Blog for Democracy

Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • Important Voting News

    Or not. This doesn’t bode well for freedom and democracy in Georgia. I wonder if this is the reason that getting your Voter Registration address changed has been moving at a snails pace. I hear folks are having to go directly to the SoS office to get it done.  Early voting begins October 14th ish.…

  • The Importance of Running for Office

    I’ve written about this before, so for some of you, this will be old hat.  But I have this crazy notion that a functioning Democratic Party should field candidates every cycle, in every election.  Right now, our friends on the wrong side of the aisle have fielded, or are imminently going to be fielding, candidates…

  • Political Stories that have legs

    Can I just say how much I’m loving the news of State School Super! John Barge’s announcement he’s running for… Govenor No that’s not right, because my SPELL CHECK tells me so. It’s Gubnor right? No that’s not it either.. hold on let me look at how this guy spells it. Moving on…. Congressional Debate on Syria is so…

  • A Short Note on Campaign Rollouts

    Great day in Newnan today.  Despite the length and some ill-advised shenanigans, it was all in all a good day. I do want to make a few brief notes about campaign rollouts, because two specific individuals (who will not remain nameless) really need to learn a thing or two.

  • Names that Matter

    BatGurl here!  Alive and well.  (Be honest, you thought I was gone, didn’t you?) Given all the commenting going on down below, seems like as good a time as any to actually talk about names that matter. The Chair of the DPG can do some things to help elect Democrats in Georgia, but it does…

  • BfD’s Senate Tracker

    Rather than post a daily update, we here at Blog for Democracy will just update this Senate tracker as we get information of who is in and who is out.  If we have missed a complete denial or jumping in the race, let us know.