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  Democrats Abroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democrats Abroad is the official organization of the Democratic Party of the United States for United States citizens living permanently or temporarily abroad.
DNC Chairman John Bailey allowed Democrats Abroad to send nine non-voting representatives to the Democratic National Convention in 1972; in 1976, the group was granted the status of a state committee, with voting delegates in the Convention.
Democrats Abroad switched the method of determining convention delegates from a primary to an open caucus in 1992.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democrats_Abroad   (520 words)

  
 Both parties reaching for votes from abroad - The Boston Globe
As President Bush and Senator John F. Kerry, his presumptive Democratic challenger, canvass the United States, and their campaigns saturate the airwaves with advertisements, both political parties also are paying unprecedented attention to the millions of Americans living abroad.
Democrats Abroad, which is active in more than 37 countries as an official branch of the Democratic Party and will send voting delegates to the party's convention in Boston, has held high-profile voter registration drives and hopes to capitalize on perceived anger against Bush.
Membership in Democrats Abroad has doubled since the beginning of this year from 8,000 to 16,000, and chapters all over the world are reporting a significant rise in voter registrations.
www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/05/03/both_parties_reaching_for_votes_from_abroad   (1349 words)

  
 The Other Caucus - Democrats Abroad, by Jonathan Cover-Messenger - Democratic Underground
Democrats Abroad, which represents the Democratic Party for the estimated six million US citizens living outside the United States, will send 22 delegates to the convention.
American Voices Abroad, a non-partisan coalition with affiliates in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Lebanon, has launched an ambitious overseas voter pledge drive to end the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive war and repeal the PATRIOT Act.
Chaired by John G. Morris, the Democrats Abroad France (DAF) platform committee decided to cut directly to the chase and omitted all mention of "such perennial overseas issues as double taxation and the census" in its recently released, 900-word draft platform.
www.democraticunderground.com /articles/04/02/06_abroad.html   (1104 words)

  
 Media relations - Democrats Abroad France
Democrats Abroad is pleased to announce that President Jimmy Carter has agreed to become the first Honorary Chair of Democrats Abroad.
Democrats Abroad is the official overseas arm of the Democratic Party of the United States.
Democrats Abroad FRANCE is an organization of American Democrats living in France, acting to mobilize voters around issues and candidates.
www.demsfrance.org /media.htm   (2523 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad Democrat Delegation 2000
DEMOCRATS ABROAD is allocated 9 delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention but will be sending 22 persons who will be acknowledged as "delegates" on the floor of the Convention.
Sunday 2 April 2000: the 9 regional delegates to the National Convention meet with the 8 Democratic National Committee members from Democrats Abroad and the members of the Democratic Party Committee Abroad in a Global Convention in which proxy voting by any participant is permitted.
The 8 Democratic National Committee members from Democrats Abroad participating in the Global Convention are automatically certified as "unpledged PLEO delegates" and cast the 2 Unpledged PLEO delegate votes allocated to DEMOCRATS ABROAD on the floor of the Convention (each such "unpledged PLEO delegate" casting ¼ vote).
www.thegreenpapers.com /PCC/DA-D.html   (393 words)

  
 The Search for Swing Votes Goes Overseas
Absentee ballots may shake up another election
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Typically, U.S. citizens residing abroad vote less than those in the military or their civilian counterparts in the U.S. In 2000, only 37 percent of those living overseas voted, compared to the 69 percent of the military and 51 percent of the general public in the US that cast ballots.
While Democrats Abroad sends voting delegates to the Democratic National Convention, essentially functioning as what many members refer to as the "fifty-first state," Republicans Abroad is a 527 nonprofit fundraising group, not an official GOP entity.
Raskin, of Democrats Abroad and the American University, said the 2004 campaign has cemented the status of expatriates as a political force to be reckoned with.
www.newsdesk.org /archives/000040.php   (1073 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad - dKosopedia
Democrats Abroad is the official Democratic Party organization for some seven million American citizens who live outside the United States.
We are recognized as a "state" committee by the Democratic National Committee and are represented on the DNC by eight members.
Democrats Abroad has committees and committees-in-formation in over 80 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Democrats_Abroad   (178 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We are recognized as a "state" committee by the Democratic National Committee and are represented by eight members.
Democrats Abroad, Moscow, Russia represents Americans living in Russia who want to continue to participate in American political activity.
DA Russia is subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic National Committee.
democratsabroad.ru   (165 words)

