Events

Thursday Biden Signs - Lancaster
Pick up Campaign Signs at Lancaster HQ, Thursdays from 5 to 7PM.
Event Details  ·  Sep 24, 2020

Biden Signs Available
GET YOUR BIDEN SIGN THIS SATURDAY IN LANCASTER OR PICKERINGTON
Event Details  ·  Sep 26, 2020

Voter Registration Deadline For November Election
Voter Registration Deadline to vote in Presidential Election
Oct 5, 2020

Absentee Ballot Mail Out Begins
Absentee Ballot Mail out begins
Oct 6, 2020

Executive Committee Meeting
The September Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Democratic Party is Thursday September 17th at 7PM. It will be a ZOOM Meeting, information to follow
Event Details  ·  Oct 15, 2020

Election Day
Election Day - Vote at your polling place
Nov 3, 2020

News Articles

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: As the electorate gels, Trump's problems come to a head
Politico: ‘Everyone sees the train wreck coming’: Trump reveals his November endgame After more than four years of nonstop voter fraud claims and insinuations that he might not accept the election results, the president isn't keeping his intent a secret. After more than four years of...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

Friday Night Owls: Researchers in a Montana town find serious lasting effects from breathing smoke
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week At UnDark magazine, Katheryn Houghton writes—In Montana, Tracking Long-Term Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke: [...] Forest fires had funneled hazardous air into Seeley Lake, a [Montana] town of fewer than 2,000...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

The Republicans Are Taking Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court Seat, and They Won’t Let Us Grieve
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastEverything about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has felt wrong. I don’t mean surprising—she was an 87-year-old woman who had battled cancer multiple times and been hospitalized earlier this year; it’s not uncommon for people with that medical...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Sep 25, 2020  

Wall Street, Is Your Tax Cut More Important Than American Democracy?
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastOn the one hand, Donald Trump isn’t saying anything he didn’t say in 2016—I’ll respect the results if I win, and so on. On the other, though, there is one thing that’s very different: He’s president now. He wasn’t then. And when a...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

Court Shoots Down Trump’s Effort to End the Census Early, Deadline Extended to October 31
A federal court has ordered the Census Bureau to continue counting United States residents through October 31, reversing a move by the Trump administration to halt census outreach efforts on Sept. 30, NPR reports. To make up for delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Census Bureau had...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Sep 25, 2020  

Republicans Decry Slow Ballot Counts While Hampering Efforts to Speed Them Up
President Donald Trump has repeatedly outlined an election night scenario where one candidate appears to be leading in early returns, but might not be the winner once all votes are counted. It’s a way, he hopes, to wrap legally cast ballots that happen to be counted after election night in...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Sep 25, 2020  

A Walk in the Park – Memories of Lafayette Square, Then and Now
Ugh is right. Are we back in 1968 again? In a way. As Americans try to comprehend the magnitude of all that has transpired in the past week, I can only wish that history could repeat itself, a half-century after a profound personal experience that my memory links to current events. The setting...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Jun 7, 2020  

Help! My Boyfriend’s Best Friend Is Urging Him Not to Marry Me.
I think the next step is an ultimatum.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

Who’s Exercising?
Money laundering, getting COVID-19, and the exercise industry.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

One Black Lives Matter Protest in Rural New York Opens the Door to Change
Karen Rothmyer In the months since a Black Lives Matter protest in Catskill, N.Y., one of the march’s organizer has decided to run for office. Change is coming to the rural town. The post One Black Lives Matter Protest in Rural New York Opens the Door to Change appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think
Elie Mystal The problem with Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has nothing to do with her strongly held religious beliefs and everything to do with her right-wing Republican ones. The post Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Sep 25, 2020  

Trump says he wants 'friendly transition' but must be 'an honest vote'
President Trump maintained Friday night that he supports a "smooth, beautiful transition" of power after the November election but suggested that he may not quickly accept the results of the election, claiming that ...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Sep 26, 2020  

Federal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept.
A sitting federal prosecutor spoke out against Attorney General William Barr, saying he has "brought shame" on the Department of Justice (DOJ).
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Sep 26, 2020