Constitutional Amendment Petition Drive
The national census will be taken again in 2010, and after that, the state Legislature is allowed to redraw the district boundaries. This petition effort is being hailed as a non-partisan effort to create a fair, more competitive system for both parties. To read the actual Constitutional Amendment Petition Form, please go to www.fairdistrictsflorida.org
The drive has two constitutional amendments, one for state Legislative districts and one for Florida Congressional districts and now has 450,000 of the required 635,000 signatures needed for each amendment to get on the ballot in 2010.
The ballot summary states:
"Congressional districts or districting plans may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party. Districts shall not be drawn to deny racial or language minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect representatives of their choice. Districts must be contiguous. Unless otherwise required, districts may be compact, as equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must make use of existing city, county, and geographical boundaries."
The petition may not be signed electronically, you must print it off, sign the signature page, and mail to: Fair Districts Florida, P.O. Box 350188, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33335. Or you can give them to any DEC or Democratic Club member.
Democrats of Polk County
Welcome to the new Polk County Democrats website. We will be updating this site as quickly as possible. If you have items of interest that you would like to see added, please let us know.
We invite you to join us at our regular monthly membership meeting of the Polk County DEC (Democratic Executive Committee). We normally meet on the 2nd Monday of each month in the County Commissioners Chambers, 330 W. Church Street, in Bartow, FL. Our meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and are open to all Democrats.
We encourage you to sign up as a member and become elected to represent your voting precinct. Precinct committeemen and women are the vital link between the Democratic Party and the local voters.
We hope you will return often to this page for information and updates about politics in Polk County, the State of Florida and the Nation.
If you have a specific question that you cannot find an answer to on this website, please call (863) 298-9707 or (863) 668-7199.
As always, in order to provide service to you, to our Democratic candidates, and to the Democratic Party, it takes money. If you would like to help by making a donation to the Polk County Democrats, please click on the link on the homepage. To make it easier for you, we have added a way to set up a monthly donation in the amount of your choice. Thank you for donating.
