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Call your SDEC Committee Members to Stop the Steering Committee Proposal at the SDEC Meeting! If you believe that inclusion and representation are essential, and you understand why accessibility must be considered in planning from the start, contact your SDEC Committee Representative to urge them to vote no and stop the steering committee proposal.
#DontWRECKDemocracy
Link to SDEC Contacts Spreadsheet Above
Link to SDEC & DNC Members - Texas Democratic Party
Script:
"I’m (name) and I live in (your senate district #). I'm urging you to Vote No on the Steering Committee proposal at the December 11th Steering Committee. We have a representative democracy and all of our elected representatives MUST have seats at the table at all times! Reducing the SDEC from 95 to 13 members, in between quarterly meetings, harms all Texas Democrats by denying us representation. If this proposal passes it will reduce our representation in an undemocratic way. We feel that this lack of representation within the Steering Committee will be extremely divisive and cause democrats to doubt our leadership. Why are we following the Republican playbook? Nothing About Us Without Us”
[ID] Embedded in a black background are large bold words in all caps “NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US” and #DontWreckDemocracy. In white “STEERING COMMITTEE PROPOSAL:” in red “VOTE NO”. A white wrecking ball is headed towards a group of 95 people in white and there are 13 that are colored red. The text reads “The steering committee is the wrecking ball of democracy”. To the right there is a circle with a red 13 in the middle and an indicator depicting the reduction from 95 SDEC voices to 13. Text below reads ”We will lose power by being reduced from 95 to 13 members in between quarterly meetings, with no term limits! Two of the 13 seats are appointed and 6 are elected. The wrecking ball of democracy is headed for the Texas Democratic Party's State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC) through the Steering Committee Proposal. The Steering Committee Proposal will be voted on at the SDEC Quarterly Meeting on December 11th.”
White text at the bottom of the graphic:
The Wrecking Ball of Democracy
Vote is on December 11th
LEARN MORE! txdemsdisabilities.com/action
[ID] Embedded in a black background is large, bolded green text: “NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US” and white text: “STEERING COMMITTEE PROPOSAL” and red text “VOTE NO”. Below that text is red text: “Democracy is at stake for ALL Texas Democrats” Below that is a bulleted list in white text: the text re
[ID] Embedded in a black background are large bold words in all caps reading in white “NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US” and “#DontWreckDemocracy” in white “STEERING COMMITTEE PROPOSAL:” in red “VOTE NO”. Below in white “SDEC Members: 62 Reps from 31 Senate Districts, 28 Reps from 14 Caucuses, & 5 SDEC Officers”.
The text in red reads “Statutory Reps - 62” In a white reads “62 elected statutory representatives reduced to 4 elected seats.” A white arrow points to the right to an empty meter with a red number 4 depicting 62 Statutory reps reduced to 4. The text in red reads “Caucuses - 28” In white reads “DNC Representatives are not currently SDEC members but can compete against the 28 elected Caucus Representatives.” A white arrow points to the right to an empty meter with a red number 2 depicting 46 caucus & DNC compete for to 2. The text in red “DNC Representatives 18” in white reads “18 Democratic National Committee Reps can compete against the Caucus Reps for 2 seats on the proposed Steering Committee.”
White text at the bottom of the graphic:
The Wrecking Ball of Democracy
Vote is on December 11th
LEARN MORE! txdemsdisabilities.com/action
[ID] Embedded in a black background are large bold words in all caps reading in green “NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US” #DontWreckDemocracy. In red “STEERING COMMITTEE PROPOSAL:” in red “VOTE NO”. The text in red reads “Democracy is at stake for ALL Texas Democrats” In green the text reads “What can you do?” with a bulleted list below
1. CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SIGN OUR PETITION! https://txdemsdisabilities.com/action
2. CONTACT your SDEC Committee Representatives & tell them to vote NO on the Steering Committee Proposal. Click the link below to find your Representatives on the SDEC:
https://txdemsdisabilities.com/who
3. LEARN MORE! Come to Our People's Info Session Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2PM
SIGN UP HERE: https://bit.ly/DWDInfoSesh2
[ID] Embedded in a black background are large bold words in all caps reading in white “NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US #DontWreckDemocracy” following “CONTACT YOUR SDEC COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE PROPOSAL” White text is reading “Script: I’m (name) and I live in (your senate district #). I'm urging you to Vote No on the Steering Committee proposal. We have a representative democracy and all of our elected representatives MUST have seats at the table at all times!
Reducing the SDEC from 95 to 13 members, in between quarterly meetings, harms all Texas Democrats by denying us representation.
If this proposal passes it will reduce our representation in an undemocratic way. We feel that this lack of representation within the Steering Committee will be extremely divisive and cause democrats to doubt our leadership. Why are we following the Republican playbook?
Nothing About Us Without Us”
White and red text at the bottom of the graphic:Commit to Democracy, Sign our petition: txdemsdisabilities.com/action
Find your Representatives on the SDEC here: txdemsdisabilities.com/who
The Wrecking Ball of Democracy
Vote is on December 11th
LEARN MORE! txdemsdisabilities.com/action
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