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Hello and Welcome to the Burnet County Democratic Club OUR MISSION: The purpose of the Burnet County Democratic Club is to foster active interest in the Democratic Party to increase political activity by Democrats in local, state, and national politics. Anyone who supports the purposes of the Club is eligible for a free membership. Please Help! Donate to the Club Here! Cookies, Cocoa, & Cider Party Pictures 12/15/2024 Voting Results for 2024 (links below) Most Texas races - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/texas Texas results statewide and by county, President - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/0/texas Texas results statewide and by county, U.S. Senate - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/texas#us-senate Texas state house district races - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/texas/state-house Results district-wide and by county, HD 19 (Dwain Handley) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/45954/texas#travis-county Texas state senate district races - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/texas/state-senate Results district-wide and by county, SD 25 (Merrie Fox) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/45929/texas Texas congressional district races - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/texas/us-house Results district-wide and by county, CD 10 (Theresa Boisseau) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/45880/texas Results district-wide and by county, CD 21 (Kristin Hook) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/45891/texas Results district-wide and by county, CD 31 (Stuart Whitlow) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/48732/texas Criminal Court of Appeals (Holly Taylor) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/49750/texas State Board of Education, District 10 (Raquel Saenz-Ortiz) - https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/46639/texas Get Involved! Subscribe Community and Social Events Election and Candidate Information Ways to Get Involved

Click here for Burnet County Early Voting Schedule and Locations Click here for all Burnet County voting information Go to our website at info@bcdctx.org for all candidate info plus voting information October BCDC Social Event and Rally! KICK-OFF TAILGATE PARTY BEFORE EARLY VOTING! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 5:30 PM DEMOCRATIC OFFICE, PECAN AND HWY 281 Gourmet Hotdogs (Beef and Vegan options for hotdogs and chili) Please bring you lawn chair and favorite hotdog topping or side-dish We will be tailgating in the parking lot of the Democratic Office Meet CANDIDATES Stuart Whitlow, candidate for US House to represent Texas' 31st Congressional District Dwayne Handley, candidate for Texas House District 19 Special guest; If you are a "country over party" fan, you love our special guest! Music: Patriotic music by Highland Lakes Men's Chorus, directed by Gary Kesler Dress: Now is the time to wear your favorite political shirt, button or cap to win our door..., er, parking lot prize! Yes, we need to know how many dogs to cook! RSVP: Here or email We all had a heaping serving of Oatmeal at last week's Oatmeal Festival in Bertram. Only a few booths away from the Republican Booth, we all co-existed for the community! Our Voter Registration Booth was a big success and we than all who helped with the organization and working the event. You gotta come next year! The parade was a personal highlight with the caballeros and their dancing horses. It was all well worth our time there. We managed 10 new registrations, 5 out of town mail registrations and $120 cash! We had surprise visits from Herb and his wife and our gleaming new grandma, Joan! Help me thank the lovely crew: Nathan (who plans to help the canvassing efforts in MF next week!), Jimmie (who is looking forward in helping BCDC’s Teacher Appreciation Project!), Julie and her husband Rick (who are excited in leading next week’s MF block walk!), Rodney (who works daily to help Dwaine Handley win this year in November!) and our experienced Democratic Party Chair, Guy Stuart (who, like everything he does for us, stayed with us at the festival from start to finish!!!). We are so grateful. Thank you! Martha Van Vleck, Oatmeal coordinator BCDC supports our public schools and public school teachers and staff! We are again providing snacks to the elementary school and middle school teachers. We need volunteers to delivery the beautiful baskets to the schools. To volunteer email here or call 830-220-5228. It's a fantastic event to let staff know we support them. What does a nine-year-old birthday party with a jump house, a pretty decorated ceramic dog, and feeding carrots to a horse have to do with Get Out the Vote in Burnet County? Well, on a recent block walk we registered - the mother of the nine year old, the 18 year old resident with pretty ceramic dogs, and a 60-year-old owner of the horse - all will be first time voters! If you want to register to block walk on Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 pm in Marble Falls. Register here . It is not too late, to do SOMETHING! Go to mobilize link and sign up for SOMETHING! Who knows, you might get to eat birthday cake, too! Reminder: Everyone that wrote postcards please mail by October 15! A Poem by Shel Silverstein Masks She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hidden, And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through Then passed right by- and never knew. For Your Information: BCDC BoardMeetingMinutes 9 - 2024 BCDC Treasurer's Report 10 -2024 - Printed with express permission from the artist

