El Partido Demócrata de Miami toma los primeros pasos para abrir las primarias en la Florida

Los líderes del Partido Demócrata de Miami-Dade planean lanzar una campaña a nivel estatal en busca del apoyo de los 67 Comités Ejecutivos del Partido Demócrata de la Florida con el fin de enmendar las reglas del partido en la Florida. Actualmente, las reglas del Partido Demócrata de la Florida (FDP por sus siglas en inglés) prohíben la participación de votantes que no estén afiliados al partido (NPA por sus siglas en inglés) en las primarias demócratas para presidente de Estados Unidos y para cargos estatales.

Read more about this resolution to open FL primaries in English

Miami’s Democratic Party takes first steps towards open primaries in Florida.

Miami-Dade’s local Democratic Party leadership plans to campaign across the state of Florida to find the support needed from sixty-seven county Democratic Executive Committees and their leadership in order to create the statewide party rule change. Currently, Florida Democratic Party (FDP) rules forbid non-party affiliated (NPA) voters from participating in party primaries for president and statewide office.

Lee más sobre esta resolución para abrir las primarias en Florida

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Today, the report from special counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into Russian election interference was publicly released. Some minor redactions were made, but this is a good first step to having transparency.

The full report can be downloaded here

It’s no secret that I don’t look like, sound like, or walk in the same boots as Florida’s previous Commissioners of Agriculture. As the first woman elected to this position, and as a Democrat of Jewish faith, I grew up in urban South Florida. I don’t come from a farming family — but over the past year that I’ve traveled across Florida, listening to and learning from our farmers and ranchers, I feel like I’ve become part of one.

I’ve gained an appreciation of what agriculture means to our state. It’s honest work. It’s tiring work. And most of the time, it’s thankless work. Behind only tourism, it’s the backbone of Florida’s economy.

Tallahassee, FL – Florida State Senator José Javier Rodríguez (D-Miami) calls out Republican leadership in the Florida Legislature for advancing measures that fail to protect Floridians with pre-existing conditions. The three Republican Senate bills (paired with a single bill in the House, SB 997 by Gregory) are as follows:

Miami-Dade Democratic Party RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL

Passed by the Miami-Dade Democratic Environmental Caucus/Issues Committee Environmental Working Group on February 20, 2019

Endorsed by the Kendall Democrats on March 20, 2019

Passed by Issues Committee on March 25, 2019

Passed by Steering Committee on April 1st, 2019

Passed by Executive Committee on April 8th, 2019