  
 Panama's Democrats Abroad chapter recognized   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
One sign of the latter trend was the April 31 certification of Panama's chapter of Democrats Abroad as a recognized country committee by the international organization.
Democrats Abroad had its origins in the 1960s, and since 1992 has sent voting delegates to the quadrennial Democratic National Conventions.
He was a Canal Zone delegate to several Democratic conventions and is past president of the international Democrats Abroad organization.
www.thepanamanews.com /pn/v_12/issue_10/community_03.html   (631 words)

  
 VoteFromAbroad.org : Privacy statement
Democrats Abroad will hold any information you provide us here with the utmost care and will only use it in ways to which you have consented: for preparation of the voter registration materials, for voting reminders and information and for membership in Democrats Abroad, as the case may be.
Democrats Abroad only maintains aggregate data for statistical purposes and name, email, and voting residence information for those individuals who request that they receive additional information about voting in their last state of residence as it becomes available.
Democrats Abroad is committed to providing your information with the highest level of privacy protection.
www.votefromabroad.org /privacy.php   (874 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad caucus picks Kerry - The Boston Globe
PARIS -- Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts swept a Democrats Abroad caucus of US citizens living in Paris yesterday, winning more than half the votes of a partisan crowd driven chiefly by its dislike of President Bush.
More than 500 voters packed the American Church in Paris for the vote to pick delegates to regional and world caucuses of Democrats abroad to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in late March.
Torricelli, whose rising political career collapsed in 2002 after his fund-raising became the subject of criminal and Senate investigations, said yesterday he is not seeking a formal position in Kerry's campaign but has raised money for it.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/02/07/democrats_abroad_caucus_picks_kerry   (266 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad Canada
On the weekend of February 13-16, Democrats Abroad Canada (DAC) is holding Voters Registration Weekend to register Americans so they can vote in the 2004 presidential election.
Democrats Abroad Canada, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, is one of 37 Democratic country committees worldwide operating under the umbrella Democratic Party Committee Abroad (DPCA).
The DPCA is the official Democratic Party organization that serves some six million American citizens who live in countries outside the United States.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/news2004/0128-12.htm   (561 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad Berlin - Archive
Democrats Abroad Berlin teamed up with American Voices Abroad Berlin and the Heinrich Böll Foundation and invited Tom Hayden to speak on Tuesday, the 17th of May at Max and Moritz Restaurant in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
As a member of Progressive Democrats of America, of which Howard Dean is also a member, he believes, that only through the pressure of the rank and file members of the Democratic Party will the leadership of our country and of our party be forced to make corrections and reforms.
As a thank you to Dr. Bill Downey for founding the Berlin Chapter of Democrats Abroad and 9 hard years of work as its chair, a boat trip was organised on the 30th of April by a committee of DA Berlin led by Nancy Green.
www.demsinberlin.de /indexoldold.html   (3113 words)

  
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Author's Note: The Democratic Party sponsors chapters around the world for ex-pat citizens working and living abroad; representatives of these chapters are entitled to attend the party's conventions and help shape the platform.
The chain of custody of those ballots, and of those coming from troops serving abroad, has not improved in all electoral districts and the U.S. voting procedures appeared to be as dangerously manipulatable as in stateside America as well.
Abroad, CheneyBushRumsfeld would feel emboldened by their electoral "mandate" to ratchet up their war machine, with Iran in their bombsights and perhaps Syria and even Venezuela and North Korea in the on-deck circle.
www.crisispapers.org /essays6w/democrats-abroad.htm   (1654 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad Japan | Democrats Abroad Japan
Democrats Abroad Japan supports the goals and ideals of the American Democratic Party.
Carter is no stranger to Democrats Abroad, which is the official arm of the Democratic Party for American citizens who are living outside the United States.
The views expressed herein are the opinions of the authors and should not be taken as the official opinions of the Democratic Party or of Democrats Abroad.
www.demsjapan.jp   (632 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad launches global voter registration drive | Kansas Democratic Party
During the May 5-7 weekend, Democrats Abroad will hold the first wave of voter registration events in 25 cities on four continents as well as the Caribbean.
Democrats Abroad has designed an interactive website that makes the voting process easier than ever before.
Founded in 1964, Democrats Abroad hold eight positions on the DNC and send a voting delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
www.ksdp.org /?q=node/view/2224   (263 words)

