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Demo Chief Seeks Help In Strengthening Party
Northwest Georgia's top
Democratic Party oElicial has
asked the Chattooga County
Democratic Committee for
assistance in imJ)lementing
three proposals designed to
strenitehen the partl{ and com
pete better with Republican
programs.
aul Ervin Jr., Seventh
District Democratic chairman,
addressed the Chattooga panel
and local elected Democratic
officials last Thursday night at
The Lookout restaurant,
Cloudland.
Ervin, who also acts as
chief of staff for Seventh
District Rep. George ‘‘Buddy"
Darden, said county
Democratic groups in the
region workinitogether can be
of help to each other.
MAILING LIST
He progosed setting up a
district-wide quick response
mailing list designed to draw
crowds quickly to events
scheduled on the spur-of-the
minute. A regular newsletter
for Seventh District
Democrats also was proposed
by Ervin if enough interest
becomes evident in the area.
But the major item put
forth was a district convention
next October that would in
volve national speakers and
perhaps Democratic presiden
tial candidates, as well as
seminars and workshops on
campaign technology and
strategy. He envisioned each
county sending delegates to
the convention with a nominal
registration fee to be charged.
Climax of the proposed da
and one-half would be a fum‘fi
raising banquet designed to
‘“‘showcase’’ one of Georgia's
senators, perhaps Gov. Joe
Frank Harris or possibly a
presidential candidate.
The convention would help
bring unity to the party in Nor
thwest Georgia, Ervin said,
and it wou%d be directed
toward the 1988 campaign
cycle.
BREAKFASTS
The Republican Party has
been “‘very well organized’’ in
Cobb County but Democrats in
that county are now gettinf
organized, the speaker said.
The Cobb ?arty plans to host
a series of ‘‘eggs 'n issues”
breakfasts to hear the
Democratic presidential can
didates during the next year
and one-half, he announced.
Arizona Gov. Bruce Bab
bitt, who will announce his can
didacy for ?fl: Democratic
presig;ntial nomination next
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Cobb's first breakfast the |
following day, March 11, Ervin |
revealed. Cost of the
breakfasts will be between $lO
and S2O per person, he
estimated.
“We have a lot more we can
do as a group rather than in
dividually,” Ervin told the
Chattooga committee.
Democrats need to do more
to reach young, college-age peo
ple, Ervin said, pomting out ‘
that it has become ‘‘the in |
thing" for many young adults |
to be supporters of President |
Reagan and the Republican |
Party — especially in Cobb !
County, where Ervin resides. |
NEW RESIDENTS |
Because of the ‘‘tremen- 1
dous influx” of new residents
in the Cobb and metro Atlan- |
ta area, the party has “an
educational problem” in ac
quainting the new citizens with
“Southern Democrats,” he |
continued. |
The Chattooga Jefferson-
Jackson Day speaker said the
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7TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN PAUL ERVIN
Visits With Katherine Camp (L), Barbara Reece
nation "‘almost has a crisis on
our hands' because of continu
ing revelations about the Ira
nian arms deal. America's
“foreign policy is in shambles"
ana the repub{ic‘s allies are un
sure as to its aims, he
indicated.
Based on news media
reports of the Tower Commis
sion's revelations, it appears
that President Reagan was "'ill
advised, misinformed or unin
formed” about the Iranian
arms-hostage connection, Er
vin told the Chattooga
Democrats.
Pressure will increase on
Donald Regan, the president's
chief of staff, to resign, Ervin
speculated. (Since Ervin's
speech, Regan has resigned
and been replaced by former
Tennessee Sen. Howard
Baker).
However, it was *‘encourag
ing" to hear that the president
aprarently was not directly in
volved in any alleged coveru
of the operation, hgrvin addetr
Acknowledging that it
sounded odd coming from a
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Democratic official, Ervin call
ed on all Americans to support
President Reagan, saying the
Iranian controversi' “is not a
partisan issue.”" Democrats
shouldn't be gleeful over the
current proglems of Mr.
Reagan and his administration,
he continued.
Ervin also mentioned in
Qassing that the Democratic
National Convention will be
held in Atlanta next year, ad
ding that he has received a
number of calls from
Democrats throughout Nor
thwest Georgia W%IO want to
assist in organizing the affair.
