View this email in your browser  Prescott Indivisible AZ Legislative Updates & More July 4, 2021 Prescott Indivisible News Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the National Indivisible Project will be the featured speaker at our July 8 meeting.  Register HERE in advance for this meeting.After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.We have been fortunate to have had Ezra Levin, Indivisible’s co-founder and spouse of Leah, visit us many times. We welcome Leah! She served as Policy Director of the Tom Perriello for Governor of Virginia campaign. She has managed human trafficking grants and programs as an Investments Manager for Humanity United, served as an Advisor to the State Department’s Quadrennia Diplomacy and Development Review and worked on Capitol Hill for Congressman Tom Perrielllo (D-VA). Leah and Ezra were featured as one of TIME 100’s Most Influential People of 2019, included on GQ’s 50 Most Powerful People in Trump’s Washington, and ranked #2 on the Politico 50 list of top thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics. She is the co-author of We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump, published by Simon & Schuster’s One Signal Publishers in 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College and a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. The other speaker will be Toni Denis, founder of AZFPI, Arizonans for Promoting Integrity (see below). Why You Need to Act and Defend Democracy! If you haven’t yet seen it, take a second to watch Indivisible Co-Executive Director Ezra on Rachel Maddow last week, and then share it with a friend. It’s a little out of date now (it was from before the Republican filibuster of S.1 that we’ll need to overcome when the Senate returns) but it gives a great overview of the Deadline for Democracy campaign. Then if you’re feeling inspired, chip in a few bucks to help fund this week of action and all our work.Ezra summarized it well on Maddow the other night, so we want to leave you with his words: “Politicians have a very scientific method for figuring out what they’re going to do. They lick their finger, they stick it up in the air, and they see which way the wind is going to blow… If we are successful in changing the way the wind blows over the course of the July 4th recess, they’re going to take this up again, they’re going to amend the filibuster, and they’re going to pass these voting rights reforms.”  National Phone Bank: Calling Voters in ArizonaWednesday, July 7, 7:00pmOnline Zoom ~ RSVP HereIt’s time for national standards for voting so all of us have a say in key decisions like affordable care, quality jobs, and a healthy future. Together, we can ensure Americans can safely and freely cast our ballots so that every voice is heard and our elections reflect the will of the people. But every day, we get closer to a very real deadline to take action to pass the For the People Act.  RSVP Here >>Defend Democracy! Friday, July 9 – 5pm Stand Up For Voting Rights! You don’t want to miss this local event! Stay tuned for details. Hint: Free Ice Cream! We need volunteers to help pull this off! Can you: help decorate, drive a car, bring your video camera, cheer us on, bring your phone with camera, help cleanup, etc.? Please respond at [email protected]/ AZ Legislative Update This week’s Legislature Weekly is a must-read summary of the most chaotic, nasty, hard-fought session in memory. Read Melinda Iyer’s wrap-up edition to get the full picture. CEBV’s SESSION WRAP-UP HAPPY HOUR is Sunday, July 11 at 4 pm. Sign up HERE! The $12.8 billion budget that Republicans passed includes a massive income tax cut and funding for various capital projects. But Democrats assailed it on the final day, arguing that the budget didn’t do enough to help students and educators. Lawmakers also put a provision in the budget to create a committee to review the findings of the Senate’s audit of Maricopa County and gives outside agencies the authority to review voter rolls. For a checklist on what the Republican led legislature passed,read this article from the AZ Mirror. To keep up to date with what’s going on in LD1, join the Facebook LD1 Legislative Action page. It is private, so you must ask to be a member. Ruth Lambert is constantly updating and will include new petition information going forward. Stop Voter Suppression LawsAZ Deserves Better and Stop Dark Money Partner! Petitions for all initiatives are at the Yavapai County Democratic Headquarters 1555 Iron Springs Rd., Prescott. Now Open 11-3 Mon-Fri. Sat. July 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21, Sept. 4, 18 Please stop by, sign petitions and take them to gather signatures. Time is of the essence for the referendum initiative petitions because they only have 90 days from the day the current legislative session ends in which to get 150,000 signatures statewide (118,000 valid and then a buffer) in order to stop this law from taking effect and instead refer it to the ballot for the November 2022 election. If you want to help (and there is lots to do in the next 90 days), contact Diane McQueen, Ground Game Coordinator, Stop Dark Money, [email protected] 928-699-4308. Notarized petitions can be dropped off at YavDem Headquarters anytime. A notary is also available on Saturdays and Thursday afternoons.  