Framingham Democrats Will Caucus March 8

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The Framingham Democratic Caucus to elect state convention delegates will take place on Sunday March 8, 2020 at Framingham High School, 115 A Street, Framingham with registration at 1pm, call to order at 2pm.

The purpose of this caucus is to elect Framingham’s delegation to the 2020 Democratic State Convention taking place at the end of May in the city of Lowell, Tsongas Center.

Framingham has been allocated 34 delegates, plus 6 alternates to send to the state convention.

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First Time Ever Massachusetts Will Allow Early Voting In Pres. Primary

Early voting will be allowed in the 2020 Massachusetts Presidential Primary for the first time ever.  The primary will be on Tuesday March 3rd with early voting starting on Monday February 24th to Friday February 28th.

See full schedule for Framingham:

Hosted by Senate President Karen Spilka

Special Guests:

Former Governor Michael Dukakis
Founder of OC2020, Meg Ansara

Date:  December 20, 2019

Time:  5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: 18 Rome Way, Ashland, MA

MetroWest OC 2020 is the local chapter of Organizing Corps 2020, which is a ground-Game strategy which will leverage the upswell in youth volunteer enthusiasm and voter engagement.  Our strategy is to place diverse canvassers in their own diverse neighborhoods to talk to their friends, neighbors, families and likely voters of similar diverse background, and to encourage them to get out and vote for the Democratic candidate.

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At the October 20, 2019 business meeting of the Framingham Democratic Commitee, the membership voted overwhelming in favor of three resolutions.

Ban single use plastic bags, PDF of the resolution:
ResSupportBanSingleUsePlastBag

H.R. 312, Mashpee Reservation Re-Affirmation, PDF:
FDC Resolution HR312 v.2

Resolution to create environmental task force, PDF:
Resolution to create an Environmental Task Force v2

An invitation from Senate President Karen Spilka, (Fmr) State Senator David Magnani, FDC Chair Beverly Hugo, DSC Treasurer Paul Yorkis, DNC members Kate Donaghue, David O’Brien and Mel Poindexter.

Learn about this exciting new effort to recruit and train young organizers in key battleground states for the 2020 election.

Taking place Monday August 19, 2019 6:30pm in the Framingham Green, 136 Maynard Road.

(Parking at 1071 Worcester Road.)

See: oc2020_invite, Framingham Event

Program outline:
OC2020 _ General Program Overview(4)