Check out the winners’ artwork for the Ypsilanti Community Schools “Mask Up Ypsi” contest: Makayla, 12th grade Ali, 10th grade Tai, 2nd grade Angel, 4th grade
The January 2021 General Membership Meeting focused on lessons learned from the recent general election. The meeting featured a number of guest speakers and opportunities for attendees to ask questions and make comments. There are four clips available from the...
Focus: keeping our small businesses alive. On Monday Dec. 4 at 6:30 pm, Rep. Peterson will be joined by Todd Cook, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, and Shawn Preissle, Senior Business Consultant for the Michigan...
The Michigan Dems are looking for an intern to assist with training and party affairs. Duties will include working with local unit and caucus MDP chairs, assisting in the development and implementation of a statewide activist and volunteer training program,...
Here is Rep. Lasinski’s statement: “While much of the news is focused on baseless accusations of “election fraud” and the refusal to acknowledge the results of our presidential election, I wanted to share some good news. I have been chosen by my colleagues...
The bi-partisan Washtenaw County Board of Canvassers completed and certified the canvass of the November 3, 2020 General Election on Thursday, November 12. Official election results can be found at Washtenaw.org/Elections. The Washtenaw County Board of Canvassers...
Pursuant to the rules and bylaws of the Washtenaw County Democratic Party (WCDP) and the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) and as previously noticed in a previous newsletter, the WCDP will hold its November County Convention beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 23rd...
From the Chair: In 2018, in the midst of a very busy day on Election Day, I found myself with a bit of free time, so I took a shift as a poll greeter handing out slate cards. It was cold. It was raining. It was windy. And it was also the most enjoyable thing I did the...
Bylaw changes will be proposed at the General Membership Meeting taking place on Saturday, November 7 at 9:30 a.m. In order to participate in this meeting, you will need to have been a member of the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) for at least 30 days. That means the...
The Biden Campaign has decided that we can do a more traditional GOTV campaign with doorknocking, and they are hosting a series of webinar/calls to share their new strategy with Washtenaw volunteers. If you’re not busy getting out the Voter Guide, or once...
The Washtenaw County Democratic Party held its final endorsement meeting via Zoom on Monday, September 21st to endorse additional candidates for the November 2020 General Election. Here is the final 2020 WCDP endorsement list: Candidates endorsed by the WCDP –...
Zoom meeting to endorse Joe Biden & Kamala Harris At our Endorsement Meeting on August 11th, WCDP members voted to endorse all Democratic Party candidates who had won their primaries and had asked for our endorsement. However, we neglected to include Joe Biden and...
