Boysko Announces for House of Delegates District 86 4DEC12

I have known Jennifer Boysko for a few years now. I have wondered when she was going to take the next step in Fairfax County politics since she has been a tireless activist and leader for so many years. I am so excited about her announcement to run for our seat in the House of Delegates, I believe she will be a powerful voice for progressive politics in Richmond. Please take a look at her announcement below and consider supporting her via e mail, facebook, twitter and financially if you can. Here is her announcement from 4DEZ12....

I am excited to have you among the first to know!  I am announcing my candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the 86th District of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2013.  I have been exploring a run for this seat since January of 2012 and formally filed my campaign committee September 1, 2012.  Let’s keep up the momentum from our excellent win in Virginia for President Obama and Senator-Elect Tim Kaine!

It has been my privilege and pleasure to serve this community in a number of capacities over the past 16 years.  Currently, I serve in a leadership role with Herndon High School PTSA, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, and the Herndon Fortnightly Club.

As a Democrat, I have served as: Precinct Ops Coordinator for Herndon for 2012, Precinct Captain for the Dranesville District Democratic Committee since 2003, named Dranesville District Democratic Committee Volunteer of the Year and OFA Team Leader for all of Herndon in 2008, co-founded the Dulles Area Dems in 2005, and have served on the Democratic State Central Committee since 2009.  I have volunteered my time and talent on virtually every Democratic campaign in the region since 2003.

Additionally, I have gained valuable public policy and public service experience serving as Legislative and Herndon Aide to Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust, in Dranesville since 2008.

Through my extensive community outreach, I have developed strong connections with residents from all walks of life in our community.  Now, I want to take that experience, work-ethic, and commitment to the Virginia House of Delegates.  I want to go to Richmond to serve the interests of your family and the thousands of others who call our community home.

Please join in supporting my candidacy if you believe, as I do:

• That the General Assembly has gotten off track – the divisive and unproductive tactics dictated by the Republican Party keep us from addressing this most important issues at hand;
• That our daughters deserve to have control over their own bodies;
• That we need to solve the transportation gridlock that is damaging our quality of life and economy;
• That NOVA should receive its fair share of education, transportation and human service funding from Richmond; and
• That affordable housing and adequate human services are crucial to the economy and well-being of our Commonwealth.

It is my honor to have the strong support of an ever-growing list of our community’s leaders and activists including:
 

• State Senator Janet Howell
• Delegate Ken Plum
• Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Sharon Bulova
• Dranesville Supervisor John Foust
• Dranesville Planning Commissioner (and former candidate for the 86th) Jay Donahue
• Hunter Mill School Board Member Pat Hynes
• Dranesville School Board Member Janie Strauss
• Tenth District Democratic Chair Charlie Jackson
• Eleventh District Democratic Chair George Burke
• Loudoun County OFA Activists Dan Lloyd and Kathy Shupe
• Herndon Planning Commissioner Chairman Kevin East

...and many others joining daily.

I hope to be able to speak with each of you very soon as your support is personally important to me and to my election.

Please feel free to feel free to email me at boyskofordelegate@gmail.com.

It would mean great deal if you could show your support for me at https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/jenniferboysko.

Kind regards,
Jennifer Boysko
Boysko for Delegate
940 Locust Street
Herndon, VA 20170
boyskofordelegate@gmail.com
703 736-8949

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Fairfax judge declines to issue injunction on poll observers 2NOV12

AFTER the judge's decision the rule is this. If you feel you are being unjustly denied your right to vote you can discuss the situation with an election observer. If you have any problems voting do not leave your polling location, call Fairfax County Democrats at 703 573 6811. From the Washington Post....

By Corinne Reilly

In the end, even the Fairfax County judge deciding a last-minute lawsuit over the rights of poll watchers on Election Day wasn’t sure what the parties were fighting over.
So Judge Dennis J. Smith declined late Friday night to issue an injunction that local Democrats had sought to address what they claimed was an illegal attempt by Republicans to limit party observers — and possibly votes — in Virginia’s biggest Democratic stronghold.
The decision came two days after the Fairfax County Democratic Committee filed a lawsuit against state and local election officials over what the committee says are new instructions being given to poll workers that election observers should not be allowed to move around or talk to voters inside polling places.
In the past, the Democrats say, no such restrictions have existed. The observers — often lawyers — couldn’t say anything about how voters should cast their ballots, but they could speak with them about their rights, and they wanted a judge to order that this election should be the same.
But in five hours of arguments and testimony Friday, the biggest disagreement wasn’t over whether such restrictions are lawful; it was over whether election officials were issuing such instructions. Witnesses for the Fairfax Democrats testified that they had observed training in which poll workers were told to categorically restrict party observers from interacting with voters. County election officials who administer the training testified that the Democrats’ witnesses were wrong and no such instruction was given.
“I’ve never said, ‘You can’t talk to someone when you’re a poll watcher,’ ” said Judy Flaig, the county’s election manager.
Given Virginia’s new voter identification law and its status as a presidential battleground state, the stakes are high for Fairfax Democrats. The blue-leaning county is the commonwealth’s most populous jurisdiction as well as its largest source of potential Democratic votes.
Among other things, the Democrats argued that restricting observers would mean they wouldn’t be allowed to advise voters who lack proper identification that they can go home and get it. Nor would they be able to intervene when voters are improperly issued provisional ballots, which don’t always end up being counted.
Even after election officials testified that observers won’t be categorically restricted, the Democrats’ lawyer, John Farrell, continued to argue for an order that would have forced officials to send last-minute instructions to poll workers saying as much.
Smith declined to issue such an order, in part because he wasn’t convinced it was necessary, he said. But he added that he would be available all day Election Day to revisit the matter if party observers report being gagged.
After the hearing, both sides claimed victory.
“We got an admission from the [county general] registrar that our poll watchers can’t be restricted from talking to voters,” Farrell said. “That’s all we wanted.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/fairfax-judge-declines-to-issue-injunction-on-poll-observers/2012/11/02/6405f994-250e-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_print.html