Rank MI Vote is sponsoring a learning event in Hart. We have this petition available to sign and are encouraging folks to do so. We can also provide you with the petition, so you can gather signatures from friends and relatives. Every signature helps. We strongly support this initiative and encourage you to attend this informative session.

Monday, September 15, 2025 6:30 PM -  8:00 PM ET

Hart Community Center, 407 S State St, Hart, MI 49420

America is more politically divided than ever, yet many voters' voices go unheard. We need a solution that empowers voters, rewards leaders, and reflects the people! Join your fellow citizens at a Town Hall for a presentation of the problems with our current voting system and Rank MI Vote's ambitious plan for the solution: Ranked Choice Voting. Invite your friends, family, and neighbors to learn about our 2026 Constitutional Amendment. Learn how you can get involved in our nonpartisan effort to bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan and Sign the Petition!

Hispanic Festival

Please find us at the Hart Hispanic Festival. Come simply to support our area’s diverse cultures, but make sure to stop at our table at the festival. We’ll be collecting petition signatures for at least two, possibly three ballot initiatives that we support, as well as registering voters.

September 20 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Hart Commons, 49 South State Street, Hart, MI 49420

Celebrate at the Hispanic Festival with live music, delicious food, exciting giveaways, and more! Join the fun at Hart Commons and be part of this incredible community celebration.

https://thinkdunes.com/event/hispanic-festival/

Highway Cleanup Coming Soon, Please Help

The Oceana County Democrats have scheduled a trash pickup along US-31 in the vicinity of the Bass Lake exit.  We're proud to do our part to keep our incredible county beautiful!  Please come help, because the more we have, the lighter and faster the work.

• The pickup will occur on Thursday, September 25, at 9 am.

• We will meet at the Days Inn by Wyndham at 7576 S. Pere Marquette Highway, Pentwater, MI 49449 in the north east corner of the parking lot.

• If needed, the rain date is Saturday, September 27, at 9 am.

Prior to your arrival, please review the required “Safety Guidelines for Adopt-a-Highway Program" video. The video is sponsored by MichiganDOT.

Please wear sturdy footwear for walking in possibly wet, mowed grass. Dress weather appropriate, bring gloves, water and a pickup stick. Light-weight inexpensive grabbers can be found at Harbor Freight. Remember to bring your safety vest if you have one. If you don’t have a safety vest one will be provided, as will garbage bags. We will begin the morning with a safety briefing and a picture.

Please RSVP to Tom Walter, OCDP, Adopt-a-Highway Coordinator, at mstwalter@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

Bring your family to a Square Dance affair! Dancing always lightens the soul!

We will have delicious food prepared by the Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery. The Oatbran Boys are providing our music. Children 16 and under are FREE. The suggested donation per adult is $30, but additional amounts are always welcome. There will be donation jars at the event, but you can also donate through Act Blue at this address: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/squares4scholars2025.

All proceeds support a scholarship that we award to an Oceana County high school senior each year. This year, we awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Julia McTaggart, a Hart high school senior. The scholarship is awarded to any graduating senior residing in Oceana County who plans to seek further training beyond high school. The criteria for the scholarship prioritizes involvement in community service, whether it’s an ongoing project or effort or a one-time event.

Since this event is for families, we are respectfully requesting no alcohol.

This event is open to the public and we encourage everyone who’s ever had a hankerin’ to do-si-do to attend. You can't go wrong! Fun, frivolity, dancing, while supporting a great cause. We hope to see lots of you there!

Our "Resist" Yard signs are now available!

We have 8 designs you can choose from. That's eight different ways you can say NO to the current corrupt regime. Suggested donations are $15 per sign, or two for $20. Message us at oceanacountydems@gmail.com to let us know which one(s) you want, and we will work out how to get them to you. You can also donate via ActBlue at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ocdp-signs-2025 if you prefer, but just let us know by message or email if/when you have done this, so we can be prompt about getting you your sign(s). The signs do come with metal frame-stakes for putting them in the ground.

Your donations will fund our efforts to support Dem candidates in the midterms and hopefully taking over the House, the Senate or both! Thank you, in advance for supporting Dems!

BEWARE!

There are some ugly petitions going around that you definitely want to avoid signing. They may have inviting titles, but beware, they are nefarious and work to SUPPRESS VOTING. Please read everything you see very carefully. Here is information you NEED TO KNOW. Don’t sign any petition that mentions CITIZEN VOTING. Please share and warn others!

NOTE: WE ARE SUPPORTING A PETITION FOR “RANK MI VOTE.” THIS ONE IS GOOD! PLEASE SIGN IT!

2 Easy Ways to Use Your Voice to Effect Change. We are stronger than we think!

1. Download the ‘5 Calls’ app to your phone and start calling your congressional members with your concerns. The app gives you categories/issues to call about and your reps’ phone numbers, and a tracking system to record what you’ve done.

2. Check out https://www.goodsuniteus.com, the blue handbook on how to fight back with your dollars.