-up process is 2 steps & you must complete a total of two forms:
Sign up Step 2: Complete one of the two 10DLC Forms below:
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Data/VAN Updates
- The latest voter file update went live in VAN on March 25th. VAN is now current with the voter file through 2/29/24.
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Check out our 2024 Data Hub here.
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Check out our VBM Update Schedule for the 2024 cycle for a breakdown of what data is being tracked via our statewide VBM activist code & the Early Voting bucket/module in VAN.
- Please make sure you are submitting any questions, inquiries, and requests to the data team using our Data Support Ticket.
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Sign up for our monthly VAN Basics/New User Training here.
- Sign up for our weekly Data Team Office Hours here if you have questions or screensharing needs!
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Run for Office
We are looking for a Congressional Candidate to run in CD-5, covering parts of Duval and St. Johns County. Qualifying deadline is Friday, April 26 so please reach out to danielle@floridadems.org ASAP!
We are also looking for state legislature candidates in uncontested districts that cover parts of or all of the following counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Lafayette, Liberty, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Jefferson, Leon, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Union, Alachua, Duval, Putnam, Clay, St. Johns, Marion, Lake, Indian River, Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Martin, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Volusia, Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
You can send any questions about running for office to our Director of Candidates and Campaigns at danielle@floridadems.org.
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NDTC + Florida Democratic Party
The National Democratic Training Committee is excited to partner with the Florida Democratic Party to provide FREE training to Democratic candidates, campaign staff, and local leaders.
As the largest Democratic campaign training organization in the nation, we have trained more Democrats on how to win elections and build long-term power than any other organization.
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