Click here for Burnet County Early Voting Schedule and Locations Click here for all Burnet County voting information SEPTEMBER 17 IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY & National Voter Registration Day REMEMBER, EVERYONE, “DO SOMETHING!” Local "get out the vote" opportunities to volunteer are listed here . Scroll through the first listed event on the mobilize link. to see more options for volunteers. Burnet County Democrats want to do the work to ensure that the Harris/Walz campaign and statewide down ballot candidates will win in November. Walk blocks, write postcards, make phone calls, canvas and more! Check It Out! Click HERE Three local block walks for September 1. Saturday September 14, Bertram, 3:00 pm till 6:00 pm Register here 2. Sunday September 22, Delaware Springs, 2:00 pm till 5:00 pm. Register here 3. Saturday September 28 Oatmeal festival. Help us to walk the parade route to register voters. Last day to register voters is October 7. Send email to organizer here. The August social event at Wedding Oak was a success. Susan Criss SDEC CD 31 for Burnet County gave a great talk on the history of Democratic politics in Texas. We even had a lady of the young age of 64 showed up to register to vote, as she had never voted before, ever! She is now registered, and she even stayed for the entire meeting. Everyone attending had an opportunity to sign-up, and commit to doing something for this 2024 election. All the post cards were taken, and sign-up sheets to call and knock on doors were full or almost full. A wonderful and productive meeting. The sixty folks in attendance at the social were treated to home grown music and the ballad “We're Not Going Back Video” BCDC Names New Treasurer! Introducing our new BCDC Board member, Treasurer Mr. David Watson (pictured left). David is retired Navy veteran, has BS in accounting, MS in criminal justice. Just a tad qualified for our needs. We welcome you David, and thank you. David will be helped with bookkeeping by Dave Bowmaster who has 9 years serving as a bookkeeper of non-profit organizations. Welcome Dave and thank you. Now all we need is money to count! Donations to the club at Act Blue- Burnet County Democratic Club -BCDC always appreciated. We have five barn signs to put up around Burnet County. You may have these signs for free, if you have highway frontage on these roads Hwy 71, 281, 1431, or 29. The sign is pictured above with Carl Jones and we deliver! Door Knockin' Made Easy If you are planning to walk blocks for Democratic candidates, you will not be going alone and you will have training, handouts and information to share with those democrats that answer the door. The minivan app will guide you with a map and list of democrats' addresses. Door Hangers, pictured below, will be placed on doors when there is no answer. We will only be knocking on doors with registered democratic voters from the voter rolls. Get ready to knock on some doors- go to the mobilize link here . A Big Serving of Democrats at the Oatmeal Festival... Coming Right Up The Annual Oatmeal Festival in historic Bertram, TX, is scheduled for September 28, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. We will have our BCDC “Voting Booth” set up to register voters, update voter registration information, addresses, and check online to ensure voters are actually registered with the Burnet County Elections Department. Our focus will be registering voters but we will have cool stickers (pictured right) and free water for cooling down registered voters. The deadline for registering to vote in the November election is October 7th Call 830-220-5228 by phone or click here to volunteer to take a shift at the Oatmeal Festival BCDC Booth. FOR YOUR INFORMATION BCDC Treasurer's Report - Sept 2024 BCDC BoardMeetiingMinutes - Aug 2024 Note: Be informed - might need to read Trump’s manifesto called Project 2025, not all of it, because it is 900 pages! PROJECT 2025 link . This is their plan, and it is scary! Note: Check to see if your voter registration is valid - here Note: Volunteer to work at the polls - Discover how to become an election worker during voting period by clicking here or email Burnet County Democratic Party Chair, Guy Stuart here about training and what is involved.

