Brevard County Young Democrats

Hello Young Democrats,

This is an informational memo on critical upcoming election dates. The August 26th primary is in less than two weeks and the November 4th Presidential Election is fast approaching.

This post contains a list of all the upcoming election dates, early voting opportunity dates, and voter registration and absentee request deadlines. I will also include links to online Florida voter registration forms and an online absentee request form for Brevard County. Please save it so you can reference it later and distribute to others. For more information you can always go to the Brevard Supervisor of Elections website.

Important Upcoming Election Dates:

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday August 11 through Saturday August 23 (excluding Sunday August 17): Early Voting for the August 26th Primary*

August 20th: Last day to Request an Absentee ballot for August 26th primary election **

August 26th (polls open 7am to 7pm): Primary Election***

October 6th: Deadline to Register to Vote in Florida in order to participate in Presidential Election ****

8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday October 20 through Saturday November 1 (excluding Sunday October 26): Early Voting for November 4th Presidential Election*

October 29th: Last Day to request an absentee ballot for the November 4th Presidential Election**

November 4th (polls open 7am to 7pm): General Election***

* The early voting locations are as follows:

• Titusville: Government Complex-North, 400 South Street, 1st Floor
• Merritt Island: Central Brevard Service Complex, 2575 N. Courtenay Parkway
• Viera: Government Center, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. C
• Melbourne: South Brevard Service Complex, 1515 Sarno Road
• Palm Bay: South Mainland Service Center, 450 Cogan Drive SE

Please see the Brevard Supervisor of Elections early voting website for more information and standard ID requirements.

** You can request an absentee ballot in Brevard County through the link below:

http://brevardelections.org/abform.htm

You can also call the SoE office(s) to request ballots or request them in person. For this information see here. You must be registered to vote to request a vote-by-mail ballot.

*** Finding your precinct and voting place

Your precinct and voting place should be listed on the back of your voter registration card if your address is up-to-date. You can also determine your precinct by going to the Brevard SoE website here and locating it by your street name. Once you have determined your precinct number, you can go to the Polling Places and District Assignments page find your polling place.

**** REGISTERING TO VOTE

The Florida voter registration form can be located on the Florida Division of Elections website:

http://election.dos.state.fl.us/voter-registration/voter-reg.shtml

The form can be filled out on the computer, printed, and mailed in. Since the registration form must have an original signature, it must be printed and mailed. No means of submitting it electronically is available. Please see the eligibility and ID requirements for voter registration.

I hope this information is helpful to you. If you have any further questions, either contact the SoE office or send me an email.

Sincerely,

Eddie Schwieterman
Communications Officer
Brevard Young Democrats

Hello Young Democrats!

Just a quick reminder: please come to our general membership meeting this Wednesday July 23rd at the House of Joe in Melbourne (map). The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.

We will have candidates for the Florida Legislature attending, including some who are Young Democrats! We will also be planning next month’s activities. Don’t miss this great chance to get involved!

Please contact me via email if you have any questions (communications@brevardyoungdemocrats.org)

Thanks!

Eddie Schwieterman
Communications
Brevard Young Democrats

Due to the weather the canvass for Sunday July 13th has been canceled.  We will try again next Sunday (July 20th), 2:30pm at the entrance to Wickham Park.

Hello Young Democrats,

Well, we had a great time showing our patriotism and demonstrating our support of the community at the July 4th parade in Downtown Melbourne. Including all the local Democratic candidates, the DEC, and the very impressive Obama contingent, we had quite a showing!

Now we have two more events, and two more chances to get involved, coming up this week: Friday Fest and canvassing Sunday.

Friday Fest is a street party in downtown Melbourne the second Friday of the month from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.. We always have a booth set up for promoting the Young Democrats, getting people registered to vote, and passing on information about our great candidates. It’s a very relaxed atmosphere and we have a lot of fun. We meet in front of Island Pasta at 5 p.m. Please, bring a friend and help us spread the Democratic message!

We will also be canvassing this Sunday July 13th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Melbourne. We will meet at the entrance to Wickham Park at 2:30 p.m. for a quick training session and to distribute materials. Our focus is signing voters up to vote from home and to promote our local candidates. If you’re looking to make a big difference, please get involved in our canvassing campaign. Volunteers like us helped win the District 32 special election in Brevard County earlier this year by signing up thousands of voters to vote absentee. Democratic Rep. Tony Sasso then won by a little more than 400 votes! Your efforts can make a huge difference, so please meet us this Sunday for canvassing.

Our next general membership meeting will be 7:00 p.m. July 23rd at the House of Joe in Melbourne.

More updates to come soon. For more information you can contact me via email: eddieschwieterman@brevardyoungdemocrats.org

Thanks for all you do!

Vice President Beth McMillen represented the Brevard DEC this morning on the Bill Mick Live show.  Go on over to the podcast section to download and listen or you can directly download it from here.