We’ve made a lot of progress since 2018. We set a record for the most Democratic votes ever in the 2020 election with almost 2,000 votes to elect Joe Biden and end the four-year nightmare caused by the prior president. The stakes remain high in 2022 and we’re going to do our part to elect all of our statewide candidates including Beto O’Rourke as governor. We’re also very excited to support Claudia Zapata for US Congress. So, we’ve set our goal for a record 2,200 Democratic votes in 2022!
How are we going to get these votes and elect Democrats? It’s simple. Let’s focus on our message, get involved, and make sure that every Democrat votes in 2022.
Our Message
Democrats are working to return common decency and common sense to government in Washington, Austin, and Blanco County. Decency demands that we defend the right of everyone to control their own bodies. Decency demands that we are protected from gun violence. Common sense demands that we expand Medicaid to increase funding to our hospitals and clinics and provide better access to healthcare for all. We need to protect the precious natural resources of the Hill Country and do our part to combat climate change to ensure a sustainable world. We’re also working for a livable minimum wage; defending the future of Social Security and Medicare; and supporting our schools, teachers, librarians, and administrators. The positive impact of just these policies will be revolutionary!
How to Get Involved
Step 1: Sign up to receive our email newsletter here or email us at BCD@blancocountydemocrats.org.
Step 2: Come to our monthly meetings or join via Zoom. Find the schedule in our newsletter or click here.
Step 3: Get involved with the following activities:
• Join our Get-Out-The-Vote effort.
• Help us meet new people at Social On The Square in Blanco and Johnson City. Watch the BCD newsletter for announcements.
• Join our Event Team.
• Find locations for signs and install them.
• Become a Volunteer Deputy Registrar at sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/deputy.shtml
• Shop our merchandise here.
• Donate. Join us as a Sustaining Member to help us find more Democratic voters and elect Democrats! Click here.
How to Prepare to Vote in November
The Republicans have attacked our voting rights and made it more complicated than it should be. By following the steps below you’ll be ready to vote in November.
Step 1: Register to vote or confirm you are registered at Register To Vote | Texas Democratic Party. For the November 8 general election, the last day to register to vote is October 11, 2022. If you need assistance or have questions, call the TDP voter assistance hot line at 844-TX-VOTES (844-898-6837).
Step 2: If you are 65 or older, disabled, or will be out of Blanco County on election day, register to Vote by Mail in English here or in Spanish here. Or get a printed application at
Blanco County Elections Office
101 E. Cypress Street, Suite 101
Johnson City, Texas 78636
The last day to submit the application to receive a Vote by Mail ballot is October 28, 2022! Visit teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/BallotTrackerApp/#/login to see if you’re registered to Vote by Mail. Texas law now requires that individuals who vote by mail include one of the following on both the application and the mail-in ballot’s carrier envelope UNDER THE FLAP:
• Texas Driver License number
• Texas State ID number
• Last four digits of their social security number, or
• Election ID Certificate number
There are designated locations on the application and the mail-in ballot’s carrier envelope to include one of those ID numbers. We recommend including both an ID number (either Texas Driver License, State ID number, or election ID certificate if you have neither) AND the last four digits of your SSN.
Together, we can get 2,200 votes in 2022! Let’s have some fun and elect Democrats! To help, email us at BCD@blancocountydemocrats.org.
Terry Casparis
Chair, Blanco County Democratic Party
The fast-approaching 2022 election is a critical decision point for Texas and we need your help to get our message to every voter in Blanco County.
In 2020 we overcame unimaginable hurdles to elect President Biden. He has served with honor while passing The Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act. He ended America’s longest war, reached historic job growth, reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act, allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, expanded NATO, and appointed the first Black woman to the Supreme Court With these and other achievements Democrats have demonstrated great leadership at the national level. But Texas continues to suffer enormously under the control of ultra-conservative office holders.
Republicans have held the governor’s office since Ann Richards’s term ended in 1995. That’s 27 years of Republican policy, legislation, and mismanagement. Their attacks on our rights, public education, and social programs have put Texas at the bottom in the nation for access to healthcare, mental healthcare, and disabilities services; school funding per child; and economic opportunity while placing Texas at or near the nation’s top in school shootings, rural hospital closures, uninsured residents, voting restrictions, and maternal mortality. Texans have a failed foster care system, an unreliable power grid, and skyrocketing property taxes and electricity bills. Name a real Texas problem – Republicans are responsible for it. We cannot continue to endure this.
We’re going to do all we can to help elect our statewide candidates by achieving a new record number of Democratic votes in Blanco County. Our goal for 2022 is to top our previous record in 2020 by 15%. We’re aiming for 2,200 votes this November and, with your help, here’s how we’re going to do it.
We’ve already sent targeted letters to different voter populations including Blanco County registered voters who do not vote, seldom vote, or with uncertain partisanship. For this group we’re implementing a new get-out-the-vote strategy: Relational Canvassing. Next month our amazing volunteers will make hundreds of calls and visits to these voters and start conversations about their concerns and work with them on their voting plans. We’re creating a series of digital and print ads to address school funding, commonsense gun laws, Medicaid expansion, reproductive rights, environmental issues, and healthcare. This is in addition to our newsletter, social media, website, and mailers.
This November we must give it our all to win. We need both volunteers and money to get this done. Can you help? To block walk for Pam Baggett, contact Pam at 512-925-9492; to block walk for Claudia Zapata, contact Maggie Goodman at 830-554-0186 or maggiegoodman13@gmail.com; and to block walk for Beto, contact Laura Freeman at laurafreeman59@gmail.com. For work- from-home volunteering opportunities call Suzanne Perkins at 830-385-1645. If you are a Volunteer Deputy Registrar or would like to become one, please email Barbara Hudson here or call her at 512-784-0246. Click here to donate or mail a check to the address below. If you’d like more detailed information on our plan, please contact me at bcd@blancocountydemocrats.org.
With determination and gratitude,
Terry Casparis
Chair, Blanco County Democratic Party.
P. O. Box 2223, Johnson City, TX 78636