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chair The position of leadership for a committee defined in the DPCA charter or a DPCA set of bylaws and , otherwise defined by Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (current edition).
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Democrats Abroad China The official country committee of Democrats Abroad in China.
donkey Bred with a horse, will produce a mule. Distinct from the mammal called elephant. Stubborn, also referred to as jackass or, simply, ass. Although the donkey was used as a symbol of the Democratic Party as early as 1828, Thomas Nast is often credited with making it the symbol of the Democrats. Nast, a political cartoonist, first published a cartoon depicting a live jackass kicking a dead lion in Harper’s Weekly in 1870.
Fig. 1 "jackass"
DPCA See Democratic Party Committee Abroad.
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FWAB See Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot.
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gerrymander The reorganization of voting districts by the party in power to insure more votes for their candidates. The term originated in 1811, when Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts signed a bill that changed districts to favor the anti-Federalist faction. The shape of one new district supposedly resembled a salamander, provoking a Boston newspaper editor to say, "Salamander? Call it a Gerrymander!"
Fig. 2 Original gerrymander district.
Get Out The Vote This is a core mission of DA and the Democratic Party. For DA, this term covers voter's process from completing the FPCA, through sending back a completed ballot, to checking to verify that the ballot was counted.
GOTV See Get Out The Vote!
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LEO See Local Election Official.
Local Election Official Ultimately, LEOs decide whether a given FPCA is accepted, when absentee ballots are distributed, and how absentee ballots are integrated into the final count for Federal, state, and local elections. During each Federal election, the troubleshooters of DA's GOTV team interact dozens of times with LEOs to resolve problems that arise between a voter's completion of the FPCA through to the counting and verification of their ballots.
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Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act Amended UOCAVA and other statutes by providing greater protections for Service Members, their eligible family members and other overseas citizens. Among other provisions, the MOVE Act requires States to send absentee ballots to UOCAVA voters at least 45 days before federal elections.
MOVE Act See Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act.
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parliamentary procedure The body of rules, ethics and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies and other deliberative assemblies.
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Regional Vice Chair The leader of one of three districts of Democrats Abroad, elected at a biennial Annual General Meeting.
Robert's Rules of Order The most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the United States. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is in its 11th edition, published in 2011; a 12th edition will be published on Sept. 1, 2020. In 2005, the Robert's Rules Association published an official concise guide, titled Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief. A second edition of the brief book was published in 2011; a 3rd edition will be published on Sept. 1, 2020.
RONR See Robert's Rules of Order.
RVC See Regional Vice Chair.
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Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act UOCAVA citizens are U.S. citizens who are active Provides the legal basis for active members of the Uniformed Services, the Merchant Marine, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, their eligible family members, and U.S. citizens residing outside the United States . This Act provides the legal basis for these citizens' absentee voting requirements for federal offices.
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