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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Jennifer on TV tonight! CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JENNIFER WEXTON.

A day after winning the primary election, Jennifer was just invited to go on Hardball with Chris Mathews on MSNBC tonight. Make sure you tune in tonight at 7PM EST!

It’s clear that Jennifer is a stand-out in the Democratic nominees across the country. We saw it here in our district and now the national press is picking up on it too.

The nation is watching this race, David. And this is only going to increase the exposure. We need to make sure we’re ready to take on Barbara Comstock this November.

17,000 teachers support my campaign. GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE MOLLY KELLY.

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Dear David,
Our campaign received a big boost today. The New Hampshire chapter of the National Education Association – which represents 17,000 public school teachers and educators – announced its support for my campaign for governor.
Public school teachers make such a big difference in the lives of our children, expanding minds and opening up a lifetime of learning and opportunity.
But Governor Chris Sununu wants to erode public education by passing a school voucher bill. The scheme would take money from public schools and give it to private and religious schools. That's just wrong for our students, and wrong for New Hampshire.
Donald Trump sent his education secretary, Betsy DeVos, to New Hampshire just a few weeks ago to raise money for Chris Sununu's reelection campaign. DeVos and Sununu share an extreme right-wing agenda to create a voucher program that would take money from our public schools, take opportunities from our children and leave taxpayers with higher property taxes.
Public education is the core of our democracy. If a school voucher bill that takes money from public schools and gives it to private or religious schools were to ever reach my desk, I would veto it. New Hampshire's teachers know that I will always stand with them to ensure the best for our children.
Thank you,
Molly

PREVENTING ANOTHER BOGUS ELECTION.


ARTICLE TAKEN FROM

THE FOLLOWING: https://techcrunch.com


The new bill, known as the Protecting American Votes and Elections Act, proposes two significant measures. First, because not all digital voting systems produce a paper trail, it would require all state and local elections to ensure that their equipment produces voter-verified paper ballots that can be cross-referenced. Second, for all federal elections regardless of outcome, state and local governments would be required to conduct audits comparing digital ballots to a random selection of paper ballots. The latter policy would cover the 22 states that currently don’t require audits following elections.

“Leaving the fate of America’s democracy up to hackable election machines is like leaving your front door open, unlocked and putting up a sign that says ‘out of town.’ It’s not a question of if bad guys get in, it’s just a question of when,” Oregon Senator Ron Wyden said in a statement accompanying the bill.
Voting integrity is one of Wyden’s pet issues and the senator has pressed for his home state of Oregon’s vote-by-mail system to be adopted nationally.
Wyden is joined by Democratic Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray and Elizabeth Warren on the legislation. Congressman Earl Blumenauer plans to introduce a corresponding bill in the house.
“We know that Russia hacked into American voter systems to influence our election – and we know they’ll try to do it again,” Sen. Warren said. “Our national security experts have warned us that the country’s election infrastructure is vulnerable – this bill will take important steps to help secure it.”
While the bill isn’t a bipartisan proposal — yet, anyway — these same measures are widely supported by election security experts as well as the Department of Homeland Security and a Senate Intelligence Committee report offering recommendations for securing the vote from earlier this year.
The full text of the bill is embedded below.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

A big one. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE PAT RYAN.

Hi David -- This weekend, I'm marching 30 miles with students, teachers, and activists to John Faso's office to deliver him a letter demanding he advocates for common sense gun safety legislation now.  Faso’s taken $45k from the NRA and voted against the safety of his constituents on every gun violence prevention bill that’s come across his desk. Meanwhile, more students have been killed this year from gun violence than soldiers in combat zones. Enough is enough. 
 
Clearly, this is an important issue. Since we released my first TV ad, it’s been viewed nearly 1 million times. CNN had me on New Day with Alisyn Camerota because the issue of gun violence in our county resonates with folks everywhere. 
 
My team has knocked thousands of doors and we've made tens of thousands of phone calls. They put in 12+ hour a day and still come into the campaign office every day hitting the ground running to make sure I win this primary.
 
2 weeks. That’s what we’ve got between now and the primary. I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve done so far, and I’m ready to hit each day running at full sprint pace.
 
Thank you and talk soon,
Pat