{news} training for 3d party election moderators 10/6 in Hartford

[Ronna Stuller]

This is a great idea.  Unfortunately, in New London, registrars are  
appointed (one by each major party), not elected.  Does anyone know of  
any other towns in CT with this quirk?

Ronna



On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:29 PM, David Bedell wrote:

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> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org I'm forwarding the  
> invitation below from Urania Petit via Martha Kelly.
> Urania is the Working Families Party registrar of voters in  
> Hartford. I
> agree with Martha that it's an excellent opportunity for anyone
> considering running for Registrar or working as a moderator in the
> future. I'd like to attend but am not free on October 6 for the
> training (or November 3 for the election).
>
> While many of us are not enthusiastic about the WFP's main raison
> d'etre, which seems to be cross-endorsing Democratic candidates,
> Urania's case is different. She was elected last year as a third-party
> candidate in her own right and now works as a complement to the  
> Democrat
> and Republican registrars in Hartford. We should be supportive of her
> and encourage the WFP to run more of their own candidates.
>
> Urania would like to see the Green Party run and elect more candidates
> for registrar of voters. There may be some seats open in 2010, but
> mainly in 2012, when I'd like to see us run serious campaigns in New
> Haven and Bridgeport, both cities where a Green could get elected by
> garnering more votes than the Republican candidate for registrar.
>
> David Bedell
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