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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

CALENDAR, ELECTION 2014


WELLFLEET DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE ENDORSEMENT SHEET



Please note, we support Ned Hitchcock (of Wellfleet), Suzanne Bump, William Galvin, Joseph Ferreira, as well.





 



sample ballot below
 

STATE ELECTION
William Francis Galvin WELLFLEET
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Ward 0 Precinct 1
TUESDAY, NOV 4th, 2014
Please Note: This is NOT a valid official ballot. Candidates for some local offices are not reflected in the ballot below. These offices may, however, appear on your ballot when voting.

SENATOR IN CONGRESS

EDWARD J. MARKEY    7 Townsend St., Malden
Candidate for Re-election
DEMOCRATIC
BRIAN J. HERR    31 Elizabeth Rd., Hopkinton REPUBLICAN

GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

BAKER and POLITO    REPUBLICAN
COAKLEY and KERRIGAN    DEMOCRATIC
FALCHUK and JENNINGS    UNITED INDEPENDENT PARTY
LIVELY and SAUNDERS    INDEPENDENT
MCCORMICK and POST    INDEPENDENT

ATTORNEY GENERAL

MAURA HEALEY    40 Winthrop St., Boston DEMOCRATIC
JOHN B. MILLER    40 Westland Ave., Winchester REPUBLICAN

SECRETARY OF STATE

WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN    46 Lake St., Boston
Candidate for Re-election
DEMOCRATIC
DAVID D'ARCANGELO    183 Bainbridge St., Malden REPUBLICAN
DANIEL L. FACTOR    11 Davis Rd., Acton GREEN-RAINBOW

TREASURER

DEBORAH B. GOLDBERG    37 Hyslop Rd., Brookline DEMOCRATIC
MICHAEL JAMES HEFFERNAN    244 Grove St., Wellesley REPUBLICAN
IAN T. JACKSON    232 Highland Ave., Arlington GREEN-RAINBOW

AUDITOR

SUZANNE M. BUMP    409 North Plain Rd., Great Barrington
Candidate for Re-election
DEMOCRATIC
PATRICIA S. SAINT AUBIN    6 Shady Way, Norfolk REPUBLICAN
MK MERELICE    22 White Pl., Brookline GREEN-RAINBOW

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
NINTH DISTRICT

WILLIAM RICHARD KEATING    10 Briarwood Ln., Bourne
Candidate for Re-election
DEMOCRATIC
JOHN C. CHAPMAN    81 Holway St., Chatham REPUBLICAN

COUNCILLOR
FIRST DISTRICT

JOSEPH C. FERREIRA    7 Thomas Dr., Somerset DEMOCRATIC

SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT
CAPE & ISLANDS DISTRICT

DANIEL A. WOLF    168 Main St., Harwich
Candidate for Re-election
DEMOCRATIC
RONALD R. BEATY, JR.    245 Parker Rd., Barnstable REPUBLICAN

REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
FOURTH BARNSTABLE DISTRICT

SARAH K. PEAKE    7 Center St., Provincetown
Candidate for Re-election
DEMOCRATIC

DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CAPE & ISLANDS DISTRICT

MICHAEL D. O'KEEFE    2 Windy Pine Ln., Sandwich
Candidate for Re-election
REPUBLICAN
RICHARD G. BARRY    20 Highland Ave., Barnstable DEMOCRATIC

REGISTER OF PROBATE
BARNSTABLE COUNTY

ANASTASIA WELSH PERRINO    37 Island St., Dennis
Candidates for Re-election
REPUBLICAN

COUNTY COMMISSIONER
BARNSTABLE COUNTY

LEO G. CAKOUNES    1601 Factory Rd., Harwich REPUBLICAN
MARK R. FOREST    83 Indian Memorial Dr., Yarmouth DEMOCRATIC

BARNSTABLE ASSEMBLY DELEGATE
WELLFLEET

NED HITCHCOCK, II    25 Way #112, Wellfleet
Candidate for Re-election

QUESTION 1: LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 6, 2014?