Printable Voting Cards These voting cards are printable in English and Spanish! Please share with everyone you know! English Spanish

The Burnet County Democratic Club is on a mission to turn Texas Blue. With help from our like-minded blue neighbors, we are uniting to help more democrats get elected in Texas. From hosting meetings, fundraisers, educational & training events, to supporting candidates, registering voters, and more. There are plenty of ways you can help us. ACTIVATE. EDUCATE. MOTIVATE. TEXAS DEMOCRAT PARTY HIGHLAND LAKES DEMOCRATIC WOMEN POWERED BY PEOPLE LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS' OF TEXAS HELPFUL RESOURCES BURNET COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY SISTERS UNITED ALLIANCE 411VOTE MOVE TEXAS TRAINING Wait don't go... Learn more about the BCDC and how we're working to turning Texas blue. Together we can activate, educate, and motivate Texans to VOTE BLUE.

NEWS The Gettin' Place... for all the latest news, updates, and events with the BCDC and our fellow democrats & partners across the state. Guest Editorial – November 1, 2024 – The Highlander Why the VATRE is really on the ballot in southern Burnet County by Herb Krasner, Spicewood, Texas The Marble Falls ISD (MFISD) is currently operating with a $1.1 million budget deficit. And they are asking for a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE) on the November 5th ballot (Prop A). This is needed as a stop gap measure to raise approximately $2.2 million to support critical needs such as the recruitment and retention of staff, maintenance of current class sizes and continuation of student activities and programs. Without that money, there will be significant budget cuts which would affect personnel and student programs. Interestingly, MFISD is not alone in this dilemma, because almost all the school districts across central Texas are facing budget deficits, causing them to make difficult decisions to keep their schools funded. So why is this really happening across central Texas and all across the state? Sadly, it’s because our state government has systematically underfunded public education for a long time. That is why Texas is ranked 42 nd in the nation for its per pupil per year funding level – at $4,000 below the national average. To add insult to injury, it is also true that the basic allocation per pupil has not been raised by our state representatives from $6,160 for the last 6 years. With 20%+ inflation and the disruptions of the pandemic over that same period, this seems unconscionable. This is why our state legislature has received a grade of “F” from the Texas Association of School Boards. These projected deficits will get worse if our state legislature passes a “private school voucher/ESA” law next year (aka “school’s choice”). The money to support this new voucher program will come in part from your local ISD when students opt out, and therefore in large part from YOUR property taxes. That money will be sent to some private school somewhere else in the form of a subsidy to parents whose child is 70% likely to already be enrolled in that private school but whose home is in your ISD. There is also the issue of the constitutionality of such a program – but that’s for the AG and lawyers to fight over. In the case of Marble Falls ISD, that might mean sending a significant amount of your tax money to Travis County. Because of what happened in the last legislative session, it all boils down to what our TX House “Representative” does next session after this election. What I know for fact is that last session our incumbent HD-19 representative: 1. Voted against approving an increase in the per pupil basic allocation funding. 2. Voted for private school vouchers/ESAs – which she has promised to do again. 3. Supported Gov. Abbott’s tactic of withholding $5 billion of funding that was allocated to the public schools (to hold us and the school districts hostage). So, if you are in favor of the continued defunding of our public schools, and sending your property tax dollars to the private schools located elsewhere; then by all means please vote for Ellen Troxclair for TX HD-19 (which includes the counties of: Burnet, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, and the western part of Travis). But if you happen to be one of the more than 2/3 of all citizens who are against private school vouchers, then you might want to consider voting for someone else who really does support our public schools and wants to help improve them. These voucher programs, which divert scarce public resources to private schools, have been repeatedly shown in other states to: bust state budgets, fund discrimination against students and families, fail to improve student outcomes, and undermine funding and resources for the public schools. They are also widely unpopular with voters. In fact, every time private school vouchers has been on a state ballot, they have been rejected. But of course, in Texas we are not permitted to create a state level ballot referendum (a fight for another day). Please Support Stuart Whitlow U.S. Representative- District 31 School Voucher Presentation. A must watch! www.youtube.com/@herbkrasner Expose of our current HD-19 Representative Ellen Troxclair- this version of episode 3 tells the specific local considerations of the voucher scam in TX House District 19. And exposes our current HD-19 representative for her position and actions on public education. She voted against raising the per student basic allocation to account for inflation, and then voted FOR private school vouchers. And when she speaks you might notice that it is actually Gov. Abbott's talking points coming out of her mouth. A true "party servant" in action. ACTIVATE. EDUCATE. MOTIVATE.

