The minimum duties of a PC shall be to assist the Cochise County Democratic Party (CCDP) in voter registration and to assist get out the vote (GOTV) actions on election days. The CCDP encourages PCs to be part of outreach activities in the precinct where they live when they occur during the election cycle.
The term of office of an appointed PC is from the day that they are appointed until October 1 after the following primary election at which PC is appointed. In this election cycle that is October 1, 2024
To become an appointed PC, you must be a registered voter in the Democratic Party living in Cochise County. Your first step is to fill out a Precinct Committee Person Appointment Application. Please contact the CCDP Chair, Elisabeth Tyndall at countychair@cochisecodems.org to get further information and the appointment application.
If you received the application from another source, it must be returned to Elisabeth Tyndall rather than submitting it to the county elections department.
ALL APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO BECOME A PC ARE NOT VALID UNLESS SIGNED BY THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT HER TO VALIDATE YOUR APPLICATON.
She will submit it to the county elections department and notify you that your are a valid appointed Precinct Committee Person.
Will the No Labels party play in Cochise County? I'm not sure. They have qualified as a registered party in Arizona. There are charges that while they profess to be a group to appeal to voters disaffected by both parties or those known as Independents, they are really more of a GOP influence group that may torpedo President Biden's reelection chances.
Unfortunately this is behind a paywall. However, the key sentence in this article is "But Griffin acknowledged she worked with Cochise County Recorder David Stevens, a fellow Republican, to craft the measure." Stevens is part of the problem here in Cochise County. We need change - in the Board of Supervisors and the County Recorder's office. Be sure to check out Anne Carl running for County Recorder and our Board of Supervisors candidates Theresa Walsh in District 1; Joni Giamonici, Mitch Lindemann, Stephen Pausen in District 2.
From the AZMirror on 6/7/2023: "A day after supervisors in a northwestern Arizona county voted to request a plan to hand-count ballots in the 2024 presidential election, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes sent a letter to Mohave County supervisors on Tuesday telling them he is concerned that moving forward would break state and federal laws, potentially be insecure, and would lead to inaccurate results.
Complete background on the recent settlement between former County Elections Director, Lisa Marra, and Cochise County. Learn about the "toxic workplace" that Marra alleges as well as how Supervisors Judd and Crosby as well as county Recorder David Stevens, were responsible for the $130,000 payout from the county's insurance carrier.