SUMMARY
This proposed law would eliminate the requirement that the state’s gasoline tax, which was 24 cents per gallon as of September 2013, (1) be adjusted every year by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index over the preceding year, but (2) not be adjusted below 21.5 cents per gallon.

A YES VOTE would eliminate the requirement that the state’s gas tax be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index.

A NO VOTE would make no change in the laws regarding the gas tax.

QUESTION 2: LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 6, 2014?

SUMMARY
This proposed law would expand the state’s beverage container deposit law, also known as the Bottle Bill, to require deposits on containers for all non-alcoholic non-carbonated drinks in liquid form intended for human consumption, except beverages primarily derived from dairy products, infant formula, and FDA approved medicines. The proposed law would not cover containers made of paper-based biodegradable material and aseptic multi-material packages such as juice boxes or pouches. The proposed law would require the state Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) to adjust the container deposit amount every five years to reflect (to the nearest whole cent) changes in the consumer price index, but the value could not be set below five cents. The proposed law would increase the minimum handling fee that beverage distributors must pay dealers for each properly returned empty beverage container, which was 2¼ cents as of September 2013, to 3½ cents. It would also increase the minimum handling fee that bottlers must pay distributors and dealers for each properly returned empty reusable beverage container, which was 1 cent as of September 2013, to 3½ cents. The Secretary of EEA would review the fee amounts every five years and make appropriate adjustments to reflect changes in the consumer price index as well as changes in the costs incurred by redemption centers. The proposed law defines a redemption center as any business whose primary purpose is the redemption of beverage containers and that is not ancillary to any other business. The proposed law would direct the Secretary of EEA to issue regulations allowing small dealers to seek exemptions from accepting empty deposit containers. The proposed law would define small dealer as any person or business, including the operator of a vending machine, who sells beverages in beverage containers to consumers, with a contiguous retail space of 3,000 square feet or less, excluding office and stock room space; and fewer than four locations under the same ownership in the Commonwealth. The proposed law would require that the regulations consider at least the health, safety, and convenience of the public, including the distribution of dealers and redemption centers by population or by distance or both. The proposed law would set up a state Clean Environment Fund to receive certain unclaimed container deposits. The Fund would be used, subject to appropriation by the state Legislature, to support programs such as the proper management of solid waste, water resource protection, parkland, urban forestry, air quality and climate protection. The proposed law would allow a dealer, distributor, redemption center or bottler to refuse to accept any beverage container that is not marked as being refundable in Massachusetts. The proposed law would take effect on April 22, 2015.

A YES VOTE would expand the state’s beverage container deposit law to require deposits on containers for all non-alcoholic, non-carbonated drinks with certain exceptions, increase the associated handling fees, and make other changes to the law.

A NO VOTE would make no change in the laws regarding beverage container deposits.

QUESTION 3: LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 6, 2014?

SUMMARY
This proposed law would (1) prohibit the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from issuing any license for a casino or other gaming establishment with table games and slot machines, or any license for a gaming establishment with slot machines; (2) prohibit any such casino or slots gaming under any such licenses that the Commission might have issued before the proposed law took effect; and (3) prohibit wagering on the simulcasting of live greyhound races. The proposed law would change the definition of “illegal gaming” under Massachusetts law to include wagering on the simulcasting of live greyhound races, as well as table games and slot machines at Commission-licensed casinos, and slot machines at other Commission-licensed gaming establishments. This would make those types of gaming subject to existing state laws providing criminal penalties for, or otherwise regulating or prohibiting, activities involving illegal gaming. The proposed law states that if any of its parts were declared invalid, the other parts would stay in effect.

A YES VOTE would prohibit casinos, any gaming establishment with slot machines, and wagering on simulcast greyhound races.

A NO VOTE would make no change in the current laws regarding gaming.

QUESTION 4: LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 6, 2014?

