6th Ward Democrats

We hope you can join us for our next meeting...

DATE / LOCATION

Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: Compton Heights Christian Church - 2149 South Grand Blvd.

AGENDA

Treasurer's Report / Membership Report

Report from elected officials

Discussion of and voting on the proposed bylaws which have been compiled by the bylaws committee.** (All eligible voting members will be able to cast a ballot for adoption of the bylaws. If you are eligible and can't vote at the meeting, you'll have a 24 hour window to vote online.)

Overview of the bylaws amendment process (Article XI)

Officer Elections at end of month October meeting

Announcements and Other Business

** As a reminder, the bylaws committee is composed of volunteers from the former 7th, 8th, and 15th Ward Democratic Organizations who volunteered to compile a set of bylaws for the new 6th Ward Democrats based on the bylaws from the open and independent former 8th and former 15th Democratic ward organizations.

Alderwoman Velázquez will be holding a Town Hall Meeting this upcoming Tuesday, August 29, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Afghan Community Center & Chamber of Commerce, located at 3611 S. Grand. Childcare is provided. Hope to see you there!

Election Day is upon us! 

Polls are open from 6AM to 7PM on Tuesday.

ENDORSEMENTS

The 6th Ward Democrats have voted to endorse:

• PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN - Megan Ellyia Green
• ALDERMAN WARD 6 - Daniela Velázquez
• PROPOSITION C - CHARTER AMENDMENT - Yes
• PROPOSITION - ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON RETAIL SALE OF ADULT USE MARIJUANA - Yes
• MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (Choose 2) - Sadie Weiss and Tracy E. Hykes
• SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE IN SUBDISTRICT 2 - Pam Ross

WHERE TO VOTE

You can vote at your assigned polling place or at one of 12 city-wide polling places.

6th Ward assigned polling places:

• Mann Elementary - 4047 Juniata
• St. Pius V Church - 3310 S Grand
• Tower Grove Christian Academy - 4257 Magnolia Ave
• Missouri School for the Blind - 3867 Magnolia Ave

The closest city-wide polling place is the Missouri School for the Blind at 3867 Magnolia Ave.

If you requested an absentee ballot and have not cast it yet, you can bring it with you to the polling place and you can vote in-person there.

PHOTO ID REQUIRED

A new Missouri law requires specific forms of photo ID to vote.

Permissible forms of ID:

• Nonexpired Missouri driver’s license or non-driver’s license
• Nonexpired U.S. passport
• Nonexpired U.S military ID, including veteran’s card
• Another photo ID issued by Missouri or the federal government that’s not expired or has expired after Nov. 2, 2020

No longer permissible forms of ID:

• Student IDs, out-of-state driver’s licenses, pay stubs, utility bills, and postcards from the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners

If you do not have an acceptable ID, you can vote a provisional ballot on Election Day and it will be counted if  the signature on your provisional ballot matches the signature on file with the Board of Election Commissioners.

ELECTION PROTECTION RESOURCES

If you encounter any problems at the polls, call the nonpartisan Election Protection Hotline —  a project of the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights. Save this information in your phone so you have it if you or a neighbor need it when you’re at the polls. 

Call:

• English: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
• Spanish: 888-VE-Y-VOTE (888-839-8682)
• Asian Languages: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)
• Arabic: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287)

You can also tweet @866OurVote, or head to 866OurVote.org. 

And now that we have our endorsements made, we need help in getting the word out to voters!

Please use our sign up sheet to volunteer.

We have opportunities for handing out sample ballots at the polls, putting up and taking down our Vote Today Signs, and anything else you would like to volunteer for.

Thanks for helping to support our endorsed candidates and issues!

Many thanks to everyone who attended our Candidates Forum and participated in our endorsement vote.

As a reminder, per the rules set at our previous endorsement meeting, our endorsements of Megan Green and Daniela Velázquez will automatically carry over since they won the endorsement votes for the March election. 

Based on the results of our endorsement votes, the 6th Ward Democrats are endorsing the following candidates and propositions for the General Municipal Election on April 4:

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

Megan Ellyia Green

ALDERMAN WARD 6

Daniela Velázquez

PROPOSITION C - CHARTER AMENDMENT

Yes

PROPOSITION - ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON RETAIL SALE OF ADULT USE MARIJUANA

Yes

MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Sadie Weiss

Tracy E. Hykes

SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE IN SUBDISTRICT 2

Pam Ross

__________

For the endorsement vote, 24 of 74 eligible voters cast a vote.

__________

Here are the number of votes in the endorsement vote for PROPOSITION C - CHARTER AMENDMENT:

20 people voted Yes.

4 people voted No.

__________

Here are the number of votes in the endorsement vote for PROPOSITION - ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON RETAIL SALE OF ADULT USE MARIJUANA:

21 people voted Yes.

3 people voted No.

__________

Here are the number of votes each candidate received in the endorsement vote for MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION:

22 people voted for Sadie Weiss.

18 people voted for Tracy E. Hykes.

0 people voted for Dr. J.L. [Coach Win] Quinones.

__________

Here are the number of votes each candidate received in the endorsement vote for SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE IN SUBDISTRICT 2:

21 people voted for Pam Ross.

2 people voted for Nicole Robinson.

For those of you eligible to vote for the 6th Ward Democrats Endorsements for the April 4 election, the link to the endorsement ballot can be found here.

Voting closes Sunday, March 26 at NOON

Only votes cast by eligible voters will be counted. Only one ballot per voter will be counted.

To determine your eligibility to vote, please review the criteria on our Membership page.

Also remember that you must have completed a membership application and paid annual dues to the 6th Ward Democrats to be eligible to vote. This can be done online here.

In preparation for the upcoming April 4 election, the 6th Ward Democrats will be hosting a Candidates / Issues Forum.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

6:30 PM mingle and meet your neighbors

7:00 PM meeting begins

ATTEND IN PERSON

Compton Heights Christian Church, 2149 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104

(street parking is available on Grand, Flora, and other surrounding streets)

ATTEND VIA ZOOM

Register for the Zoom call here

Meet with fellow Dems to hear from candidates running for:

• Board of Education
• St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees 

We’ll also consider:

• Proposition C - Charter Amendment
• Proposition - Additional Sales Tax on Retail Sale of Adult Use Marijuana

* Please note that per the rules set at the last meeting, our endorsements of Megan Green & Daniela Velazquez will automatically carry over since they won the endorsement votes for the March election. 

The Candidates Forum is open to the public, so please spread the word.

The Endorsement vote will take place following the Candidates Forum and will be limited to voting members of the 6th Ward Democrats. (Criteria for voting member eligibility can be found here.)  

A link to the endorsement ballot will be posted to this website after the Candidates / Issues Forum.

If you are interested in joining the 6th Ward Democrats and participating in the endorsement vote, you can complete a membership application and pay dues in person at the Candidates Forum or online via ActBlue here.

Masks are encouraged for this meeting. We hope to see you there!