Fwd: Become a precinct committee officer AND Seth Fleetwood RUNS FOR STATE SENATE!

Democrat Greg Haffner's plea to sign up to run as a Precinct Committee Officer for your local precinct is far below.  Pictured immediately below are the Bellingham Precincts and a GIS map of property lots in Bellingham overlaid with Bellingham Precincts. Click to enlarge this image.

There are currently 87 precincts in Bellingham with vacant PCOs (See the list below).  Yes! 87 precincts in Bellingham currently have no Precinct Committee Officer according to Whatcom County Democrats!  Do you want to make a difference in the next election? Then you need to "submit a Declaration of Candidacy to your County Auditor between May 12th and May 16th." See links below  and Greg Haffner's letter on how to do this.

Having these precincts activated will be especially important for the 42nd  LD State Senate race between incumbent Doug Ericksen(R) and Seth Fleetwood(D).  The 42nd precinct extends through downtown Bellingham and contains 33 Bellingham 200 series precincts.  Activating those precincts will be a key part of any Democratic win in the 42nd LD.

Some important links

https://wei.sos.wa.gov/county/whatcom/en/Pages/default.aspx  Whatcom County Election Page
https://wei.sos.wa.gov/county/whatcom/en/CandidateInfo/Pages/PCO-Information.aspx WC PCO Info
http://documents.co.whatcom.wa.us/weblink8/browse.aspx?startid=2937976&&dbid=100 BHAM Prcnts MAPS
http://www.cob.org/services/maps/gis/index.aspx COB GIS
http://www.whatcomdemocrats.com/content/precinct-committee-officers-pcos Current Committee Officers
http://wa40dems.org/pages/pco.html  40th LD web page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/42nd-Legislative-District-Democrats/205002056367 42nd LD Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/fleetwoodforsenate Fleetwood for Senate

Currently Vacant PCOs in Bellingham?

Precinct

Region

Neighborhood

LD

Dist.

PCO Name

135	Bellingham area	Airport area	42	1	vacant
156	Bellingham area	N of Bellingham	42	1	vacant
157	Bellingham area	NE of Bellingham	42	1	vacant
158	Bellingham area	Van Wyck	42	1	vacant
159	Bellingham area	N of Silver Beach	42	1	vacant
161	Bellingham area	N of Silver Beach	42	2	vacant
162	Bellingham area	N of Silver Beach	42	1	vacant
163	Bellingham area	Squalicum Mountain	42	1	vacant
164	Bellingham area	Squalicum Lake	42	1	vacant
165	Bellingham area	Rome/Van Zandt	42	1	vacant
168	Bellingham area	N Lake Whatcom	42	1	vacant
202	Bellingham	WCC area	42	2	vacant
203	Bellingham	N of W Bakerview	42	2	vacant
204	Bellingham	Bellis Fair area	42	2	vacant
205	Bellingham	Northwest & Alderwood	42	2	vacant
206	Bellingham	Northwest & Birchwood	42	2	vacant
207	Bellingham	Cedarwood	42	2	vacant
211	Bellingham	E of Meridian/N of Bakerview	42	2	vacant
212	Bellingham	E of Meridian/S of Bakerview	42	2	vacant
213	Bellingham	E of Meridian/N of Illinois	42	2	vacant
218	Bellingham	E of James/N of Sunset	42	2	vacant
169	Bellingham area	Geneva/Galbraith Mtn	42	2	vacant
170	Bellingham area	Geneva	42	2	vacant
214	Bellingham	E of Meridian/S of Illinois	42	2	vacant
220	Bellingham	N of Barkley Blvd/S of Sunset	42	2	vacant
221	Bellingham	Barkley/Northridge Park	42	2	vacant
226	Bellingham	State & Maple	40	2	vacant
229	Bellingham	Roosevelt	42	2	vacant
231	Bellingham	Civic Field-Bayview	40	2	vacant
233	Bellingham	Roosevelt	42	2	vacant
234	Bellingham	S of Barkley	42	2	vacant
235	Bellingham	Big Rock	40	2	vacant
236	Bellingham	N Silver Beach	40	2	vacant
237	Bellingham	Silver Beach	40	2	vacant
238	Bellingham	NE Lake Whatcom	40	2	vacant
239	Bellingham	N of Whatcom Falls	40	2	vacant
267	Bellingham	East Columbia	42	2	vacant
172	Bellingham area	E of Yew	40	2	vacant
244	Bellingham	N of Blvd Pk/South Hill	40	2	vacant
245	Bellingham	WWU	40	2	vacant
248	Bellingham	S of Lakeway/Lincoln	40	2	vacant
252	Bellingham	Bill McDonald Pkway	40	2	vacant
255	Bellingham	Samish Heights	40	2	vacant
259	Bellingham	Connelly Creek area	40	2	vacant
260	Bellingham	Edgemoor West	40	2	vacant
263	Bellingham	Happy Valley S	40	2	vacant
264	Bellingham	Chuckanut	40	2	vacant
181	Bellingham area	Lake Samish	40	2	vacant

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greg Haffner, WA Democrats <member@wa-democrats.org>
Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Become a precinct committee officer
To: Ryan Ferris <rferrisx@gmail.com>

Dear Ryan,

There is a great opportunity coming up for you to get involved with Democrats in your area and make a real difference in your community.

Run to become a precinct committee officer, the Democratic representative for your precinct!

Precinct committee officers (PCOs) are elected officials of the Party. In contested precincts, candidates for PCO appear on the Primary ballot and are elected by voters in their precinct.

PCOs play an important role in electing Democrats. It's their job to get to know their neighbors, educate undecided or swing voters, and make sure Democrats are registered to vote. Before Election Day, they work to turn out voters.

All this hard work adds up to precinct-by-precinct victories and the election of Democratic candidates. This is what grassroots politics is all about!

PCOs are also a central part of every local Democratic organization. Becoming active with your local Democratic organization will make you a more effective PCO. They elect leadership for every organization and help fill vacancies in other elected offices.

Running for election as a PCO is easy. Just submit a Declaration of Candidacy to your County Auditor between May 12th and May 16th.

There are two ways to submit a Declaration of Candidacy:

Click here to find the website of your County Auditor. Visit the website of your County Auditor and fill out a Declaration of Candidacy form online, where available.

Click here to download a Declaration of Candidacy form. If you can't fill out a form online, you can download this form and mail it to your County Auditor.

Become a PCO – Join us as we work to elect Democrats in precincts across the state!

Best,

Greg Haffner
Party Affairs Manager
Washington State Democrats

Contributions are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Paid for by Washington State Democratic Central Committee 615 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 - (206) 583-0664 - http://www.wa-democrats.org Not authorized by any federal candidate or candidate's committee