Ervin was introduced by
Barbara Reece, Menlo, who
pointed out that the speaker is
also head of the Cobb
Democratic Committee, is an
attorney and has been involv
ed in numerous civic, profes
sional, charitable and church
§roups. He and his wife have
our children.
"~ YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Katherine Camp, chairman
of the Chattooga party, said
the area is interested in setting
up a Young Democrats
organization,
Other officers of the group
include Glenn Downes, first
vice chairman; Tom Hogg, se
cond vice chairman; and
Shirley McDonald, secretary.
Other committee members in
clude Lamar Gregg and Jerry
Money, Summervfile district;
Benny Faye Martin, Ted Mar
tin, Bem}y Perry and Carlton
Vines, Trion district; Hill
Caldwell, Katherine Smith and
Willie Mae Smith, Lyerly
district; A.B. Day, C{aude
Baker and Ms. Reece, Alpine
district; Dennis McCary and
Ben Mosley, Dirttown district;
Martha Brison and Jeannie
Strawn, Coldwater district;
Ruby Baggett and Hazel
Kerce, Dirtseller district; Mary
Woodall, Seminole district;
Dorman Gilreath and W. H.
Gilreath, Teloga district; Greg
E‘igly and Pat Scoggins,
Subligna district.
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from front page
recommend only that the coun
ty buy voting equipment, leav
ing the number to be bought up
to Powell.
LETTER
In a Feb. 17, 1987 letter to
a Trion man, Frances S. Dun
can, director of the State Elec
tions Division, Secretary of
State, said, ‘lt 1s my
understanding that you have
also asked if it would be legal
to place this equipment in a
central location in your county
for the purpose o{ tabulating
all ballots cast in the county.
O.C.G.A. Section 21-2-47 1(a)
provides in part: ‘ln primaries
and elections in which vote
recorders have been used, the
ballot cards shall be counted at
one or more tabulating
machine centers under the
direction of the superinten
dent ... I have discussed this
matter with the Attorney's
General office and have been
advised that the law clearly
authorizes the use of one or
more tabulating centers in a
county for the purpose of coun
ting ballots.”
| Elizabeth Powell, the com
| myssioner's wife, said Frida(\{y
that her husband had not made
! up his mind on the number of
machines but was awaiting a
‘ recommendation from the
| Democratic Committee, which
| had pledged funds toward the
| project.
COMPUTER
The Optech system is a por
table computer that would read
each marked ballot as it is plac
ed in the machine. It woulé) tal
ly the ballot in two seconds.
Any improperly marked ballot
would be rejected immediately
so that a voter could recast his
ballot properly. Payne, without
asking for the purchase of a
specific number of computers,
pointed out that if ballots were
brought to a central point from
all over the county and then
counted, it would be impossible
for individual voters to correct
any improperly marked ballots.
The machine would store
the paper ballots in a locked
compartment and they could
be compared with the com
puted totals if necessary in a
recount.
At last Thursday night's
meeting, a copy of a proposed
resolution was passed around
by the Democratic Committee.
It said: b
“We, the members of the
Chattooga County Democratic
Committee, wholeheartedly en
dorse the acquisition of voting
machines to be used by the
voters of Chattooga County.
We feel that this will offer a
quicker and more efficient
method of voting for the
citizens of our county,
therefore, we urge you, the of
ficials, to take the necessary
steps to implement this voting
procedure.
Mrs. Camp indicated dur
ing the meeting that a person
didn’t have to be a member of
the Committee to sign the pro
?osal. if the machines were
avored.
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g births .........
Mr. and Mrs Charlie
Swords of Gaylesville, Ala., an
nounce the birth of their son,
Ronald Justin, Feb. 4 at Floyd
Medical Center weighing 5
pounds, 5 ounces. He measured
17" long. The infant has one
brother, Donald Joseph, who is
five years old. They are the
grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Espy of Menlo, Mrs.
Aubrey Swords of Augusta
and Mrs. Ella Mae Wefig of
Rainsville, Ala.
Friends Of
Library Meet
The Friends of the Library
meeting tentatively planned
for next Tuesday has been
postgoned. The meeting will be
rescheduled for a later date.
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