Lakeport >> A grassroots organization supporting Bernie Sanders for president opened an office Monday, and will host a grand opening Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The office, located at 302 Armstrong St. in Lakeport, will have voter registration forms, and volunteers will assist with filling them out. Sanders’ literature and other campaign materials will also be available as well as refreshments.
The office is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily to serve all of Lake County. Voter registration, distribution of literature and other campaign materials, as well as phone banking — calling voters in states with upcoming primaries — will be the main activities at the office.
The organization, “Lake County, CA for Bernie Sanders!” can be contacted through its Facebook page “Lake County, CA for Bernie Sanders!”, email at LCCAFeelTheBern@Gmail.com, or by telephone at (707) 600-1197.
The deadline for registration to vote in the June 7 California presidential primary is May 23. To vote in the Nov. 8 general election one must register by Oct. 24. Only voters registered as Democrat or “’no party preference” may vote in the Democratic primary.
“In California ‘Independent’ is not what it sounds like. Our state has an American Independent Party which is a far right party,” Sanders volunteer Gillian Parrillo said. “To be registered as independent in the sense that we generally use the term one must declare one’s party as ‘no party preference’ or ‘NPP.’”
Further voter registration information is available at (707) 263-2372.
