Welcome To The Norwin Penn Trafford Area Democrats!
We are a grassroots organization dedicated to building a more inclusive, equitable, and forward-thinking community. We work to elect Democratic leaders who share our values and champion policies that uplift working families, protect our environment, defend voting rights and ensure justice and opportunity for all.
Norwin Penn Trafford Area Democrats
PRESENTS
Spaghetti Disco
Sunday, May 17th, 3:00pm-6:00pm
CLICK HERE to Register and Learn more!
gift baskets
silent auction
WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A DEMOCRAT​
You can only make a difference IF you get involved
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Write to your representatives. Now more than ever you need to contact your representatives. Contact info is under "Our Representatives" or click on our "Message Of The Week".
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You can also go to https://5calls.org/ for a daily game plan to let your representatives know how you feel by calling them.
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Write a Letter to the Editor. Send your letter to Opinion@triblive.com. Include your name and address.
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Attend our meetings to find a way you can help move us forward.
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Consider working at the polls on Election Day. To apply scroll down this page.
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Vote and talk to neighbors and friends to make sure they have "a plan" to vote.
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Attend local meetings that affect your community. For local meeting schedules click here.
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Do you have questions about voting itself? Go to https://www.us.vote/ It's a great website that provides many answers in the art of voting!
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Representative Summer Lee
Has Accomplished A Lot For Our Area And For Our Country. To See Some Of Her Work Click Here
Book of the Month:
Dark Money
by
Jane Mayer
The hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right​​​
Weekly Great Podcasts
to keep you in the "Know".
The Lincoln Project
Trump & Epstein's Shared Network Problem: This Isn’t Coincidence Anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ViTiNUlok
It's Time To Request
A Mail-In Ballot For The
2026 Election Year!
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has changed its postmark process so it reflects the date mail is first processed at a regional sorting facility, not when dropped off, causing potential delays for time-sensitive items like ballots and tax returns. To get a timely postmark, you must request a manual stamp at a local post office, use Certified or Registered Mail for a dated receipt, or mail items well in advance to account for processing delays.
Unfortunately Commissioners Chew and Kertes have ignored our requests for a dropbox.
*Cartoon Of The Week*
Did You Know....
On April 1st (April Fools Day) President Donald Trump said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to “take care” of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending.
​“It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things,” Trump said. “They can do it on a state basis. You can’t do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country.” To Learn more go to:https://truthout.org/articles/trump-budget-proposal-shreds-health-and-food-programs-to-feed-the-war-machine/
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
below is the letter of the week
for past letters that were written and sent to local publications for consideration
Click Here
Letter of the Week
Say NO To Government Run Media....​
Back ‘in the day’, as the expression goes, when Walter Cronkite or Huntley-Brinkley delivered the news, the public had a high degree of confidence that they were telling the truth. Federal policies were in place to ensure that “news” was accurate. Until the 1980s, when the FCC started media deregulation. This has led, to countless media (aka news outlets) that today play fast and loose with the facts and truth. Other stations meanwhile ‘fall in line’ as a government mouthpiece for this current administration’s opinion. So where does this leave us, as we try to pay attention to our government via the news outlets? We often have limited time while working hard and raising a family. Maybe our options are to petition our legislators (if we haven’t already) to ask them to set strict new policies to protect free speech as a bedrock of our Constitution. And to concurrently set procedures which monitor factual reporting of the news, while establishing harsh violation penalties. We also might explain that we will not stand for a government-owned/controlled media – as this current administration endeavors! Or we could always go to websites like factcheck.com, in our spare time or take a course in media savvy in our ‘other’ spare time! But, in the very least, I’m suggesting we see to it that our schools have ‘media awareness, accountability and biases’ courses for our kids. Or, as our always-angry-never-precise-Secretary-of-Defense, recently stated, “my message to the media is to get it right”! Hummmm…which 'right' is that Mr. Secretary?
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Mary Ann Lauffer
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Become a
Poll Worker
Make a difference in the Electoral process and ensure that every vote counts by being a poll worker.
We also need poll watchers to ensure every vote counts!
Apply now for 2026
​We always need Poll workers!
Training Will Be Provided
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Contact Us!
Our next Norwin PT Area Democrats Meeting will be in April.