Albemarle County Democrats (Virginia)
Supporting Democrats in Albemarle County, Virginia
The 5th district democratic candidates got together on May 31st to answer questions on a variety of topics. Don’t worry if you missed it! Here is the forum in its entirety as well as some clips from it:
The Whole Shebang
And here is a list of the forum highlights:
Military Spending
Who Should You Vote For?
The Campaign Trail
How to Protect Consumers
Women’s Issues
Miss the Saturday Democratic breakfast? Don’t worry, we recorded it. Here is the 5th District Congressional Candidates, John Lesinski, RD Huffstetler, Claire Russo, and Cameron Webb discussing campaigning during the pandemic:
The time for Virginia to choose the delegates it’ll send to this summer’s Democratic National Convention is fast approaching, and now is your chance to get involved. Here’s the key information, straight from the state Democratic party, about how to participate in the caucuses in April and the District convention slated for early May:
In light of the Governor’s orders regarding social gatherings, the State Party is cancelling all in-person caucuses. This decision applies to both Assembled and Unassembled Caucuses. DPVA Staff will be working with each local chair to administer an online unassembled caucus.
DPVA has released a singular Call to Caucus that will apply to every locality in Virginia and supersedes any Calls to Caucus that have already been released. Please visit vademocrats.org/delegateselection for information on the new process.
Within the call, we will have a singular pre-filing form that all individuals interested in being a State Delegate or Alternate will need to fill out in order to be on the ballot. If your filing isn’t received by DPVA staff, you will not be considered to be on the ballot. FILINGS HAVE TO BE RECEIVED BY 5:00PM ON APRIL 9TH TO BE ACCEPTED.
Additionally, ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAUCUS WILL NEED TO PRE-FILE AS WELL. That means that if you’d like to vote in the caucuses, you need to file with the State Party. This must be done in order to conduct the election virtually and is an important step to ensure that anybody who wants to participate in the caucuses has a chance to do so.
As with most caucuses, if there aren’t more candidates than positions to fill, the caucus will be cancelled. DPVA Staff will be available through the Voter Protection Hotline to assist anyone who has difficulty with the online form. The number for the Hotline Number is 844-4VA-VOTE, or 804-482-8683.
In short, the caucuses are going virtual! To take part, you need to sign up online by April 9.
