Beaufort County SC Democrats Web Site
www.beaufortcountydemocrats.org

Business Address:
Blaine Lotz, Chairman
P.O. Box 21362
Hilton Head Island, SC 29925
843-363-5204

Financial Address:
Allan S. Yard, Treasurer
324 Moss Creek Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926

Blaine Lotz

County Chair
Beaufort County Democratic Party

Dear Fellow Democrats (7/26/11),

Like my family and I, many of you heard the President last night explain once again the root causes of our current crisis over raising the debt ceiling. We also heard President Obama explain the very serious ramifications of defaulting on our debts. He explained how he and the Democrats in Congress have repeatedly made serious attempts to reduce spending by cutting significantly from all government agencies. The Republicans, led by Tea Party radicals in the US House, have refused to agree to cutting tax deductions on the wealthiest 2% of Americans. This is disgraceful and unacceptable to us as Democrats and Americans. Reasonable Republicans and most economists agree that you cannot reduce the national debt only by cutting spending; you must also raise revenues. For Tea Party radicals to hold our national economy hostage is unacceptable.

President Obama has been and is now proposing a moderate, centrist course of action to get us past this debt ceiling crisis and preserve our slow, but sure, economic progress. If you support The President, I urge you to call US Senators Graham and DeMint and Congressman Wilson in the next few days expressing your views. Thank-you for your continued support of President Obama. We will all be working hard to re-elect him in 2012.

Sincerely,

Blaine Lotz, Chair, Beaufort County Democratic Party

Contact numbers:

Joe Wilson 202-225-2452

Jim DeMint 202-224-6121

Lindsey Graham 202-224-5972

Dear Fellow Democrats (6/24/2011),

Your Beaufort County Democratic Party is launching a major voter registration campaign this summer. You can be a part of it. This is a non-partisan effort; actually, voter registration, itself, is non-partisan in that we do not register to vote by political party. We simply register to vote as citizens. We Democrats believe that the more people who are registered to vote, the greater will be our chances of victory. That is because we believe that our candidates from President Obama on down the line will convince the voters that the Democratic Party is better for all our citizens.

Here's how it will work. First, we are having a voter registration summit meeting this Saturday morning at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Beaufort --- starting with a Dutch-treat breakfast at 9 AM, followed by a 9:30 meeting which will end at 11. The meeting will explain to groups of interested volunteers how we plan to seek out potential voters who are not already registered. This includes young people (high school seniors who will be 18 by November 2011), college students at USCB and TCL, legal Latino residents, seniors who may be homebound, African-Americans, and new residents to our community. The next steps will involve YOU, our volunteers. If you are interested in this first phase of reelecting President Obama, we need your help. Simply e-mail us with your contact information and we will provide you with specific details of how you can help.

The next phase of our effort will be making sure that all interested voters have the appropriate photo ID as mandated by the Republican legislature and governor. You have all heard me say many times that this photo ID was a blatant effort to stifle older, younger, and minority voters from going to the polls. These individuals are our natural constituency, i.e., they vote Democratic in greater numbers. But, we have to assume that some form of photo ID may be required by the presidential election of 2012. Therefore, we must plan to help voters without proper photo ID to obtain the required ID. When we have a better idea of what type of photo ID will be required, we will need volunteers to help these individuals.

Voter registration efforts and obtaining proper photo ID will continue through this year and into next. But, the third phase of our effort will be to get-out-the-vote for the November 6, 2012 presidential election. We will need as many volunteers as possible during that campaign. Please let us know how you would like to help. With YOU we will re-elect President Obama and Democrats in 2012. Click on "Many Thanks Mr. President" below for some great pictures.

Sincerely, Blaine Lotz, Chair

Beaufort County Democratic Party

Optimistic Democrats open Hilton Head office

By CASSIE FOSS
cfoss@islandpacket.com
843-706-8125

Published Sunday, August 29, 2010

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For more information about the Democratic Club of Beaufort County South of the Broad or to volunteer, contact Karen Heitman at 843-705-3378.

Beaufort County Democrats expressed optimism Sunday afternoon that Democrats will reclaim the gubernatorial and 2nd District congressional seats, a feat that will be accomplished in large part to volunteer and grassroots efforts throughout the state.

The Democratic Club of Beaufort County South of the Broad hosted an open house Sunday at the opening of its Hilton Head Island campaign headquarters at 55 Mathews Drive, Suite 230.

Carol Rommel, a volunteer organizer,said the office will be staffed with three volunteers per day for the next three weeks, but organizers always welcome more.

"We'll be focusing on voter registration, phone calls, and data entry," she said. "The Democrats in Beaufort County have already made more phone calls than any other county in the state, and we hope to help continue that."

Blaine Lotz, Beaufort County's Democratic Party chairman, said boosting Democratic votes could be a deciding factor in a number of the state's races.

He said volunteers in northern Beaufort County made about 1,700 phone calls and knocked on 150 doors Saturday as part of their effort to find and motivate area residents to vote for the state's Democratic candidates.

The Beaufort County Democratic Office opened Aug. 7 in Beaufort, Lotz said. The Beaufort office has about 70 volunteers staffing the phones and canvassing neighborhoods, he said.

Rob Miller of Lady's Island, the Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson for the 2nd Congressional District seat, spoke Sunday afternoon.

Miller told about 100 party organizers and supporters that state campaign coordinators on Saturday made about 36,000 phone calls to residents around the state to rally support for the party.

"We are one of the top races in the nation," he said. "Make no mistake, it's going to be a tough fight. Every race in South Carolina is going to come down to grassroots efforts. And offices like the one here in Hilton Head will make the difference."

Two years ago, Miller made a run at Wilson, but the Lexington County Republican was elected a fifth term,54-46 percent.

Miller said his campaign has focused on reaching out to Republicans and Independents as well as Democrats to bring attention to Wilson's "catastrophic" failures. He said he will continue to speak to residents at small gatherings, businesses and at residents' homes.

"I don't take any vote for granted," he said after the event Sunday. "Wilson's failure cut across all party lines. But every day, in every campaign, we have to fight for every vote."