Monday, November 08, 2004
News and correction on CC mtg
From: "Sarah Swisher"
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Challenge Ballots
Well, it has been a very busy week for the Johnson County Democrats.Â
We have been keeping vigil at the Auditorâs Office monitoring the
challenge and provisional votes. Emily Silliman, Dale Shultz and Brian
Flaherty have managed to observe during all counting and challenge
board hours. The County Republican Party has been very difficult, even
challenging disabled folks because their signatures were printed or
hard to read.  Look for Ms. Sillimanâs op-ed in an upcoming PC.
 Between these three great volunteers we have covered 36 hours of
observation. Today the Auditor will be reconsidering more of the
challenges before the canvass of the votes proceeds tomorrow. Look to
the website for final challenge results.
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Next CC Meeting
I must apologize if I have been out of touch. I left town Friday to
take Riley Jeanne (Garyâs and my youngest) out of town for her 12th
birthday. I turned off the cell and did not check email for three days
this weekend so I didnât catch it when some officers beagn to wonder
about the upcoming Central Committee Meeting. There will be no CC
Meeting in November. When I first became an officer on the CC when
David Tingwald was Chair it was his tradition to not meet the month
after the election. I am going to reinstate that tradition and suggest
that the December meeting should be a dinner meeting with a special
guest. In order to accommodate that special guest the meeting may not
be on the usual Wednesday in December. A weeks notice will be
provided. I will be in DC the 10th through the 17th this month. Please
contact Vice Chair Redlawsk with questions or concerns.
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The next executive committee meeting will be Sunday, November 21st at
7PM at The Mill in Iowa City.Â
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County Results
Jeff Fields kindly tallied the County Results. We did an outstanding
job in Johnson County and what is not included in his tally is that 45
JC Volunteers left the County on Election Day to travel to Jones,
Cedar, Muscatine, Louisa and Washington Counties. This was the perfect
end to the Neighbor to Neighbor program where JC Dems logged in 17
walks and or phone banks for state leg candidates outside of our
county.
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⢠we increased voter registration by 11,000 since 2000 (10,000 since
2002),
⢠65,607 people voted in this election (53,299 in 2000)
⢠we achieved 75% voter turnout (60% nationally)
⢠early voters made up 45% of the total votes (39.12% in 2000)
⢠we won Johnson County for Kerry by 18,144 votes.
⢠the Iowa Senate is now tied 25 D's to 25 R's
⢠the Iowa House is now 49 D's to 51 R's
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