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Your Weekly Democratic Party Newsletter

We are just 25 days away from the special statewide referendum election on Tuesday March 2. Here’s a few important dates to keep in mind:
Tuesday February 9- Mail Ballot application deadline. To download the mail ballot application for the March 2 election, click here.
Wednesday February 10- Monday March 1- Early in-Person voting period
Tuesday March 2- Special Referenda Election Day
For more information on the March 2 election, visit www.vote.sos.ri.gov.
Veterans and Military Families Council
The R.I. Democratic Party’s Veterans & Military Families Council works to highlight activities of interest to Veterans and Military Families and to engage your ideas in government and the Democratic Party. Founded in 2015, our co-chairs and fellow Veterans are R.I. Senator Jim Seveney and R.I. Rep. Camille Vella-Wilkinson. Have an idea or a concern? Contact agooding@ridemocrats.org .
We host monthly Zoom meetings: send us your email and we’ll send you the links/info.
Next meeting: Mon. February 22 at 5 pm via Zoom.
Interns needed for our VMFC: research + writing, and social media. Email: agooding@ridemocrats.org
City & Town Committees
Barrington
The Barrington Democratic Town Committee will be meeting TBD at the Barrington Town Library, Pam Lauria, Chair.
Block Island
Next meeting is TBD at 9:00 AM at the Island Free Library. The Block Island Democrats meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday. Sean McGarry, Chair
Bristol
The Bristol Democratic Town Committee is chaired by Erich Haslehurst. The Bristol Democrats will now meet via Zoom until further notice.
The Burrillville Democratic Town Committee is chaired by Aaron Coutu and the Burrillville Democrats normally meet monthly on the 3rd Monday. Their next regularly-scheduled meeting will be TBD at 7:00 p.m.
Next meeting is tentatively TBD in the community room of the Charlestown Police Station. Chaired by Cathy Collette, the Charlestown Democrats meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday.
The Coventry Democratic Town Committee’s next meeting is TBD. The Coventry Democrats are chaired by Rick Kalunian. For further information contact the Chair.
Next meeting is TBD.The Cumberland Democrats are chaired by Tom Kane. http://www.cumberlandridems.org/
Next meeting is TBD at 7pm at the East Greenwich Public Library. The EGDTC is Chaired by Christa Thompson.
East Providence
Next meeting is TBD. The East Providence Democrats are chaired by Nicholas Shattuck.
Exeter
Next meeting is TBD. Please contact Chair for date & location by email at mannyandrews816@icloud.com. Chaired by Manny Andrews, Exeter Chair.
Glocester
Next meeting is TBD at the Glocester Manton Free Public Library at 1137 Putnam Pike, Chepachet. Chaired by Linda Nichols.
Next meeting is TBD at 7pm in the 2nd floor conference room at the Ashaway Fire Station. Chaired by Gloria Rhodes, the Hopkinton Democrats meet monthly on the 4th Thursday.
Jamestown
The Jamestown Democratic Town Committee next meeting is TBD at 7:30pm at the Jamestown Senior Center, 6 West Street. The co-chairs are Anne Livingston and Melody Drnach, and may be contacted at annemaxliv@aol.com. The Jamestown Democrats normally meet monthly on the 2nd Monday.
Johnston
Chaired by Richard J. Delfino, Jr., the Johnston Democratic Committee meets every 3rd Monday of the month at 7:00 pm. Next meeting is TBD at the Maria Ss Della Difesa Society Hall (15 Lafayette Street) in Johnston.
Lincoln
Chaired by Paula Carmichael, the committee normally meets on the last WEDNESDAY of each month. To participate, please send request to LincolnRIdems@gmail.com with name, phone number, and email address.
Next meeting is TBD at the Little Compton Community Center. Chaired by Glenn Diana Sherman, the Little Compton Democrats meet monthly on the 1st Tuesday. Website is www.Littlecomptondems.org
Middletown
Next meeting is TBD at the Middletown Police Station, 123 Valley Road, Middletown. Chaired by Linda Finn, the committee normally meets on the 4th Monday of the month. For more information contact Linda here.
Narragansett
Next meeting is TBD. Chaired by Winters Hames, the Narragansett Democrats normally meet monthly on the 3rd Thursday at the Break Hotel, 1208 Ocean Rd., Narragansett.
Newport
Chaired by Susan Taylor, the Newport Democrats meet monthly on the 1st Monday at the Elks Lodge,141 Pelham St.However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Newport Democrats will now meet via Zoom until further notice.
Next meeting is Wednesday February 18 at 6:30 p.m via Zoom. The North Kingstown Democrats meet monthly on the 3rd Thursday. Chair is Ann Geertman.
North Providence
The next meeting of the North Providence Democratic Town Committee is TBD.
North Smithfield
The North Smithfield Democratic Town Committee, chaired by Paul Jones, meets on the final Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. For more information on meetings, please contact Chairman Jones via email by clicking here.
Portsmouth
Meetings are temporarily via Zoom until further notice. Chaired by Leonard Katzman, the Portsmouth Democrats meet monthly on the 1st Monday.
Richmond
The next meeting of the Richmond Democratic Town Committee is TBD. The Richmond Democrats will meet monthly on the 4th Wednesday starting at 6:30 pm – 8:30pm at the HL Arnold Fire Station, 208 Richmond Townhouse Rd.
The Scituate Democratic Town Committee will be meeting virtually via Zoom until further notice. For more information, including dates and time for upcoming meeting, please contact Chairwoman Alicia Ann Kelley by emailing scituatedemocrats@gmail.com.
Smithfield
Next meeting is TBD. Chaired by Lawrence Mancini, the Smithfield Democrats meet monthly on the 1st Thursday.
South Kingstown
The South Kingstown Democratic Town Committee will next be meeting is TBD. Chaired by Michael McEntee, the South Kingstown Democrats meet monthly on the 1st Saturday.
Tiverton
Next meeting is TBD. Chaired by Michael Burk, the Tiverton Democrats normally meet monthly on the 1st Wednesday of the month. Please contact Chairman Mike Burk for location and to confirm at Burk.ms@gmail.com.
Next meeting is February 8th at 6pm via Zoom. Chaired by Michael Harris, the Woonsocket Democrats normally meet monthly on the 2nd Monday of the month. Please contact Chairman Harris for meeting details at michaelmharris83@gmail.com.