1. Defend Democracy at Home How to Run for Committeeperson Stephanie Singer City Commissioner City Hall, Rm 132 215-686-3460 stephanie.singer@phila.gov www.PhiladelphiaVotes.comstephanie.singer@phila.gov

2. Each Division has 4 Committeepeople Major parties are Democrat and Republican. In each division: GOP voters elect 2 GOP Committeepeople Dem voters elect 2 Dem Committeepeople ( Independents, other parties? None. ) 4 year terms Next election: May 20, 2014

4. Committeepeople are grouped into Ward Party Committees About 70 wards in Philadelphia, each has Dem Ward Committee and GOP Ward Committee. Each Committee: usually 20-40 divisions 40-80 CP slots in each Ward Committee Ward Leader elected in June 2014 by elected CPs ( then WL can appoint CPs to vacancies )

6. American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress Is this a joke, or is it a good idea – the People should have a lobbyist to make sure the People’s interests are represented in Congress? How can the People get the Power to influence elected officials?

7. Votes are Power Local Leaders Elected Officials Votes

8. So elected officials listen to what local leaders have to say. The more votes a local leader can influence, the more influential the local leader is.

9. Ward Leaders are Leaders Ward Leaders have influence

10. Party Committeepeople’s work empowers the Ward Leader

11. More Votes More Influence 2010 PA Governor Race 4,000,000 ballots cast How we voted: 420,000 ballots How we could have voted: 1,100,000 ballots

12. More Votes More Influence 2010 Governor’s Race won by 350,000 Over 500,000 Philadelphians stayed home.

13. More Votes More Influence Pennsylvania: Philadelphians1.5M 65+ 2.0M Gun Owners4.4M Women6.5M Which groups vote? Who can lead them?

14. CP Job Description Vote for Ward Leader Get votes for Party candidates Make sure other side doesn’t cheat! Anything else CP’s voters want Pay: not guaranteed, typically at discretion of Ward Leader.

15. Who are your committeepeople? Do you know them? Can you reach them? Do you like what they stand for? If you don’t know, find out. If you like what you find, help out. If you don’t, step up.

16. Who can run for CP? Registered Voter in PA Must be registered in a major party (Republican or Democratic) before circulating petitions.

17. Democracy is a garden Let’s tend it for the next generation…

18. (AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki) …so they don’t have to die for it. http://rt.com/news/tahrir-egypt-violence-elections-761/

19. Bill Hudson/AP http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/61024/Civil-rights-demonstrator- attacked-by-a-police-dog-on-May

20. Defend Democracy at Home Run for Committeeperson Stephanie Singer City Commissioner City Hall, Rm 132 215-686-3460 stephanie.singer@phila.gov www.PhiladelphiaVotes.comstephanie.singer@phila.gov