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CAP is busy busy! Important Updates for YOU!

Hello fellow CAP’rs!! CAP is on the move! Here are some important updates and information for you. Please make sure to record on your calendar...you won’t want to miss out on the action. This is a partial list...we’ll be adding more activities soon.

We’re gearing up for the primary in January (yes, January 7th is when Absentee ballots go out!). Not much time! Let’s get busy!

Dates & brief description listed below: (for more detailed information as it becomes available and to RSVP, please go to “events� on the CAP website
http://www.CAProgressives.com )

UPCOMING EVENTS
August 28, 6:30-7:30pm - Sacramento for Edwards
August 28, 7:30pm-9pm - AntiWar Vigil
August 31, 7:00pm - Presentation: Journey to Haiti

Sept 1, 9am-1pm - Voter Registration
Sep 7, 3:00pm - People’s Rally
Sep 11, 5:50pm - Democratic Central Committee
Sep 14, 6:30pm - Movie night
Sep 15, noon - Anti-Lungren Assembly
Sep 22, 9am-2pm - Voter Registration
Sep 26, time tbd - Dem Debate Party
Sep 29, morning - Loaves and Fishes

Oct 6-7 all day - Harvest Festival in Elk Grove
Oct 9, 5:50pm - Democratic Central Committee
Oct 12 - Movie night
Oct 27, morning - Loaves & Fishes
Oct 21 - Take Back Red California - “A Taste of Red Counties”
Oct 28, 2pm-4pm - APAPA CANDIDATE FORUM!!!
Oct 30, time tbd - Dem Debate Party

CAP has volunteered to be the Voter Registration Leaders for the Democratic party in Elk Grove. Whether you live in Elk Grove or not, we need activists like you to help us go door to door in new developments and register people before the Primary in January/February!

We’re also looking for people to adopt their own precinct as well as one additional precinct in Elk Grove. Be a Neighborhood Leader and help build our Democratic base. It is a great way to meet your neighbors and build a relationship with fellow Democrats!

The Republicans have been out in force registering new voters since April so we need to get out there and hit it hard!

How do you get involved? It’s easy, contact the Elk Grove Regional Leader: Cathlyn Daly at dalywood@comcast.net

Elk Grove is the fastest growing city in the United States in cities with a population of 100,000 or more. Elk Grove’s population is currently around 137,000 people which makes it the second largest city in Sacramento County! Why is that important to Democrats in Sacramento and in California as well? Why is CAP excited about this? Lots of reasons! Here’s a few:

1) As of the November 2006 election, only 62,953 people In Elk Grove were registered to vote.

2) As people move into new homes (and there is indeed an enormous amount of new developments) they need to re-register

3) Elk Grove contains two Assembly Districts (10 and 15) and Congressional District 3.

a.  Assembly District 10 has two great candidates running for an open seat - one of CAP’s own, Alyson Huber and Jim Cook. The difference between the Republican and Democratic voter registration is 4%. This is winnable for Democrats!

b. Assembly District 15 has 13 Dem candidates running for an open seat. AD 15 has less than a 2% difference in voter registration between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats can win this seat!!! We can make a difference in an entire Assembly District election here in Elk Grove!

c. In addition, the Vice Chair of the Sacramento Democratic Central Committee, Katherine Maestas will be running for Elk Grove City Council!

CAP and other groups will be registering voters in neighborhood door-to-door drives in Elk Grove starting September 22 and continuing every weekend until the Primary!

By giving 4 hours of your time each week, or every other week or even once a month you will help get more Democrats elected to office and bring the changes we so desperately need: universal health care, restoration of our civil liberties, an “end in sight� to the Iraq War, among many other things.
Had enough of the Republican incompetence and corruption? Then help us put Progressive Democrats into office!

Join CAP and be a part of a fun and respected team of activists who make things happen!
Join CAP and Be the Change You Want to See!!!

Contact Cathlyn Daly at dalywood@comcast.net or Peter Daly at pdaly@petronicus.com