Democratic Party of Door County

You can volunteer for one day a week, just occasionally or whenever we can depend on you.  In the office we do calling, mailings, coordination, training, greet walk-ins, and handout yard signs, buttons and stickers

We are constantly reaching out to people. We can identify them by interest and voting history looking for volunteers and potential supporters during an election. Getting out the vote is an essential element of every election.

For those who won’t make calls, or won’t talk to their neighbors but are willing to sit at a computer entering data collected by other volunteers. Very sporadic, very important. We train, but some computer familiarity is needed.

Call on your neighbors or voters in key areas. This is the absolutely most important volunteer job because it has the potential to change people’s minds. People may not want to talk, but are rarely rude.

For the 4 or 5 events we do each year.  The Events committee always needs help setting-up, planning, coordinating and cleaning-up.

During the summer and early fall there are parades almost every weekend. We have a float and music but need people to ride the float or walk the parade route. Sometimes we hand out literature or candy but mostly we just walk in support of the party. There are parades in ever corner of the county

We have a “voter preference” list (a data base) that needs additions and updates.  A Coordinator takes a 4 or 5 block area near where they live and gets to know the strong Democrats living there and discover the preferences of those who aren’t yet in the list. We supply the initial list and provide back-up support.

What is your passion? Put it in writing and send it as a Letter-to-the-Editor of the Pulse or the Advocate. We can also put it on our website.

Help sort through the many emails, decide which are important and forward them appropriately. Fact check, follow-up on ideas, gather information on key issues.

Helps fill all these volunteer positions through personal contact by phone or face-to-face. Does follow-up on comments submitted through our website. 

Sit at a table, register the voter, hand out ballets.  There are many who are regulars at this, but replacements are occasionally needed.  Contact your town or city clerk to say you are willing.  OR ask to be nominated by the Party. Party-nominated poll workers get priority in being hired by municipal clerks.

Compose new text or update existing text presenting the party position on latest hot-button issues (for our static pages). Write current news articles for the dynamic Latest News section. This is a non-technical position.

Review new or revised content for proper spelling, grammar and compliance with style sheet. Find mis-spelled or missing words, awkward sentence structure, etc. before it’s discovery by the public. This is a non-technical position.

Install new proof-read content. Review new and existing webpages, ensure links are valid, format content to improve presentability. We train, but some computer competency is needed.

Our committees function more like Task Forces growing and shrinking depending on need and urgency.  Committees are:

• Membership  (recruitment, public relations, record keeping)
• Advocacy (education, outreach, issues)
• Elections (candidate recruitment/support, office coordination.
• Events (see Event Staff above)
• Policy (prepare and submit changes/additions to Platform at the state level and to Procedures at the local level.

Committees meet on an as-needed basis.