Time to Request those Ballots!

We are hitting the pause button – again. We have decided to pause our social events as the Omicron variant arrives in SMA. We appreciate your support of this difficult decision, but our front line workers deserve our caution.

2022 is Here! Don’t delay in Registering or Requesting Your Ballot. Make it a New Year’s resolution to do it this month. Just imagine how good you will feel to have this task behind you!

How to do it? Go to VoteFromAbroad.org and follow the prompts. 

If you would like assistance we have 2 options! We will be holding a Zoom help session on January 15th. Click HERE to RSVP & get your Zoom link.

Visit us at our Voter Help Office @ Ancha de San Antonio #10 and we will help you. All safety protocols will be followed.

Attention Texas Voters!

You have the first Primary, March 1st. Ballots should arrive in your email in-box on January 15th, but you need to get that ballot request in ASAP!

Join us for a special Zoom program on Protecting Democracy presented by the Lake Chapala Chapter. Democracy is fragile: Germany’s Weimar Republic, a brief case study. Discussion topic: strategies to fight for our voting rights and more in 2022. RSVP HERE to get Zoom link.

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Learn to phone bank for Dems Abroad!

What a cool way to connect with people all over the world! This is an important tool to make sure our members have requested their ballots and are voting. You can make a real difference as a phonebanker. Join a phonebanking training on January 11th at 12:30 pm – RSVP HERE! Our phone bank coordinator and board member, Larry Barber, is here to help you get started & offer support.

“Do more, worry less” was the title of Robert Hubbell’s newsletter yesterday. He is a favorite morning read, and I couldn’t agree more. And Jessica Craven, of Chop Wood, Carry Water was back with a call to action! Another evening/morning must read for me is Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American. They really help me start my day and inspire me. So as you start you day today – DO one MORE thing – get that ballot requested, and then you can worry less!

Take care & stay safe!
Hope Bradberry, Chapter Chair

What is Democrats Abroad? Democrats Abroad is the official arm of the US Democratic Party for Americans living outside the United States and its territories. We hold seats on the Democratic National Committee and send a voting delegation to our party’s national convention. Founded in 1964, Democrats Abroad has full country committees in 50 countries and has members in 160 countries around the world.

How to Join? We invite you to join Democrats Abroad at https://www.democratsabroad.org/join. 

How to Register to Vote or Request Your Absentee Ballot? Go to https://www.votefromabroad.org.

We are also here to answer questions! Email is at demsabroadsma@gmail.com! We want our members to know, that we are here in support of our membership and mission, to help U.S. citizens living abroad stay informed and exercise their right to vote and will continue to do so in future U.S. elections.