We’d like to thank all who attended LAD’s “Know Your Ballot” meeting last week. We saw many of the familiar faces and a few new ones and are gratified that so many citizens showed up to learn more about ballot issues (2A and Prop 103) in the upcoming election (Nov. 1).

PLEASE VOTE! This election is important, and every vote counts. Along with 2A and Prop 103, Longmont will be deciding its Mayor, 3 city council seats (At-Large, Ward 1, Ward 3), School Board Candidates, and Term Limits for Boulder County Sheriff.

For more information about Prop 103, go to voteyeson103.com

For more information about Ballot Question 2A, go to longmontsfuture.com

WE RECEIVED GREAT NEWS last night as it was decided by Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall, after careful consideration and our county’s attorney looking over the written ruling, that mail-in ballots will be mailed afterall to voters designated as “inactive failed to vote” voters. You will recall that the original decision came from our Secretary of State Scott Gessler, to interpret a Colorado statute to mean that those who did not vote last year, would not get a mail-in ballot this year. A Denver County Clerk tried to send out ballots anyway, so Gessler filed an injunction. On October 7, a judge refused to issue the injunction, thus prompting Hall’s due diligence and ultimate decision to mail the ballots.

Phew!

So please look for your ballot in the mail and we recommend mailing that ballot back no later than October 25. You can also drop off your ballot in person up until Election Day on November 1 at the Boulder County Clerk’s Office, 529 Coffman, Longmont. The following hours are available during this election cycle.  Please bring ID:
October 17-21:  8am to 6 pm
October 24-25:  8am to 6pm
October 26-28:  8am to 6pm
October 29:  9am to 3pm (drive thru also available on 500 block of Terry St. during these hours)
October 31:  8am to 6pm (drive thru also available during these hours)
Nov 1 (ELECTION DAY):  7am to 7pm (drive thru also available during these hours)

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This is an exciting time: you’ve probably received your ballots for the upcoming election November 1, our Membership Drive lasts until November 30,  and great reports from Occupy Wall Street.

BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED!

(If you have not received your mail-in ballot, contact the Boulder County Clerk at 303/413-7710)

Please be sure to mail your ballot no later than October 25. You can also drop off your ballot up until Tuesday, November 1 at the Boulder County Clerk’s Office, 529 Coffman, Longmont. The following hours are available during this election cycle.  Please bring ID:
October 17-21:  8am to 6 pm
October 24-25:  8am to 6pm
October 26-28:  8am to 6pm
October 29:  9am to 3pm (drive thru also available on 500 block of Terry St. during these hours)
October 31:  8am to 6pm (drive thru also available during these hours)
Nov 1 (ELECTION DAY):  7am to 7pm (drive thru also available during these hours)

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE!

If you’d like to join LAD, please contact our Treasurer, Richard Juday at: rjpol@prodigy.net Our Membership Drive special is $25 for programs for the rest of 2011 — and all of 2012 ($45 for dual memberships). (normal annual rate is $20 / $40 for dual membership)

To read our post about our Membership Drive please click here.

OCCUPY WALL STREET!

We rallied on Main Street on Monday, October 3, in support of the citizens peacefully and effectively protesting the corruption of Wall Street in New York City, and 27 people showed up here on 7th and Main Street in Longmont. Satellite rallies were taking place on that Monday in 53 cities across the US, including Denver. This week, on Monday, October 10, we rallied again and 110 people showed up! CBS4 did two reports, The Times-Call covered it as well, and the satellite rallies are now occurring in an estimated 1300 cities in the US.

Show us what DEMOCRACY looks like? THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

And the Occupy Movement shows no sign of stopping. What does Occupy Wall Street mean to you? Whether it is overturning Citizens United, ensuring publicly financed campaigns, comprehensive immigration reform, universal healthcare, putting real security back into Social Security, protecting Medicare, protecting against voter suppression, or fortifying public education, one thing is clear about this movement: it’s real. It’s not propped up by Koch Brothers money, the Occupy movement’s true commodity is people power.

Please come rally in support of this historic movement this Monday, October 17, from 5-6:30 pm at 7th and Main. (We’ll open up 723 Main St. so you can gather and make signs around 4 pm.) Come to support democracy, the very best thing our country was founded upon. Come if you’ve been disillusioned, tired of working harder for less, or unable to find a job at all. Carry a sign you’ve made that speaks to what you believe this movement means. Come to speak to other committed individuals about truly participating. We aren’t a serious bunch — we can be quite fun actually — but we are serious about the country that we love.

See you there!

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