NOW IS THE TIME Heads up, Chesterfield Township Democrats!  It’s only about one month until the November 8th Mid-Term Election! There is a lot of work to be done between now and then. We hope that all of you have chosen your favorite Democratic candidates and are working hard to get them elected!  There are so many ways to support your candidates including canvassing, phone banking, and donations.Let’s do everything we possibly can to help our candidates.   Trudy Busch Valentine – U.S. Senate  Trish Gunby – U.S. House of Representatives – MO-2 Tracy McCreery – Missouri Senate – District 24 LaDonna Applebaum – Missouri House – District 71 Melissa Greenstein – Missouri House – District 101 Colin Lovett – Missouri House – District 100 Deb Lavender – Missouri House – District 97 Kris Callis – St. Louis County Council – District 7 Vicki Englund – St. Louis County Council – District 3  October 11 – NO MEETING November 8  – SEE YOU VOTING OR WORKING AT THE POLLS!   CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATS WILL NOT BE MEETING IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.  We have talked to many of the candidates in the area who have asked that in lieu of our meetings that our members donate at least two hours of canvassing or phone banking.  If you are unable to help in those ways, try to donate what you believe two hours of your time is worth to the candidate of your choice!   SPREAD THE WORD, VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS LIKE YOUR DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT — BECAUSE IT DOES!   PLANS FOR DECEMBER 13TH – We would like to have a holiday celebration at a restaurant or other suitable venue.  If you have ideas for where we might reserve a room for our celebration, contact us at: askus@chesterfielddemocrats.org.   OCTOBER 12TH IS THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION!   BILL 1878 WILL IMPACT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8TH.  PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW ON CHANGES IN THE LAW AND THE PICTURE ID THAT WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CAST A BALLOT. ONLY 4 TYPES OF PICTURE ID WILL BE ACCEPTED IN ORDER TO VOTE:CURRENT MISSOURI DRIVER’S LICENSE CURRENT MISSOURI NON-DRIVER PICTURE ID (Can be obtained at the DMV.) CURRENT US PASSPORT CURRENT MILITARY ID  IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE OF THESE PICTURE IDs, YOU WILL HAVE TO CAST A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.   NOTE:  UNDER THE NEW LAW, THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO (2) WEEKS OF NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING – BEGINNING OCTOBER 25TH. EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT VOTING IN MISSOURI If you have any questions about any aspect of voting in Missouri, the link above describes all of the current laws and regulations.  VOTER REGISTRATION – ST. LOUIS COUNTY ABSENTEE VOTING IN ST LOUIS COUNTY Here is some additional information on Absentee Voting in St Louis County for the General Election on November 8th.   2023 MEMBERSHIP FOR CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATS IS NOW OPEN!   Please renew your $25.00 membership in CTD for 2023!  If you join now, your membership is valid for all of 2023!  Heading into this election season, our limited funds are stretched very thin.  Your dues are our only source of income. Our communication and advertising expenses for FACEBOOK AND ZOOM are costly.  FACEBOOK alone is $75 a month to promote our posts on events and messaging. Also, we like to make contributions to worthy Democratic candidates.  Recently, your Executive Board authorized a donation of $200 for Trish Gunby’s billboards (see below) that you will see all over the St. Louis area.   You may pay your dues online at: Or, you may send them directly to: Cathy Marek CTD Membership Chairperson 15201 Olive, Apt. 203 Chesterfield, MO 63017 THANK YOU SO MUCH!   See you at the Holiday Party on Dec. 13th.  Location:  TBD   VOTE!   VOTE!  VOTE!  TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO VOTE!   FOR YOUR REFERENCE Here are the websites for the Missouri Democratic Party: and, the Missouri House Democrats Both sites have lots of good information about how to join and get involved. Check them out!

Candidates: Deb Lavender, MO HD-98; John Kiehne, MO HD-88 and Jeffrey Spector, Parkway School Board will also speak to us.

Let’s Get Positive!

On November 2, there were elections held across the country.  Many pundits have declared that these elections were a preview of the midterms in 2022 and predicted that the Democratic party is struggling.  That may or may not be true but what seems to be dominating the news is the perceived lack of consistent, easy to understand messaging from the Democratic party.  

On November 9 we heard from Helena Webb, one of our members and a committee woman in Ballwin.  Helena and others have created a digital method of targeting voters who either aren’t registered, or have registered but don’t always vote.  If you missed the meeting that night, go to the Claim Your Power website and view their organization and their messages. These messages celebrate achievements made and legislation passed by Democrats at the national level.  The issues are focused on changes that have benefitted voters at the kitchen table level.  As this project evolves and with more funding, additional voters can be targeted.  Donations may be made through Act Blue linked to the website.

All of this matters because as we approach the 2022 midterms our messages as Democrats need to be short and effective and TRUTHFUL.  We’re interested in hearing your thoughts on how we might better message not only other Democrats, but especially voters who don’t faithfully vote blue.  If you have some ideas send them to us at askus@chesterfielddemocrats.org.  Let’s create our talking points and get ready to fight the good fight in 2022.

Our November Virtual Meeting Our November 9th meeting was held on Zoom at 7:00 pm. We hosted Yamelsie Rodriguez, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood St Louis spoke to us about The Future of Abortion Access. Her presentation was very timely in light of the current Texas Abortion Law and the upcoming cases regarding abortion rights soon to be argued at the Supreme Court.

CTD December Project

Instead of our regular December meeting, we are asking you as our members to make a contribution to one of the charities or progressive volunteer organizations that we have featured during the last calendar year.  Think of this project as a Chesterfield Township Democrats Night Out and consider donating what you would have spent on food and drinks if we had met in person at a favorite restaurant.

Here are the volunteer organizations that we have featured at meetings and would like to suggest:

A Red Circle

ACLU for Missouri (link to their tax deductible fund)

Claim Your Power MO

International Institute of St Louis

League of Women Voters St. Louis

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

National Council of Jewish Women of St Louis

Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest MO

Take Back Missouri (Elad Gross)

CTD Membership
We want to thank all of you who have remained such loyal members during the last year! 

How we miss seeing all of you in person!   As of this time, the Daniel Boone Library Conference Room is still not open to the public for meetings.  We are hopeful that this may change in the new year.  We tremendously appreciate your continued support of CTD zoom meetings and projects through this difficult last two years! We are currently opening membership for 2021-22. 

If you submit your dues of $25.00 between now and the end of the calendar year, you will be current for all of 2022.  Even though we are not meeting in person, we continue to contribute to worthy progressive causes and candidates and put your dues to good use.
 
You may pay your dues online at: chesterfielddemocrats.org

Or, you may send them directly to:
Cathy Marek
CTD Membership Chairperson
14707 Windsor Valley Ct.
Chesterfield, MO. 63017