  
 Americans abroad: key swing voters? | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Democratic organizers say they are especially hopeful that their supporters will go to the trouble of arranging an absentee ballot because - in the words of the activists - they have suffered the consequences of an unpopular US foreign policy personally.
Democrats Abroad, online at www.democratsabroad.org, has more than doubled the number of its chapters to 72 over the past three years, according to Mr.
Democratic volunteers have been more of a street presence across the continent, waylaying cinema goers in London on their way out of screenings of "Fahrenheit 9/11," for example, or setting up tables at Starbucks in Paris.
www.csmonitor.com /2004/0915/p06s03-wogn.html   (1212 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad Mobilize Against Bush Through Expat Primaries | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 13.02.2004
Two days earlier, Democrats in Heidelberg and Göttingen cast votes, which were followed on Monday with the Munich Caucus, Bavaria's answer to the Iowa Caucus.
The influence of Democrats Abroad sharply increased after President George W. Bush's razor-thing victory in 2000 with the help of Republican absentee voters living overseas.
By rallying the vote with groups like Democrats Abroad, the party leadership in Washington is hoping to pull as many voters as it can come November.
www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1432_A_1113677_1_A,00.html   (979 words)

  
 Medill School of Journalism - Global Journalism Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Louise Meyers, voting registration officer for Democrats Abroad France, has been registering voters for decades, but she has never seen the enthusiasm this election has generated.
A spokesman for Republicans Abroad France could not be reached for comment, though members of Democrats Abroad noted the organization has been less active this year.
But despite voter apathy in previous elections, Democrats Abroad had already registered 100 people on this cool autumn afternoon, and with exchange students and expat Parisians passing through the Latin Quarter, the tables set up outside under the awning were rarely empty.
newmedia.medill.northwestern.edu /global/globalarticlepage.asp?article_key=382   (1266 words)

  
 LITTLE NAPOLEON COUP IN PROGRESS: DEMOCRATIC PARTY BATTLE PITS OLD GUARD AGAINST YOUNGER GRASSROOTS | Democrats.com
Democrats Abroad is an obscure outpost to be sure, but one with strong potential for growth.
His performances in the Democratic debates in 2003 and 2004 were distinctly inferior to those of his opponents.
The Democratic Party IS divided, and has been ever since the self-appointed "New Democrats" have bought influence and power with money from the same sources as their pals over at the RNC.
www.democrats.com /node/8021   (7664 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad: Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Democrats Abroad Canada is open to all U.S. citizens who are registered Democrats and live in Canada.
A MEMORABLE U.S. THANKSGIVING DINNER at SIEGFRIED'S! -- Democrats Abroad Canada is delighted to announce that this year's Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Thursday, November 23 at the renowned George Brown Dining Room - Siegfried's The 120-seat restaurant is staffed by the chefs-in-training at the GB Chef's...
Book Club being launched in Toronto -- The Toronto chapter of Democrats Abroad Canada is pleased to sponsor a new book club to be led by retired York University Humanities professor, Robert Adolph.
www.democratsabroad.ca   (318 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad France
Democrats Abroad France is one of 75 active country committees around the world connecting Americans with US politics— registering, informing, motivating voters, supporting candidates, holding events and raising funds.
No oath of loyalty, fees or dues, or past voting record is required to become a member.
Democrats Abroad is a full state committee of the Democratic Party casting votes to help determine Democratic candidates.
fr.democratsabroad.org   (147 words)

  
 The Democratic Alliance Democrats Abroad
Democrats Abroad : Keeping South Africans abroad in touch with the political and social issues facing SA.
In addition, as a special 'Democrat Abroad' member, we will keep you up to date with political news from back home and include you in the itinerary if when leaders like Tony Leon visit your particular country.
Club DisA (Democracy in South Africa) is a non-profit organization run by South Africans living abroad with the aim of linking and providing a forum for fellow South Africans who have an interest in seeing the continued success and prosperity of South Africa.
www.da.org.za /da/Site/Eng/Groups/DemAbroad.asp   (304 words)

  
 Democrats Abroad Australia | The Democratic Party organization for U.S. citizens in Australia
Democrats Abroad, the international arm of the Democratic Party, is pleased to help you link to this special website to help you vote in the next US election.
Today, http://www.electoral-vote.com/ is predicting that the House of Representatives will be won by the Democrats with 229 votes, to the Republicans' 202 votes.
The political strategists, campaign managers, and the partisan savants will be working overtime to excite their conservative, liberal, Republican and Democratic bases, trying to get at least 50 percent of us who've registered to vote to actually go to the polls.
au.democratsabroad.org   (956 words)

  
 Democratic Party of Oregon
House Democrats are behind the Six in '06 plan, which lays out what Democratis will work on in the first 100 hours of a new Congress.
All summer long, Democrat Carol Voisin challenged incumbent Greg Walden to appear with her at many political forums all across the 2nd Congressional District, but Walden declined.
Democrats Abroad has made registering to vote and requesting an absentee ballot quick and simple at VoteFromAbroad.org.
www.dpo.org   (842 words)

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