Democrats Abroad: The Blue Vote Café

In the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. is providing money to its citizens. Do Americans living abroad qualify for this relief? Still maintaining social distance, Rachel and David tackle your elgibility for money through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and whether you need to do anything to receive it. (For more information, visit the FAQ compiled by DA's Taxation T...

Americans around the world chose to cast their primary vote with Democrats Abroad. While maintaining social distance, Rachel and David take a look at the numbers: Who won our delegates? How was turnout? What are our voters' ages? How did Canada's share of the votes stack up? For more info: democratsabroad.org To get your ballot (do it NOW!!): votefromabroad.org

Also on Super Tuesday, we sat down in the tavern with Samuel Baltz, an American-Canadian and a PhD candidate in political science and computer science at the University of Michigan. In a 20-minute crash course on the science of comparing elections, we touched on voting in the U.S. and Canada, the influence of money, voter suppression, the 8- to 10-year swing toward change, what voters seek in a le...

Anyone can be a roving reporter! On Super Tuesday, we phoned Brian Hassett from the tavern ( https://www.thesenate.ca/ ) where we were running our Voting Centre. Brian is a DA member based in Toronto (and a Dead Head), who travelled to New Hampshire to experience the primaries in person, despite having decided to vote later on, in Democrats Abroad’s own Global Presidential Primary. But did it help...

Have you found your place within Democrats Abroad?  David and Rachel explore some of the volunteer roles, from small things like postcards and phone calls to . . . well, no, you can't take over the podcast. Includes a fleeting cat reference. Recorded Feb. 9, 2020. For more info:  democratsabroad.org Visit us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/DemsAbroad/ , Follow on Twitter: @DemsA...

Lance Lehman is US citizen but he has lived in Canada almost his entire life. Recently he travelled to Iowa with his brother to find out what the experience is like. Listen for what happens when John Kerry notices your Christmas sweater. Recorded Feb. 9, 2020. For more info:  democratsabroad.org Visit us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/DemsAbroad/ , Follow on Twitter: @DemsAbroad Che...

Why do it now? Why do it every year? Why use votefromabroad.org instead of going directly to your voting state? Rachel and David try to thread their way through the quirks and cautions of voting by absentee ballot so that you don’t have to! For more information: votefromabroad.org (Recorded on January 19, 2020.) For more info:  democratsabroad.org Visit us on Facebook at: https://www.fac...

Episode One. What is Democrats Abroad, and how do presidential candidates qualify for its Presidential Primary ballot? What is Democrats Abroad doing running a primary in the first place?  Who gets to vote in it, and how can you do so? Why would you want to vote for your favored candidate through Democrats Abroad instead of through the state where you vote? Rachel and David supply the answers...