Tompkins County Democratic Committee

It’s petitioning season and over 90 TCDC members and volunteers are out knocking on doors of democrats across the city of Ithaca and in every town in the county. You responding to their knock and signing the petitions they are carrying ensures that democratic candidates are on the ballot in the fall. This is a critical first step in keeping our Democracy vibrant and strong. Together, we can help make this happen.

by Carolyn Maloney

In 1916, suffragists Alice Burke and Nell Richardson did something radical enough to shake a stalled democracy back into motion: they climbed into a gold Saxon motorcar—the Golden Flyer—and drove 10,700 miles across the country to demand voting rights for women. At a time when few women had driver’s licenses, or traveled alone, and women’s political participation was dismissed outright, their journey was nothing short of revolutionary.

Tompkins County Democratic Committee Chair Linda Hoffmann encourages the public to participate in their democracy by signing petitions.