Note from Juanita:  I only ask you guys for money once every two years.  I work with Glen Maxey to insure that every Texas Democrat over the age of 65 gets a mail ballot application.  This year, they are good for every election for the entire year.  I told Glen that it is his to do the begging this year.

By: Glen Maxey

You remember how we bragged about Texas actually passing a GOOD election law in 2013 that allowed a senior or disabled person to apply to vote by mail using ONE application for all the elections in an entire election year?

And then in 2014, we increased the number of Democratic seniors who were voting by mail by thousands over the similar election of 2010? We even had more vote in a low turnout Governor’s election than did in the 2012 re-election of Obama!

So a new election year dawns for Texas in 2016. And we have about 687,413 probable Democrats who are over age 65 eligible to vote my mail. We want to be sure all of them vote in person if possible, but for those who cannot, we need to put a filled out, ready to sign and mail, vote-by-mail application in their hands.

So here’s the deal.   There’s 198,825 seniors who actually voted by mail in the past elections! At a minimum, we want all of them to have an renewal application for 2016 before the March 1, 2016 Democratic Primary.   And the icing on this Democratic cake is that when they do apply, they’ll automatically get their ballot next November to vote for the next Democratic President.

So we’re shaking the bucket once again here at the Beauty Shop. It cost about two quarters to print and mail an application to Granny in Kermit or Elmo, Sunrise or Sunset, or even Gun Barrel City or Cut and Shoot, or my favorite: Jot ‘Em Down!

We have some small counties who simply cannot raise the money for the vote by mail applications.  You can help by donating.  If you donate $5 or more, you will get an email from Susan to thank you from her own personal email address, but you must refrain from writing it on bathroom walls this time.

Here’s the link to give to the cause:

Or you can send a check to:

Texas Democratic Party
c/o Glen Maxey
P O Box 116
Austin TX 78767

Juanita says, “Adopt a County like one of these.”