AZ Deserves Better has filed two referendum initiatives; one on the new PEVL law and HB2569 which prohibits state and local governments from accepting private monies to help conduct elections, including voter registration (petitions for HB2569 will be in the office on 7/10)..Petitions are being circulated in order to place controversial laws on the ballot, where Arizona’s voters can vote up or down. In order to put these bills on the ballot, we have only 90 days from the adjournment of the Legislature to collect the signatures for each bill. You know that Arizona went for Biden by only 11,000 votes in a state with a population of more than seven million. The opposition is throwing everything they can think of at the voters, hoping to chip away a little here, a little there. It’s the only way they believe they can continue in office against the will of the people. Website: https://AZDeservesBetter.org About Stop Dark Money (formerly Outlaw Dirty Money) After pausing the last campaign due to the pandemic, Stop Dark Money has rebranded and is back with a legislative initiative with the goal to collect 300, 000 voter signatures to get on the November 2022 ballot. The initiative is spearheaded by Terry Goddard, former Arizona Attorney General.Don’t feel like you’re doing enough? Check out this newsletter – Chop Wood, Carry Water (daily action for a better tomorrow). There are many suggestions to phone, write, join in campaigns. Jessica Craven also has a series of podcasts. A Message from Toni Denis, former DWPA Chair, AFDW President, founder of AZFPI – Arizonans for Promoting Integrity, a nonpartisan 501(c)4: In the interest of the future of Prescott, I’m writing to ask you to consider supporting a nonpartisan PAC I founded with Republican and Independent board members which will promote candidates who are interested in preserving the water supply and slowing down growth. Please read the attached letter, and if you can donate $20 or more, you can influence getting the word out to those who can vote. Go to the AFPI website for more information and to donate. AZ Independent Redistricting Commission News COMMUNITY OF INTEREST WORKSHOP With Indivisible’s Redistricting Team Sunday, July 11, 5-6 pm Register HERE The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is about to launch into its statewide tour of public meetings. Get ready to participate by attending this workshop to understand and draw our communities of interest.We need your participation to keep the Redistricting process non-partisan. The Commissioners are tentatively planning on getting early comments from the public in July. Prescott is tentatively scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday, July 27, in the evening. No details have been released re where the meeting will be held, the meeting format, how to give input, etc. Details will be made public as soon as they are received. Join the Prescott Indivisible Redistricting Communications Team and the Statewide Indivisible Team. To find out more details on how to participate in the AZ Independent Redistricting Process and how you can help, contact Maria-Elena Dunn [email protected] or Maria Lynam [email protected]. NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES SENATOR MARK KELLY Hart Senate Office Bldg., Suite 516, Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2235 https://www.kelly.senate.gov/ Prescott Office – 107 N. Cortez, Prescott 86301 928-420-7732 SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA 825 B&C Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 202-224-4521 https://www.sinema.senate.gov/ Phoenix Office – 3333 E. Camelback Rd., Ste 200 Phoenix, AZ 85018 602-598-7372 REPRESENTATIVE PAUL GOSAR 2057 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515 202-225-2315 6499 S. Kings Ranch Rd. #4, Gold Canyon, AZ 85118 480-882-2697 220 N. 4th St., Kingman, AZ (by appt. only) 122 N. Cortez St., Suite 104, Prescott, AZ 86301 928-445-1683 http://paulgosar.house.gov/contact/ Arizona GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY State Capitol, 1700 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85007 602.542.4331 http://azgovernor.gov/governor/form/contact-governor-ducey Legislature http://www.azleg.gov/ Senator Karen Fann [email protected] 602-926-5874 Rep. Judy Burges [email protected] 602-926-3256 Rep. Qwang Nguyen [email protected] (602) 926-3258 Prescott MAYOR GREG MENGARELLI 201 S. Cortez St. Prescott 928.777.1248 Start a discussion on: TWITTER @IndivisPrescott Facebook (Public page) /Facebook (Closed group) prescottindivisible.org [email protected] Prescott Indivisible on YouTube |