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Our Club Past Events Photos and Videos from the Tailgate Kickoff Party on 10/20/2024 “BCDC thinks all public school teachers need a treat not a trick like the Texas legislature wants to do with vouchers!” The Burnet Democratic Club supports our public school teachers! Guy Stuart, Democratic Party chair, Martha Van Vleck, Karen Mohan, and Jimmie Rushing show some of the prepared baskets of individually wrapped healthy snacks placed in all 12 Burnet County Elementary and Jr. High teacher’s lounges. Thank you all volunteers! Photos from the Marble Falls Canvasing 10/6/2024- Meadow Lakes- Block Walk The August social event at Wedding Oak was a success. Susan Criss SDEC CD 31 for Burnet County gave a great talk on the history of Democratic politics in Texas. We even had a lady of the young age of 64 showed up to register to vote, as she had never voted before, ever! She is now registered, and she even stayed for the entire meeting. Everyone attending had an opportunity to sign-up, and commit to doing something for this 2024 election. All the post cards were taken, and sign-up sheets to call and knock on doors were full or almost full. A wonderful and productive meeting. The sixty folks in attendance at the social were treated to home grown music and the ballad “We're Not Going Back Video” The Ice Cream Social in July was a HUGE Success with a full house to scoop and hear the latest BCDC news!

Donate to the Club! Greetings and Welcome to the club! BJ Henry- Club President Our Purpose The purpose of the Burnet County Democratic Club is to foster active interest in the Democratic Party to increase political activity by Democrats in local, state and national politics. Any person who supports the purposes of the Club is eligible for membership. The Club does not and shall not exclude anyone from membership on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status. Per a bylaws change adopted in April 2021 by a membership vote, the Burnet County Democratic Club no longer collect yearly dues. But donations are welcome! We have set up an online membership form to make it easy to join and/or update your membership profile. JOIN NOW CLUB HISTORY: In late 2018, a few Democrats in Burnet County, Texas, were working to support Marti Pogue, Burnet County Democratic Party Chair, when they realized something. They weren ’t alone! Burnet County has more Democrats than they knew. So, they decided that the best way to support the Party at the county, state and national level was to formally establish a Club. This Club would be a separate entity from the Burnet County Party, with its own board, members and funds. Yet, its mission would be to spread the ideals of the Democratic Party throughout Burnet County and help to register and turn out as many Democratic voters as possible. Our current Officers elected for 2024-2025 are: BJ Henry, President Rosann Thornton, Vice President Martha Patino Van Vleck, Secretary (second term!) Treasurer-David Watson Democratic Party Chair- Guy Stuart Bookkeeper- Dave Bowmaster Fundraising- Karen Mohan Publicity Chair/Zoom Master- Sandy Crosby Newsletter Coordinator- Joan Altobelli Webmasters- Audrey Mohan/Roger Parker Along with a governing board comprised of active, involved Democrats throughout the county, the BCDC has a bright future moving ahead! BCDC Officers President – BJ Henry VicePresident - Roseann Thornton Secretary – Martha Patino Van Vleck Democratic Party Chair- Guy Stuart Treasurer-David Watson Bookkeeper- Dave Bowmaster Fundraising- Karen Mohan Publicity Chair/Zoom Master- Sandy Crosby Newsletter Coordinator- Joan Altobelli Webmasters- Audrey Mohan/Roger Parker

The Burnet County Democratic Club is on a mission to turn Texas Blue. With help from our like-minded blue neighbors, we are uniting to help more democrats get elected in Texas. From hosting meetings, fundraisers, educational & training events, to supporting candidates, registering voters, and more. There are plenty of ways you can help us. GET INFORMED... BEFORE YOU VOTE ELECTION MEET THE CANDIDATES VOTE TEXAS AM I REGISTERED? POLLING SITES MILITARY OVERSEAS VOTERS BECOME A POLL WORKER ELECTION WORKERS TEXAS DEMOCRAT PARTY TRAINING ON THE BALLOT VOTE BURNET COUNTY REGISTER TO VOTE VOTE BY MAIL TEXAS ID REQ'S HOW TO USE VOTING MACHINE VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTAR DAILY VOTED LIST CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS HELPFUL RESOURCES Wait don't go... Learn more about the BCDC and how we're working to turning Texas blue. Together we can activate, educate, and motivate Texans to VOTE BLUE. Subscribe