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November 22nd was the November General Membership meeting of the Indiana Democratic Club. First off was a special guest (and tentatively January’s featured speaker) Fran Quigley, executive director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union.

• The ICLU is challenging the Voter ID bill (the most restrictive voting regulation in this country sinc ethe Jim Crow era) and has filed their brief. They are expectign a decision in time for the May primary, hopefully sometime in March. There has NEVER been a case of the type of ballot fraud in Indiana that the Voter ID bill was passed to stop. It’s a solution in search of a problem and does nothing to stop real voter fraud issues, only makign it more restrictive to vote for Indiana’s poor, elderly and minorities.
• They are representing Justice for Janitoirs fighting selective application of Marion County’s noise ordinance against their protests. Interestingly enough, they have protested outside of the Emmis COmmunications building, which broadcasts their programming, including the Rush Limbaugh show, at a loud volume onto the street.
• Nationally, there is alot of work going on in cases related to torture, Abu Gahrib, the Patriot Act and more.
• The ICLU gets 1000+ requests per month fo ra staff of 2 lawyers. These requests are initially handled by volunteers, so if you would like to volunteer contact the ICLU

Candidates & elected officials present included:

• Heather Welch, Angela Davis and Jose Salinas for Marion County Superior Court Judge (non-incumbents)
• Judges Mark Stoner and Barbara Collins (incumbents up for re-election)
• Russel brown for State Senate District 31
• Catherine Fox-Carr for Congress 5th District
• Warren Township Legislative Board member Letty Oliver

The Nominating Comittee’s report for members nominated for elected IDC positions will be presented onteh website ASAP. Stay tuned for that information. Voting will occur at the Holiday Party

The night’s program was about President John F. Kennedy, presented by IDC Board members Robert Jackson and Steve Nicewanger.

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