SUMMARY
This proposed law would entitle employees in Massachusetts to earn and use sick time according to certain conditions. Employees who work for employers having eleven or more employees could earn and use up to 40 hours of paid sick time per calendar year, while employees working for smaller employers could earn and use up to 40 hours of unpaid sick time per calendar year. An employee could use earned sick time if required to miss work in order (1) to care for a physical or mental illness, injury or medical condition affecting the employee or the employee’s child, spouse, parent, or parent of a spouse; (2) to attend routine medical appointments of the employee or the employee’s child, spouse, parent, or parent of a spouse; or (3) to address the effects of domestic violence on the employee or the employee’s dependent child. Employees would earn one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked, and would begin accruing those hours on the date of hire or on July 1, 2015, whichever is later. Employees could begin to use earned sick time on the 90th day after hire. The proposed law would cover both private and public employers, except that employees of a particular city or town would be covered only if, as required by the state constitution, the proposed law were made applicable by local or state legislative vote or by appropriation of sufficient funds to pay for the benefit. Earned paid sick time would be compensated at the same hourly rate paid to the employee when the sick time is used. Employees could carry over up to 40 hours of unused sick time to the next calendar year, but could not use more than 40 hours in a calendar year. Employers would not have to pay employees for unused sick time at the end of their employment. If an employee missed work for a reason eligible for earned sick time, but agreed with the employer to work the same number of hours or shifts in the same or next pay period, the employee would not have to use earned sick time for the missed time, and the employer would not have to pay for that missed time. Employers would be prohibited from requiring such an employee to work additional hours to make up for missed time, or to find a replacement employee. Employers could require certification of the need for sick time if an employee used sick time for more than 24 consecutively scheduled work hours. Employers could not delay the taking of or payment for earned sick time because they have not received the certification. Employees would have to make a good faith effort to notify the employer in advance if the need for earned sick time is foreseeable. Employers would be prohibited from interfering with or retaliating based on an employee’s exercise of earned sick time rights, and from retaliating based on an employee’s support of another employee’s exercise of such rights. The proposed law would not override employers’ obligations under any contract or benefit plan with more generous provisions than those in the proposed law. Employers that have their own policies providing as much paid time off, usable for the same purposes and under the same conditions, as the proposed law would not be required to provide additional paid sick time. The Attorney General would enforce the proposed law, using the same enforcement procedures applicable to other state wage laws, and employees could file suits in court to enforce their earned sick time rights. The Attorney General would have to prepare a multilingual notice regarding the right to earned sick time, and employers would be required to post the notice in a conspicuous location and to provide a copy to employees. The state Executive Office of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, would develop a multilingual outreach program to inform the public of the availability of earned sick time. The proposed law would take effect on July 1, 2015, and states that if any of its parts were declared invalid, the other parts would stay in effect.

A YES VOTE would entitle employees in Massachusetts to earn and use sick time according to certain conditions.

A NO VOTE would make no change in the laws regarding earned sick time.

THIS QUESTION IS NOT BINDING

SUMMARY
Shall the state senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation to expand the radiological Plume Exposure Emergency Planning Zone around the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, an approximately 10-mile-radius area, to include all of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties?




THIS QUESTION IS NOT BINDING

SUMMARY
Shall the state representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would allow the state to regulate and tax marijuana in the same manner as alcohol?




Please Note: This is NOT a valid official ballot. Candidates for some local offices are not reflected in the ballot below. These offices may, however, appear on your ballot when voting.

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NEED A RIDE TO THE POLLS?

Please telephone 
508 349 3510     (Dick)
509 349 9289    (Rachel)

MASSACHUSETTS STATE ELECTION
2014

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
7AM to 8PM


VOTE AT THE WELLFLEET SENIOR CENTER
715 Old King’s Highway -- Wellfleet







news:  Gubernatorial Debate Tonight!    OCT 21  (7PM)      WGBH TV and wgbh.org   Martha Coakley / Charlie Baker


Wellfleet Democrats Table at OysterFest
Saturday, October 18, 10AM - 5PM
41 West Main Street, at the home of Joanna Fabris

Wellfleet, MA 02667

(Located just steps from the Wellfleet Public Library.  Parking is limited in the town center.   Expect traffic delays.)


Please stop by the table and pick up a campaign button, meet candidates, friends, activists. They say 80% of Wellfleet Oysters vote Democrat so we are off to a pretty good start!   For more information, please call:
Lydia Vivante 508 349 6619
Terry Gips 508 243 0987
Dick Guernsey 508 349 3510
Priscilla McChesney 508 349 9620


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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS !

