Left In Lowell

I’ve had some responses (both in comments and via email) about working the Democratic caucuses for Deval Patrick, which is very encouraging. A few questions keep coming up, so I thought I would address them.

First, if you are unsure if you’re registered to vote where you live, or don’t know if you’re listed as a Democrat, you want to call the Election and Census Commission at Lowell City Hall or go in and visit. Here’s the info:

Election and Census Commission
375 Merrimack Street
Basement, Room 5
Lowell, MA 01852

(978) 970-4046, voice
Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. (EST) - 5:00 P.M. (EST), Monday through Friday
closed on City of Lowell government holidays

Remember: You must be registered as a Democrat by December 30th!
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In regards to more info about running as a delegate: really, there’s nothing much more to it than ensuring you’re registered as a Democrat at your current residence, finding as many friends and supporters in your ward as you can to come and vote for you and the rest of the people running as Deval delegates, and then showing up in early February at the caucus for your ward (the date as I understand it is TBD, but has to be announced publicly beforehand, and we’ll have all the ward caucus locations for you too). And other people will pitch in on finding registered Dems to vote for you; you won’t have to do that all by your lonesome! Also, if your friends are in another ward, great! We can plug them into their ward’s Deval delegate “slate” (the name for the group of people running as delegates supporting the same candidate).

Next week’s Drinking Liberally is cancelled (might as well make the official announcement now) on account I’ll be recovering from Christmas with the family (as I imagine many of you will, also) so you should come to the next one, January 2nd, 7:30 pm at the Brewery Exchange. We’ll be talking about the candidates for the various races and we can answer any questions you have about the caucuses. (By the way, I recommend getting on the very-low-volume Drinking Liberally Lowell mailing list here; in case winter storms force us to cancel and whatnot.)

If you are interested in becoming a delegate for Deval Patrick at the February caucuses, please email me (lynne -at- leftinlowell.com) with your name, address (and ward if you know it, don’t worry if you don’t!), and phone #, and I will start compiling a list. Don’t worry, your information will remain private and available only to me and maybe a trusted fellow organizer or two.