Meeting Minutes – May 2022

When: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 6:30-8:30
Where: Sun Lakes Country Club Phase One Navajo Room
Who: Approx 170 attendees.

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AGENDA:

1. Chairman Michael Tennant greeted the guests and introduced the SLRC Executive Board members.
2. Chairman Tennant then explained tonight was the last opportunity to purchase gun raffle tickets and that the winning raffle ticket would be drawn at the end of the meeting. Many people bought the remaining 25 (of 160) tickets so the raffle was “sold out”.
3. First Vice Chairman Carolyn McCorkle introduced Karen Lambourne who gave the group a “pep talk” to get out the vote, display yard signs and get involved in the upcoming election. Karen is a Precinct Committeeman from the Oakwood Country Club Precinct.
4. The first speaker was Liz Harris. Liz is running for AZ State House of Representatives. She is running together with Julie Willoughby for the two open seats. if you want to read up on their stances on the issues or to donate to their campaigns, their websites are votelizharris.com and juliewilloughby.org
5. Yard signs were readily available for attendees to take to support their favorite candidates and could be taken home at the end of the meeting.
6. Both US Senate candidates, Jim Lamon and Az AG Mark Brnovich, had to cancel their appearances tonight due to last minute scheduling conflicts but you can read up on each of them here:
   Brnovich: www.brnoforaz.com and Lamon: jimlamon.com
7. The next speaker was Kimberley Yee who is running for another term as AZ State Treasurer. You can read up on her here: Kimberley: kimberlyyee.com
8. We found out there is a website which exposes “woke” corporations. If you are one who boycotts woke corporations and votes with your wallet, here is the website to see who they are: www.2ndvote.com
9. The final speaker tonight was Kari Lake who is running for Governor. You can read up on her here. Article 42 was explained. She answered 4 questions from the facilitator Carolyn McCorkle and then responded to Q&A from the audience.
10. The 50/50 raffle was held and $101 went to the winning ticket holder.
11. The annual gun raffle was the held and Kari Lake drew the winning ticket belonging to Louann Sedgwick. She was not in attendance so Michael Tennant will contact her by the phone number on the ticket. If for any reason she is unable to take the gun then we will draw another ticket (the other 159 tickets are being preserved until the gun has been received).
12. The SLRC is going to “go dark” (ie, not meet in person) for the months of June, July and August due to summer vacations. We will be back to having meetings in September. However, over the summer months we will continue to send out updated emails so you will know exactly where and when the meetings will be and who the speakers will be, as usual. You can also check out our website and see updates on there. We will also be sending an occasional email with information you may find helpful having to do with the elections (like the information below).

The Primary is August 2nd this year. The General is November 8th.

Check this link to see if you are registered to vote: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/beballotready/
Click on this link to request an early ballot: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/earlyvotingballot/earlyvotingballotrequest.aspx
You can see all the dates and election information for BOTH the Primary and the General elections by going to this link: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/elections/electioncalendar.aspx

Primary Election August 2:
June 18 : Military and Overseas Ballots mailed
July 5: Voter registration deadline
July 6: Ballots mailed and drop boxes available
July 22: Last day to request a ballot in the mail
July 26: Last day to mail back your ballot
August 2: Election Day

General Election November 8:
September 24: military and overseas ballots mailed
October 11: Voter registration deadline
October 12: Ballots mailed and drop boxes available
October 28: Last day to request a ballot
November 1: Last day to mail back your ballot
November 8: Election Day

Here are some FAQs from the Election Department website: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/site/faq.aspx
Or call 602-506-1511 for help!

Here is some pertinent information if you will not be home at the time of the elections:

Will my ballot be forwarded to my summer address by the PO? NO!
As required by law, all official election materials, such as ballots, are marked “Do Not Forward – Return Service Requested”. If the early ballot is returned to us indicating you are no longer at the residential address on file or that a forwarding order is on file, this will then begin the process of deactivating your voter registration record unless a “Temporarily Away” order is in place for your address.

Always make sure to update your voter registration record when you move. If you plan to be out of town during the early voting period for any election, you will need to make a one-time request to have your ballot mailed to a different address.

How do I get my ballot sent to a temporary address?

As required by law, all official election materials, such as ballots, are marked “Do Not Forward – Return Service Requested”. If the early ballot is returned to us indicating you are no longer at the residential address on file or that a forwarding order is on file, this will then begin the process of deactivating your voter registration record unless a “Temporarily Away” order is in place for your address.

Always make sure to update your voter registration record when you move. If you plan to be out of town during the early voting period for any election, you will need to make a one-time request to have your ballot mailed to a different address.

Which Republicans are running in the Primary Election this year?

Click on this link to see all candidates running: https://www.azgop.com/directory/2022-gopcandidates

The SLRC executive Board does not promote one Republican candidate over another during the Primary. Individuals on the Board may promote their favorite candidates individually, but not as a Board.