Outer Cape Democrats 
Coordinated Campaign Headquarters
 3 Main Street Mercantile, #9
Eastham, MA 02642

-- same plaza as KAROO --
Headquarters phone -- Tel. 774 801 2298 *

Please join us
Standouts at the ORLEANS ROTARY -- every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:00AM (weather permitting)

INFO:  Dave Schropfer    Tel.  508 889 9366
               Lydia Vivante  Tel.  508 349 6619 

general HQ hours are 10-4, but please call first.

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MASSACHUSETTS GUBERNATORIAL DEBATES 2014 
 
OCT 7  (7PM)        WBZ-TV     All five candidates  (Martha Coakley, Charlie Baker,
                              Jeffrey S. McCormick, Evan Falchuk, and Scott Lively). 
View on CSPAN.org, http://www.c-span.org/video/?321895-1/massachusetts-governors-debate
(also on CBSBoston.com,  WBZ radio --1030 AM)


OCT 21  (7PM)      WGBH TV and wgbh.org   Martha Coakley / Charlie Baker



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Traveling this Fall? 
November 4 Election
 Voters, please mark your calendars!

ABSENTEE BALLOT INFO 2014 -- Massachusetts
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleifv/howabs.htm

      Polls are open 7AM to 8PM
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It's true.  The next Wellfleet Democratic Town Committee Meeting is in Eastham!  
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
5:00PM  
3 Main Street Mercantile, #9
EASTHAM, MA 02642
followed by


 Outer Cape Democrats Coordinated Campaign Headquarters Kickoff

6:00PM Ribbon Cutting and Get Out The Vote sign-up
6:30PM dutch treat gathering at Karoo Restaurant – just steps away from our HQ


Questions?  Please call Lydia Vivante at 508 349 6619 

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PRIMARY 2014 -- ELECTION RESULTS

Click here for a PDF of Wellfleet results from the Town Clerk 



The candidates (contested primary winners)
Martha Coakley, Governor
Steve Kerrigan, Lieutenant Governor
Maura Healy, Attorney General
Deb Goldberg, Treasurer





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UNITY BRUNCH IN YARMOUTH -- SEPT. 14


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HQ 2014:
Outer Cape Democratic Town Committees will open an Outer Cape Coordinated Campaign Headquarters in Eastham after the Primary on Tuesday, September 9.  

We thank everyone who attended our August 22 fundraising BBQ at Truro Vineyards!  The money raised from ticket sales and host committee contributions will pay for the headquarters.



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DON BERWICK FOR GOVERNOR 
At its July 2014 business meeting, the Wellfleet Democratic Town Committee unanimously endorsed Don Berwick for Governor.

  berwickforgovernor.com


As a group, the Wellfleet Dems have made no other endorsements, but we support our district's Democratic candidates (most are running unopposed in the September 9 Primary):

  • Senator Edward Markey
  • Congressman William Keating
  • State Senator Daniel Wolf
  • State Representative Sarah Peake
  • Richard Barry, candidate for Cape & Islands District Attorney
  • Mark Forest, candidate for Barnstable County Commissioner
  • Joseph Ferreiracandidate for Governor's Council [he has three Democratic opponents (Oliver Cippolini, A. Kalife, Walter Moniz).  Mr. Ferreira is a strong campaigner and attended our August 22 BBQ/fundraiser.


    [Please see ballot sample below for more information]

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    CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARY BALLOT -- VOTE SEPT 9




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UPCOMING DEBATE  (gubernatorial)



Broadside Debate (Airing Live)
Thursday 9/4: 6PM - 7PM
Host: Jim Braude
Live: New England Cable News (NECN)








SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 (10AM-12PM)
Wellfleet Dems will have an information table on the Town Hall Lawn to help prepare you for the SEPTEMBER 9 PRIMARY ELECTION. 
Please drop by!  We will also have ballot question information.  ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2014.  

Polls are open from 7AM to 8PM statewide.


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